I finally found a bit of time. Just sat in a coffee shop and finished ‘work’. Some time so I though I would scribble some reflections over the past years […]
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No One Teaches You about being Alone (even for a few days)
It is funny, but I have not much thought about being on my own .. you know.. wifey croaking and all that. It is not that I expect either of […]
Read morePlanning pays off – Budget thoughts for this year and beyond
Cost & Economic Headwinds In the past I have written about our annual budget plan. All running fine and Covid aside (ie lower spend) as expected. But the world headwinds […]
Read moreThe Crunch yet to Come
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a cost-benefit analyst’s looking at which was the better (i.e., least worst option) in selling a small holding out of Trading, ISA […]
Read moreCost Benefit Analysis – worked example
Making a financial investment decision is (or should largely be) a review of the greatest benefit given your target goal and strategy. But there are occasions that you just have […]
Read moreNew Year, New Goals ?
I am not one for New Year Resolutions. In fact I have studiously stuck the last one I made about 30 years ago … ‘No more New Year resolutions’. — […]
Read moreCashless update …
Back in February I wrote about the effect of Covid on us and reflected that we had essentially gone cashless. Since then I made a conscious effort to think about […]
Read moreIt’s April and It’s ISA time again !
It is that time of the year when here (in the UK) we get a new ISA allowance. Amazingly (given some of the wider taxation rules) we still get to […]
Read moreDividend Reinvestment – does it matter what strategy you have ? (Part 4)
In Part1, Part 2 & Part 3 I have looked at my initial idea, expanded that to a wider and deeper base and finally looked at a full on simulation […]
Read moreDividend Reinvestment – does it matter what strategy you have ? (Part 3)
In Part 1 & Part 2 I just mused on an idea about dividend re-investment (over a relatively short time period and few holdings). in Part 2 I looked at […]
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