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Investing
Investing is vitally important to achieve financial independence.
You might have heard that “money makes money”. That’s only partially true. Yes, you can use money to get more money, but the only way to do that is to put it to work.
Investing means putting your money to work in something that you hope will grow your wealth. Because inflation eats away at cash savings, investment for financial independence usually means buying an asset that grows in value or makes a yield.
Index funds are the classic financial independence investment, but I also dabble in private companies, gold and crypto. Maybe one day I’ll own real estate, too!
All the posts below track my approach to investing as I continue on my financial independence campaign.
Staking stablecoins for 15% AER on Youves
Youves is a DeFi app on Tezos that works like Anchor protocol on Terra. The …
My crypto portfolio allocation for 2022
Regular readers will recall that in the first phase of my 2022 FIRE campaign plan …
What can I invest in?
An investment analysis for financial independence campaigners who want to consider their options. If you …
Mortgage overpayments? No more! We hit 60% LTV!
Today we learned that we’ve cleared 60% Loan To Value – so we’ve stopped making …
Using crypto for FIRE: an update
I considered that crypto could be useful for financial independence a few months ago, as …
Why I overpay my mortgage AND have an investment portfolio
I overpay my mortgage as well as investing into my portfolio. There’s an opportunity cost, …
My financial independence portfolio – the ISA
What’s in a financial independence portfolio is probably less important than the amount you save …