Living the good life on a budget.
Although I am still a relative newcomer to the investing world, I have been a bit brave of late and have bought some shares, even though the markets have been wild since the UK have voted to leave the EU (which I’m not going to comment on, though can’t believe). I’m just keeping in sight…
As part of our long term plans for early retirement, we need enough money in savings and/or income to make sure we can live on a budget long term. I am now hoping that a small income stream will come from dividend payments as part of our investment portfolio. Each month when I receive dividend…
I thought I would do a new series on the blog, looking at how my portfolio is growing throughout the year. I am going to do these type of updates at the end of every quarter, so I can see how it changes and (hopefully) grows over time. I love seeing other investors and…
You are allowed to have one ISA in a tax year, which runs from April 6th until April 5th the following year. Anyone aged 18 or over and lives in the UK can open an ISA which means you get your savings protected from tax. What is an ISA? An ISA is an…
As part of our long term plans for early retirement, we need enough money in savings and/or income to make sure we can live on a budget long term. I am now hoping that a small income stream will come from dividend payments as part of our investment portfolio. Each month when I receive dividend…
This post came to me whilst out for a walk in the snow a few days ago; the simple act of nature and fresh air gave me ample time to think about recent things. The solitude and calm about the place left me to think with no distractions. It also has made me more motivated…
I wrote back in November that I have finally started to invest. It had been on my to do list for the previous two years, so I finally got round to doing it. The thought of investing does scare me slightly still as I’m worried that we’ll lose all of our money. The markets of late…
I’ll be honest, no one more surprised than me that I’m actually writing this post. After all, opening a stocks and shares ISA has been on my yearly goals for the past two years (2014 goals and 2015 goals) and it’s in the eleventh month of the second year that I finally get round to…
I wrote a post a while back about how investing scares me, and in some respects, my feelings on it haven’t changed. Yet I know, deep down, that I truly want to achieve our dreams (see ultimate dream 1 and ultimate dream 2), then I need to get over my fear and get investing, especially…
As I have mentioned before, as part of our ultimate dream, we require a passive income per year of approximately £25,000. In that post, I talk about having enough money in savings to just withdraw money as and when we need it, but recently I keep thinking about different options to make our dream a…
