Trying to find balance in your life is very important, I very much relate to this, I have exactly the same. Too much perfectionism and trying to go too far. Very good video.
BALANCE: A film about Nathan Sports ultra runner Stephanie Howe from TRINE Films on Vimeo.
Today I bought 10 Coca Cola shares (KO) , which has produced a nice dividend. And is a bit undervalued at the moment. I intend to keep it for the long run.
Tomorrow I will also add some Unilever shares (UN) depending on the way it goes. It has been a rocky road this week. For me it’s good news as I can pick up shares on a bit of a discount.
On the watch list are Glencore, Caterpillar, Disney, and Unibail-Rodamco. The first being a bit of a risk as it has been in a steady decline since they got listed on the stock exchange.
I will keep you updated.
Short film about Heather “The Heat” Hardy , who lost her house in Hurricane Sandy, very inspiring stuff. Make sure to watch it.
The Heat from Chris Eversole on Vimeo.
Today we spent most of our time in the swimming pool of the village, it was 30 degrees allready when we woke up and now it’s still 37 (17:28).
The swimming pool has free entry for tourists like us. We got a card from our gasthoff which allows us all sorts of free entry, and free public transport.
So we mostly read and took a dive in the pool. Just keeping cool. Not much happend today. therefore a much shorter post.
The internet is out and about somewehere but somehow my computer doesn’t get any signal. So all my posts are late or will be late.
The first update for the portfolio. This month I added 10 shares from Microsoft and 10 shares General electric.
The reason for both additions is that I think Microsoft is making very good product they pay out a healthy dividend and there is a lot of room to grow.
General Electric might be considered a boring stock but I like boring. The demand for enery will be rising, and they also pay out a nice dividend.
So far so good, I will post an update every month so you guys can see how I am doing, in the meantime I will bore you with other stuff I like to do and share some articles I found on the internet.
If you have any comments please feel free to share them or contact me. Any advise is welcome since I am still learning.
Short documentary about Brett Rivers who made his passion into a way of living, very inspiring !
He found a way to combine his hobby and build a cool shop. Be sure to watch this.
Sometimes I simply look at vimeo video’s. There are a lot of cool ones, and from time too time I will post a few here as well. Justin Steele has made a cool series about city athletes in New York. This one features David Kung Fu. Excellent video. He has a few more in the series which are cool as well. Check them out.
Yesterday we went to see the comedy show by a group called “Oeloek”. It was the last show and it was recorded for dvd and TV. Which means that we will be visible since we were on the front row.
I had never seen them, the start was a bit slow but after 10 minutes it picked up speed and it got funnier and funnier. It’s a bit of an absurd kind of humor. Which I like a lot.
They used the few set pieces in a very clever and cool way. Unfortunately it wasn’t sold out. Which is something they definitely deserve.
So everyone (Dutch speaking , otherwise you wouldn’t understand the jokes š ). go and see them when they will play the new show. Visit the Oeloek website for more info.
I sometimes do a bit of trailrunning myself, not as much as I like too though. Spotted this video on the internet. I always like the video’s on Vimeo. Beautifully shot and edited most of the time.
Following my discovery of the need to be financially aware and do something about my pension, I took the first step of getting rid of some of my mortgage.
Which is good and saves some money every month. But it does not generate any income. Only when I sell the house the money becomes available again and that’s not something I want to do.
So I was looking for a way to get some of my savings directed at some form of automated income. Luckily there is the internet.
Looking around at the internet I found a few options to do so. First there are ETF’s , dodgy sounding those 3 letter shorts. Looks like loosing your money.
Well that’s actually not the case. An ETF is an Exchange traded fund, which exactly follow’s an underlying market or part of an industry or commodity. Or some other combination.
They are reasonably cheap and there are ETF’s that follow dividend paying company’s. Which is interesting since I am looking for a way to generate income in the future. There are a lot of ETF’s and company’s offering them. One of the bigger ones isĀ VanguardĀ . Which offer dividend ETF’s.
Another nice thing is that you don’t have to worry about knowing which company’s you want for your investment portfolio, that’s all being done for you. And they are relatively cheap. You can simply buy a few every month and watch how it goes.
Another possibility is too invest in company’s yourself. There are a lot of investment method’s but from what I read so far , Dividend investing is very suitable if you want to generate an income from your investments. You are trying to figure out which company’s have been giving out dividend’s for a considerable amount of time. And are solid enough to keep on doing this for the foreseeableĀ Ā future. And of course Ā don’t cost an arm and a leg.
The downside of this strategy is it requires way more thinking on my part and it costs more in terms of fees when buying the shares. And more starting up capital.
It can be a hobby, could be fun. For now I choose ETF’s and will see how that plays out. In the meantime I am reading up on dividend investing and general investing stuff, while listening to some good music.
Keep you guys posted.