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Mar 2024 – Combined $450k Dollarydoos (Net Worth +14k)
Another month of modest rises thanks to the stock market continuing to hover around all-time highs (ATH) which well and truly getting the super snowball rolling. Here’s a rough breakdown of that +14k: Yes, we sold our crpyto/BTC We made… Continue reading
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Investment Strategy Revised – Parking cash in offset, for now
With our variable interest rates sit above 6% (currently 6.09% w/ Ubank as of March 24), we’ve decided our money is better parked in our offset to bank the savings. This is despite the share markets at ATHs! SydneyFIREGirl will… Continue reading
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Feb 2024 – Combined $436,000 Dollarydoos (Net Worth +20k)
A fair rise, thanks mostly to a combination of: – the all-time highs crypto and the stock market (+5k crypto, +15k equity across super/ETFs, +3.5k cash savings, +1.5k home equity) – potentially a shorter month = less spending + more… Continue reading
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FIRE Milestone 1: Road to 100k (ETF Portfolio)
“It’s a bitch, but you gotta do it. I don’t care what you have to do – if it means walking everywhere and not eating anything that wasn’t purchased with a coupon, find a way to get your hands on… Continue reading
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Jan 2024 – Combined $416,000 Dollarydoos (Net Worth)
We’ve officially kicked off my FIRE portfolio journey this month with our first investments into BGBL and A200 ($1000 each). While it appears that we’re starting off from a high point of 416k in net worth, most of it is… Continue reading
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2024 New Year Budget Setting (and 2023 Review)
New year, new me? It’s the year of the hopeful budgeter. Believe it, or not, I have never stuck to or even review my finances. Based on my upbringing in a working class Asian household, I’ve always grown up as… Continue reading
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SydneyFIREBoy’s Simple Investment Portfolio
Moving forward, I’ve committed to monthly commitment into a 2-3 key ETFs for exposure into the Aussie + International markets. I landed on a 2-3 holdings portfolio ultimately for simplicity, inspired by the Warren Buffet quote: “there seems to be… Continue reading
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My slow & steady plan to financial independence (amongst other life priorities)
We hit an important milestone in finally purchasing a PPOR mid this year. The whole journey actually took SIX months from our first of our many inspections (when I first started contracting) to when we finally settled on our current… Continue reading
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‘Start’ of a journey to Financial Independence
I know, not ANOTHER FIRE blogger… There’s a already tonne of Financial Independent Retire Early (FIRE) content online. So why did I create this one? I’m not here to repeat the existing stuff on FIRE here at all. Most of… Continue reading