Cheating my way to 110k

A new milestone! It was back in May that my portfolio clocked it’s first 6 figure rating and on Wednesday 18^th was the first time it reached 110k, or 111 094 euros to be exact. I also record my net worth although I don't find it such a valuable metric as it's not "edible", but it's hovering somewhere around 133 000 euros at the moment.

Although I have a bit of a confession to make. I cheated a bit! But only myself, I moved a couple of grands from my usage money to my portfolio and may have to move it back at some point. So, the figure is perhaps a little bit inflated.

Between first 100k and first 110k was exactly 167 days, so my portfolio gained a really nice 60 euros per day. Savings since 100k were 6 381 euros and gains were 3 742 euros within that period. With time the proportion of portfolio gains should dominate savings but such a trend is not emerging yet.

On Wednesday my portfolio looked like this:

	6.1.2017	10.5.2017	18.10.2017	change
Savings account	7575	7596	2000	-5596
Passive funds, broad	30172	33599	35844	+2245
Passive funds, niches	9734	11330	12902	+1572
Actively managed funds	6603	7499	8279	+780
Listed stocks	24930	32872	43036	+10164
Unlisted stocks	5250	5250	4500	-750
Fixed income	100	100	100	0
Cash	6012	4093	4434	+341
Total	90376	102337	111094	+8757

Year-to-date my portfolio is up about 7% so the year has been okay but not great. The lowering dollar valuation has hurt my portfolio to some extent as I hold plenty of US equities. I also have to note that I am a bit worried with the bull market just continuing and continuing on, Dow and S&P making not all-time-highs and VIX making all-time-lows. Just doesn’t add up!

I think my individual stock picks are getting a bit out of hand. I’ll need to try and limit my purchases to indexes for now. I also notice I’m checking my accounts rather often which isn’t a good sign. I’m thinking about adding trailing stops to my positions but at least Nordnet doesn’t support that.

Six Figures!

Andreas Levers: Hangar 6

Wow, it's been a long time since I last updated the blog. During the Spring I was a bit overwhelmed with my work load at the hamster wheel and also experienced a little bit of a writer's block. Being a procrastinator, starting writing or anything is always a small hurdle for me.

Since my last postback in January my portfolio has made a new record number. Six Figures! Let me say that again: SIX FIGURES! It now takes six beautiful numbers to write the number of euros in my portfolio. Here's the details:

	06.01.17	10.05.17	change
Savings account	7575	7596	+21
Passive funds, broad	30172	33599	+3427
Passive funds, niches	9734	11330	+1596
Actively managed funds	6603	7499	+896
Listed stocks	24930	32872	+7942
Unlisted stocks	5250	5250	0
Fixed income	100	100	0
Cash	6012	4093	-1919
Total	90376	102337	+11961

I think some reflexion is suitable here. My savings and investment practice started 2011 when I started a ”real job” with a proper steady salary. I just simply kept my standard of living at the same level without adding more consumption.

Since then, about six and a half years have passed, and my portfolio has grown from essentially zero to six figures. During these years I've saved about a 1000 euros per month, altogether around 75 thousand euros. The remaining 25 grand has been generated my being in the market, mostly as capital gains and some as dividends also (about 20k and 5k, respectively). The stats on the previous years look something like this:

year	savings	cum. savings	gains	cum. gains	portfolio value
2010	35	995			1 000
2011	9 936	10 931	-1 017	-1 017	9 919
2012	12 234	23 165	2 508	1 491	24 661
2013	2 424	25 589	2 067	3 558	29 152
2014	12 702	38 291	6 012	9 570	47 866
2015	12 167	50 458	3 786	13 356	63 819
2016	16 128	66 586	9 242	22 598	89 189
2017, until May	8 319	74 905	4 842	27 440	102 350

Year 2013 stands out as a year of less savings but that isn't the real picture as that year I bought my apartment and thus couldn't contribute to my portfolio but did pay approximate 10 thousand as the down payment.

Going forward I hope to be writing more often. BR, Jukka.

Here's to the Eighties!

Typewriter, Schreibmaschine by Frank Jakobi

A couple of days ago I made a new milestone by getting a new first digit for my portfolio. On Monday the 7th of November, I recorded, for the first time ever, a portfolio value over 80k euros or 80 035 euros to be exact.

This is only 164 days after making my previous milestone of 70k back in May. What? That's less than half a year which leaves me a bit surprised actually but this is a surprise I'm quite happy to handle.

I didn't record an exact portfolio breakdown on Monday so I'll do that here now. Donald Trump just won the presidency yesterday on Wednesday and there's an ongoing market rally which may inflate these numbers a bit.

	29.05.2016	10.11.2016	change
Savings account	7101	5043	-2058
Passive funds, broad	22325	26698	+4373
Passive funds, niches	7089	8411	+1322
Actively managed funds	5310	6579	+1269
Listed stocks	19286	24954	+5668
Unlisted stocks	5250	5250	0
Fixed income	100	100	0
Cash	3700	4258	+558
Total	70161	81293	+11132

From the portfolio breakdown it's easy to see that since May, I have been buying quite many individual stocks. Should perhaps limit that because I do believe the market to be at least somewhat efficient and that passive funds are likelier winners over the long term.

Also, my net worth also just made 6 figures and is currently at around 101k. However, I don't really pay much attention to my net worth as my apartment is my only noteworthy asset outside of my portfolio and I couldn't really sell my apartment for as long as I wan't to live in it. Further, I consider my apartment perhaps more as a liability than an asset, so I'll just stick to focusing on my investment portfolio.

Anyways, next stop: the nineties! :)

Reached 70k!

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I’m excited! Today marks another milestone for me as my portfolio is showing for the first time ever, a number starting with the number 7. 70 161 euros to be exact.

This owes thanks to the recent revival of markets. Performance wise my portfolio has now reached about 0% YTD. Which, let’s be honest, is not good but a lot better than the about -12% I was looking at in mid February. Contributions to the portfolio YTD are around 5k. Here's my time-weighted return (TWR) chart YTD:

The breakdown of my current portfolio is as follows:

Savings account	7101
Passive funds, broad	22325
Passive funds, niches	7089
Actively managed funds	5310
Listed stocks	19286
Unlisted stocks	5250
Fixed income	100
Cash	3700
Total	70161

Now, onto making that first number '8'!