Here we go again! Another month is history, and as the norm dictates it’s thus time to have a look at our finances in the Total Balance household. August 2021 was a(nother) red month in terms of stocks/ETF growth, but worst of all I had to bury another grandparent. My grandmother died at the age…
Monthly Update #36 (August 2021) – Another Great Loss
New lessons learned (analyzing my returns from 2007-2020)
Early last year I wrote my “Lessons from the past“-post, in which I analyze my returns on my Pension from its infancy (2007) until the end of 2019. This post became the most read post of the year. So as promised, I will do a follow-up each year to analyze how my Pension portfolio have…
The goals for 2021
Another year, another milestone! We managed to hit last years target of €100.000, crossing into 2021 – with a little help from the Mrs. 😉 (Some call it “cheating” – I call it team work! 😛 ) Some of you might now be sitting with this question (or something similar) on your mind: Well, how…
Two years later
TODAY! Is my blogs 2nd birthday! YAY! You can read my first birthday post here. In my first year of blogging, I created 50 posts. My 2nd year didn’t quite match that, but I managed to churn out a respectable 40 posts. Quality over quantity, I suppose? I’ll let you guys be the judge of…
What makes a good (retail) property investment?
Mr. MoneyMow recently reached out to me, and several other FIRE bloggers, to get our take on how the pandemic has affected our investment strategy (if at all). In short; my strategy hasn’t been affected by the arrival of a pandemic. Looking back though, I originally outlined my plan in one of my first posts…
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…