Reading Time: 1 Minute Hi all! So as they say, when it rains it pours and certainly that’s true with my Youtube channel. Isn’t it funny that it took me almost 6 months to change my mindset to get on top of the 1st video last week, and now… 6 days later, here’s the 2nd. Just shows what a powerful thing mindset is. Oh and before I forget, thank you for the overwhelming response to my earlier video, much humbled and appreciated! Anyway, without ado, here is number two! Once again, I hope it made sense to you and that you liked it. If you have any feedback, I would…
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4 Financial Lessons from The Last Dance
Reading Time: 3 Minutes GOAT. Legend. Genius. Are the words that I utter to myself looking in the mirror. And they’re also some of the labels Michael “MJ” Jordan has worn during his time on and off the court. How lucky are we, to have obtained a unique insight into what drives the great man, in the Netflix documentary – “The Last Dance”. If you haven’t seen the doco, even if you’re not a basketball fan, do yourself a favour – please watch it. Because as you will see – besides being a supreme athlete, a marketing phenom and one of, if not THE greatest basketball player of all time…
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April Net Wealth Update
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Howdy folks, Time for another net wealth update! Before I begin, I wanted to put it out there that these updates are just a way for me to stay accountable to my personal FIRE journey, nothing more nothing less. I put my goals public and keep it transparent so I can get out of my comfort zone – something 2010 TheFrugalSamurai would NEVER have imagined doing. Anyway, if you like the updates – let me know in the comments below! Oh and another thing, some people have asked me why I don’t use a fancier calculator to work out my net wealth and make it look…
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March Net Wealth Update
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Strewth, let’s not have too many months like March 2020 aye? Just negativity all round. It’s only in the last couple of weeks that we’ve had some sort of calm, courtesy of governments around the world throwing trillions to solve the crisis. For context, one trillion is 1,000,000,000,000. Anyhow, personally the new wealth has been impacted of course. The bulk of my equity is in real estate – which hasn’t yet been affected as much as the share market. But it will. Give it time. I wrote about it last time (read here). Not only values, but of course, tenancy arrears to come as well. Sigh,…
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February Net Wealth Update
Reading Time: 2 Minutes What a rollercoaster the month of February was! I think the main theme has got to be the Coronavirus. Specifically, it’s impact across the global economy and the associated drop in share markets world-wide. I think the vast majority of investors – professional or not, have been caught up in the volatility. I am no different, and the overall net wealth has taken a bit of a hit. If you want to read about January’s numbers – you can do so here. Net Wealth Important Notes The numbers (apart from the individual shares), are rounded given property is an illiquid asset (meaning values are not representation…
