Author: homebr3w

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My investment portfolio story

It’s been a while, and for the past few months I’ve had this itch to blog my investment journey by documenting the performance of my own portfolio. I’ll finally bite the bullet and start this weekend. The purpose of this is not to brag, educate or advise, but to keep myself accountable as an investor and help refine my writing.

A bit of background: I have been investing in Australian and international (mainly US) shares for a little over a decade and over the years I have enjoyed some nice highs and suffered a few bruising lows, always with money I’ve been prepared to lose and the net result being able to eventually supplement a mortgage deposit which did reset my portfolio, however I quickly got back into reconstructing my portfolio and years later am now in a stage again where I’m intending to take this a lot more seriously as a secondary income that can give me a bit more financial freedom.

I will be sharing my holdings, percentage performance and my buys/sells and watch list. If any fellow hobby retail investors actually see this, feel free to discuss – I do find this a very fun topic and love to get some insight on other people’s insight and psychology.

Daily Writing Prompt

Daily writing prompt
What are your top ten favorite movies?
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In no particular order, as that would probably consume more thought and time compared to listing the actual 10 movies:

Tenet (2020)
Baby Driver (2017)
The Big Short (2015)
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Moneyball (2011)
Coming To America (1988)
Bad Boys 2 (2003)
Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Skyfall (2012)
City of God / Cidade de Deus (2002)

Boat Chronicles pt.1

Over the past few months I’ve yearned to get back into boating (and fishing), and with it the journey of upgrading from an old cheap boat to a brand new setup.

For the last few years I’ve owned a 3.6m aluminium tinny, with an old 8hp Johnson 2-stroke outboard. The hull was one I purchased years ago, while the outboard + trailer were hand me downs from my dad who no longer had a boat. This was an adequate setup for years of occasional boating either solo or with one passenger however due to a few reasons which I might explain in a future post, I thought it was time to opt for an upgrade.

New aluminium hull, 3.7m which is only slightly bigger but can feel a noticeable difference in handling. Powered by a 15hp Suzuki four stroke outboard which I’ve wanted to make the switch for a while now. Many debate over 2 stroke and 4 stroke but for me the simplicity of not mixing fuel has converted me – along with the reduced emissions and not tasting exhaust fumes in my mouth after a day on the water.

I’m still in the first few hours of breaking in the outboard however below is a brief snippet of it at full throttle. Overall I’m happy with it however I’m curious as to the difference between the 15hp and 20hp – which restrospectively for a few hundred dollars might have been the better buy.

Feliz Navidad

It’s now Boxing Day in Australia and during my downtime I thought about my WordPress site and how I’ve neglected to add content.

Back in the New Year with the ambition to be much more active. For anyone reading this – have a safe and Merry festive season.

Sabados

I usually prioritise Saturdays (or Sundays depending on commitments) for exercise. Especially now that the football/soccer season is starting to wrap up and I have more time on my hands from not coaching and playing. At the time of writing, I’ve burned 4455KJ according to my Apple Watch.

While I don’t have a specific ruleset on what exactly I do, my Saturdays ideally include a form of cardio training and some weights. Depending on where you are in the world, you may have heard of the morning 5k Parkruns. If I can’t make a Parkrun, I try to find a bit of time later on to go for a run, or quick bike ride. Up until recently, I did most of my weight training at home with my minimal collection of equipment, but I have recently joined the gym again and have been making it into an almost daily routine.

On weekend gym days I have a chance to spend a bit more time to lift heavier loads and get an adequate window of rest between sets (a subjective and debatable topic for another day), compared to weekdays where I keep it to 20-30 mins of short bursts and lighter loads.

In a future post I’ll probably go into more detail into what lifts I do, my health goals and so forth however I’ll keep it brief for now. I guess I just want to state for whoever that needs to see this, that it is important to dedicate some time through the week for self care in the form of exercise.

It’s happening (again)

While sorting through old bookmarks in my browser I came across my old WordPress blog (this one), and on a whim I have decided to give this another go.

Since it is years later and I’m now in a different time of my life, I’m quite undecided on what I’ll actually write about. In honesty, I just want to sharpen my grammar, vocab and writing skills outside of work.

As homage to my original intentions with this space, I have kept my first post reporting on commonly picked FPL players at the time. Don’t expect to see more FPL content unless my season goes incredibly well..

Fantasy Premier League – most popular player choices

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Photo by Nathan Rogers on Unsplash

Less than two days until the English Premier League 2018/19 seasons kicks off and at this point over 3 million users (3,809,696) have registered. As it stands, the most selected players are:

Goalkeepers

  1. David De Gea (Man United, £6.0 cost) selected by 29.5% of teams.
  2. Jordan Pickford (Everton, £5.0 cost) selected by £21.7% of teams.
  3. Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham, £4.5 cost) selected by 20.5% of teams.
  4. Ederson (Man City, £5.5 cost) selected by 17.7% of teams.
  5. Julian Speroni (Crystal Palace, £4.0 cost) selected by 15.9% of teams.

Defenders

  1. Kieran Trippier (Spurs, £6.0 cost) selected by 26.7% of teams.
  2. Harry Maguire (Leicester, £5.5 cost) selected by 21.4% of teams.
  3. Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth, £4.5) selected by 17.6% of teams.
  4. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, £6.0 cost) selected by 17.2% of teams.
  5. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea, £6.5 cost) selected  by 16.1% of teams.

Midfielders

  1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, £13.0 cost) selected by 53.4% of teams.
  2. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City, £10.0 cost) selected by 28.4% of teams.
  3. N’Golo Kante (Chelsea,  £5.0 cost) selected by 19.1% of teams.
  4. Christian Eriksen (Spurs, £9.5 cost) selected by 18.2% of teams.
  5. Richarlison de Andrade (Everton, £6.5 cost) selected by 17.9% of teams.

Strikers

  1. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool, £9.5 cost) selected by 36.1% of teams.
  2. Harry Kane (Spurs, £12.5 cost) selected by 31.8% of teams.
  3. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, £7.0 cost) selected by 31.1% of teams.
  4. Sergio Aguero (Man City, £11.0 cost) selected by 28.7% of teams.
  5. Marko Arnautovic (West Ham, £7.0 cost) selected by 22.6% of teams.

Most expensive players in the league are Salah (£13.0) and Kane (£12.5), followed by Aubameyang, Sterling, Aguero and Lukaku all at (£11.0).

Source:
Premier League 2018, Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League, viewed 10 August 2018, <https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/>.