Skip to main content

March 2025 - Biggest Losses So Far

Sigh! 

Before we go into the finance side of the month, I'll start with a little rant about how my Saturday football has gone in the month, culminating in multiple head losses, a 3 match ban and £82 fine for the month. Football truly is the beautiful game but has been completely poisoned by the attitudes of people within the game. Even getting to a final with my Sunday team hasn't sweetened the bitter taste. 

The governance from the top is poor at best/corrupt at the worst, Referees don't understand the game with an ever increasing level of arrogance, Manager's who have watched too many punditry shows think they're geniuses and the players; I can't believe how many big timers and cheats there are at amateur level. 

Rant over and I'm looking forward to a fun April, travelling to Brazil then stopping over in Rome for a few days on the way back. The break from work (and football!) is needed, with the batteries needing a recharge before year end and Audit.

Liquid Assets

With all the uncertainty coming out from the US in March it was a bad month for the USD and Shares. This made March my worst ever month since tracker my finances. Seeing my S&S ISA go back down to 5 figures is slightly annoying, beat buying lower beats that slight emotional attachment to 6 digits, Inconveniently, the price of the shares when I purchased in the month had a little spike meaning I missed in on a bit of a discount, but such is life. Paid into my vanguard account at payday, which I imagine is similar to a lot of people, although not sure this is the reason for that little spike. Time in beats timing blah blah blah :D 





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Journey to £100K in Liquid Assets

Back from Bali and my second post within a month. Here we go!   Will be looking to do monthly posts highlighting any points of significance that have taken place, but this post will cover some umbrella areas over the last 5 years or so that have got me to where I am today and evaluating the upsides and pitfalls of my decisions taken,  FIRE/Liquid Assets Portfolio As discussed in my last post , I mentioned how my Fire portfolio/Liquid Assets had reached the £100k mark. I have used this definition as a measuring stick instead of net worth due to being more relevant to my targets going forward, with the 2 below items being excluded from this.  Pensions - These can only be accessed from 58 (could end up being later) and I'm not interested in having to wait that long to take an extended, voluntary leave out of the workplace.  Student Loan - This is a significant amount, however without a salary I would not have to pay any of this back so it’s irrelevant from my expenses w...
Post a Comment
Read more

November 2024 Update - Trump Is Back!

General Life Update    Making myself sound very boring now, but it was another quiet month. To be honest it was welcomed with open arms with Christmas coming up and plenty of socials throughout December. My football continues to disappoint and a hamstring injury limited my playing time. Probably being a good thing for myself and the team, but I still managed to miss some sitters along the way. Still, the one win in the month meant a big night out was needed, an opportunity we couldn't put wide of the post, but  there were some shots over the bar! Drinking is so expensive now, but sometimes you need to celebrate the wins.  Highlight in the month was an Alpaca walk with the missus. Already forgotten the fun facts the guide told us but I will forever remember them as being stubborn and greedy sods, much like our doggo! Her future dream for a house farm will only be bolstered by the experience, with the inclusion of alpacas now.  There has been time for self reflect...
Post a Comment
Read more

My (Less) Shite FI so far

Where to begin… Hi there, Only a 2 and a half year sabbatical from my 2 post blog but we go again….. Hope you’re all well.  A lot has happened since my last post in March 2022 and plenty to cover. When I did start this blog I had the hope that one day I’d be able to make this a success, but success isn’t a thing that comes without work and my work has been directed elsewhere in terms my profession and my social life. I’ve realised I don’t really have great knowledge in terms of investing and FIRE to share, so I will do the thing that can’t be replicated by anyone else and share my story so far prior and during my hiatus from this vessel of waffle. Maybe you can learn from my past mistakes or make you question your situation of anything that can be different, or just to get you through your commute after you’ve forgotten your headphones.  Me I am a now 31 year old from the South East of England who has always been a bit of a late bloomer with that feeling of being slightly behi...
Post a Comment
Read more