Coming back from sabbatical, I feel refreshed. That being said, I did manage to contract Covid, so theres that. However given that. I won’t be traveling again any time soon since, well, I have to pay for this trip, what better time to get my blog focused back on its original intent, Finance, and myContinue reading “Refocus on Finance”
Category Archives: Finance
Trade Log
Stock: MSFT, Price:248.18 Purchased 3 Puts and 3 Call options for MSFT Puts purchased 3 with January 20, 2023 260 strike expiration for 13.60 each Calls Sold 3 with January 2023 expiration 250 strike expiration for 7.65 each Thoughts: After wrapping up this, I am somewhat concerned that I didn’t ask for enough with theContinue reading “Trade Log”
The Need for a Strategy
As I write this, the price of Bitcoin has been plunging. I now realize I have blogged about Bitcoin a couple of times at this point, and it’s not really my intention to make this a bitcoin blog, rather a blog about my journey to a retirement abroad. Bitcoin is a piece of that strategy.Continue reading “The Need for a Strategy”
FOMO
One of the most basic principles of investing is to buy low, sell high. Generally this is easier said than done. When you do sell a stock, or any asset, there is generally someone on the other side who believes that the price of that asset is going to increase, even if you think thatContinue reading “FOMO”
Children
I would be a terrible parent. I am likely way too socially awkward to do a lot of the social situations that being a parent requires, playdates, PTA meetings etc. There was a time in the mid 2000’s when my wife at that time did want to have kids, and I largely played along. Fortunately,Continue reading “Children”
Beating Inflation
Back when I was originally considering early retirement in the 2000’s, I though I could pull it off with 300k to 500k. When I most recently started saving, my target was 1.2MM. Now that I am married, my target has crept up again to 1.2MM to 1.5MM. Part of this is lifestyle creep. My expensesContinue reading “Beating Inflation”
Why Portugal
One of the things I need to consider when retiring is where do I want to do it. I could retire my current city of Seattle. However, the cost of living here is pretty high, even by United States standards. It generally works out in that I make more working here than I would makeContinue reading “Why Portugal”
Me vs The Machines
I currently have funds in several sources. Individually owned stocks and ETF’s make up my brokerage account. I also have investments at a Robo Advisor, Betterment, where the machines decide where to put my money. Additionally, the 401K with my current job has some high fee mutual funds, don’t really have much of a choiceContinue reading “Me vs The Machines”
Environmental Sustainability and FIRE
As a FIRE investor using individual stocks as a part of my portfolio, not every company I take a position in is going to end up profitable. Often companies I purchase go nowhere, or just remain in a relativley narow band for a long time. Given my goal of early retirement, I don’t really haveContinue reading “Environmental Sustainability and FIRE”
And here I go….
Hello, thank you for visiting. As I was setting up this blog, I told my wife I had gotten the domain ‘andhereigo.com’, to which her response was, go where. I suppose I should explain that. I am currently working towards FIRE (Financially Independent Retire Early). I began by following other blogs and decided that theContinue reading “And here I go….”
And here I go..... 