Tag: Updates

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

In April we missed our monthly target by £555, despite this our portfolio still increased in value by £5,331 due to strong growth in both cryptocurrencies and the stock market. In April we took our first big holiday of the year, one-week skiing in the French Alps, our saving rate took a big hit as … Continue reading April 2019 Update

In March our positive momentum continued as we invested £748 more than our monthly goal, this led to our total portfolio value climbing to over £77,000. We were able to invest an additional £748 this month due to lots of overtime. We also continued to transfer our savings into Vanguard funds, investing £3,625, further reducing … Continue reading March 2019 Update

February was a blockbuster month as we managed to grow our portfolio by more than £5,200 despite falling short of our £3,000 a month investment target. This month the stock market bounced back in style resulting in our investments increasing in value by £2,756. The disappointing performance of the cryptocurrency market offset some of this … Continue reading February 2019 Update