April 2023 – Strikes & job offers
As I near the end of my training I’m planning for the future, and I’m no longer sure it’s in the NHS. The summer of worker discontent continues. Unite, a mixture of healthcare staff, are setting more...
View ArticleQuarterly Returns – Q1 2023
Quarterly return posts supplement my monthly Financial Dashboard, covering investments in detail and looking at my yearly targets. Here I track purchases and sales, document progress against my...
View ArticleThe Financial Dashboard – May 2023
Bit of a mish-mash this month. I’ve been fairly unwell and not tracked as much as I would have liked, or had the time or space to consider things. In terms of news articles or themes that caught my...
View ArticleJune 2023 – More mucking about with mining
My investment plan states that I aim to hold 80% (in theory) passive trackers. Most of that is Vanguard ex-UK. It holds a lot of US stock, and a lot of that is tech. I quite like tech, and the idea of...
View ArticleJuly 2023 – Trust and awareness part I
Life has been tumultuous lately, hence the lack of posts. The usual NHS changing of the guard as all us non-consultants rotate through our next posts. Clinical demand in the new job is proving...
View ArticleAugust 2023 – Trust and awareness part II
Continuing the theme on what we’re away of and what we see, I saw a twitter thread that really made me think recently. It’s a bit crackpot conspiracy theory, but it got me going: One of Britain's...
View ArticleQuarterly Returns – Q2 2023
Quarterly return posts supplement my monthly Financial Dashboard, covering investments in detail and looking at my yearly targets. Here I track purchases and sales, document progress against my...
View ArticleSeptember 2023 – Beyond the Chinese property bubble
This is probably another frequency illusion, but for the last month or so I’ve kept seeing bits and pieces about (a) the Chinese property bubble (maybe it’s over?!) and (b) belt and road initiatives....
View ArticleQuarterly Returns – Q3 2023
Quarterly return posts supplement my monthly Financial Dashboard, covering investments in detail and looking at my yearly targets. Here I track purchases and sales, document progress against my...
View ArticleOctober 2023 – Another mining post
Okay, so there’s been more happening with the mining companies I watch/ invest in, and because this is as much a scrapbook of what I’m following I’m going to post about it, but rest assured next month...
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