This year has been very busy for me and has resulted in a lower posting rate. When we went into lockdown in the UK, I was working overtime for several months and following this we’ve had family matters to attend to, together with the small matter of buying a new
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I feel I owe an apology to my loyal readers for the lower posting rate of late, hopefully the following may go some way to explain! But fear not, I am still very much firmly set on my overall goal of FI/RE, but have been simply taking a step back
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Note: I’m not hard pushed for updates this month. So much so that my ISA contributions are quite embarrassing in the wider context of the world’s current problems. Please take this post for what it is worth. In March we saw: markets crashing, a pandemic of the scale we’ve not
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Well hasn’t this month been eventful? We’ve seen storm after storm, flooding, snow and now the Coronavirus and an equity market downturn. Of course the news headlines highlight the worst, in an attempt to perpetuate fear so you consume more news. Of course, as long term investors in both our
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After some reflection I have decided that the time has come to bolster cash reserves. This is largely because I am facing some uncertainty at work and it will be a relief to have some money to fall back on, if needed. Most of my emergency fund is tied up
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2019 has all but gone. Years pass and go all the time, but there is something about the turning of a new year that allows reflection and contemplation. In my previous post ‘Rudolph, Overthrower of Titans’, we discussed that the new replacing the old is a core idea that goes
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November has been a good month for me, certainly in contrast to the last few months! My regular job income has been bolstered by some good profits from matched betting, meaning that I can put more in my ISA than I expected. Below is the amount contributed to savings for
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Rain and busyness at work were the key themes of this month; but there is joy in everything if you wish to look for it. Being busy at work meant the days in the office went faster and because I was looking for a distraction in the evenings I managed
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Introduction: My first experience of matched betting was just over 10 years ago. At this time although it was popular, there wasn’t as much literature on the subject as there is now and it took some time to find the right offers manually. Now there are so many articles and
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