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Crack open the champagne - we did it! We hit our very first milestone of £100,000, 10% of the way to our ultimate goal of Financial Independence. Thanks to hitting our target contribution and the markets rebounding, we were able to grow our total portfolio by over £4,200 and in the process pass through the … Continue reading September 2019 Update

In August our monthly contribution recovered after two subdued months but our hopes of reaching £100,000 were cruelly taken away from us. After two months of strong growth, this came to an end as both our Index Funds and Cryptocurrencies suffered significant losses. Despite recording some of our largest monthly losses to date, we still … Continue reading August 2019 Update

For the second month running our monthly investment contribution was below target as we were still paying off our holiday from June and spent a week hiking in Slovenia. Nevertheless, our portfolio still grew by £4,000 to a new grand total of £96,000, putting us within touching distance of £100,000! July's strong stock market growth … Continue reading July 2019 Update

Despite our best efforts we set an unwanted goal in June, recording our lowest ever contribution of £1,913. This was due to booking an expensive holiday. The positive news for the month was that our portfolio grew by over £4,000 having previously not grown by more than £3,000. In June our Vanguard Index Funds and … Continue reading June 2019 Update

May was a bumper month where we invested a new personal best of £5,938 this was only possible due to us both receiving work-related bonuses. As a result of heavy losses on the stock market, our portfolio only grew in value by £3,585 despite our largest ever contribution. This month saw us lose £2,912 on … Continue reading May 2019 Update