Folks, I know I’m a little late to the party this month – but it’s time for another update. Summer is almost here! It’s crazy how fast time flies when you’re having fun (also when you’re not it seems…). April is a thing of the past, and unlike the trees my portfolio has NOT been…
Monthly Update #44 (April 2022) – Rough Seas & High Waters
What I have learned from 15 years of investing (analyzing my returns from 2007-2021)
January is my least favorite month of the year (it’s long, cold, dark and it seems like the Summer is never going to come back). – But this part right here is something I look forward to every year! I get to look back at the previous year, and zoom in on one of the pillars…
Goodbye 2021 – Hello 2022!
Another year is in the history books! And what a year it has been. As is the norm here on the Total Balance blog, I like to look back at the previous year and compare the goals and dreams (2021) to the actual numbers. Unfortunately, we did not manage to reach the target that I…
My investment strategy (2.0)
I often see people asking whether XX or YY is a good investment, and when talking to people about the general topic of investing, they often ask one of these two questions (or both): How much money have you made (by) investing? or What have you invested in – is it XYZ?! I’ve never been…
Three Years Later
In the words of Kermit the frog: Time is fun when you’re having flies! In other words, I’ve now been blogging for 3 years, and it has been a lot of fun (for the most part). One of the benefits of blogging (besides the therapeutical effects of writing) is that you can look back at…
Finding your purpose
It’s no secret that a lot of us (humans) often struggle to find our “reason for being” – our purpose in life. Why are we here? Where did we come from? Where are we going? These are some of life’s hard questions, and we’ve been (probably – we can’t really know for sure) searching for…
Say Hello to my little friend (Property #1)
It’s been more than 6 months, since I first introduced my plans of purchasing a chunk of real estate, via a real estate development company. 37 posts later (!), and here we are! Of all those posts, this one is by far the most exciting one to write! 😛 I’ve spent countless hours reading numerous…
My investment strategy
It’s been a while since I’ve written about my investment strategy, so I thought it was time for a little update on that front, seeing that this is supposed to be a personal finance blog. – I realize that it has taken a bit of a slant towards the personal part, rather than the finance…
Finding the right balance
Lets face it, as a species we are highly controlled by our stone-age brain. Since the dawn of time, man have been battling their instincts. At first, it was kill or be killed. Hunt, or die of hunger. Build fires, or die of cold. Build buildings, or die of cold. Snap/Insta or be irrelevant!… You…