All tagged Gold

Applying the 4% Rule. We are selling!

A year ago, I published a blog post titled “We Sold Some Investments: Putting our version of the 4% Rule to the test!” To cut to the chase, we’ve done it again. Having read about The 4% Rule for years and met many people who had retired early and were using it, back in 2023, we decided that we were not yet ready to retire, but pulling some income off our investments would improve our lives at that time. Finding more available cash without working more hours would allow us to do more of the things we wanted to do. 

GOLD - A wild ride!

The thing I have learnt about gold in the last year and a half, that I would not have learned if I had not dipped my toes in the water and actually bought some is that gold is EXTREMELY volatile. Investing in gold is like share trading on 10X speed; everything moves so FAST.

Leaving A Perfectly Good Job

A few times in life the universe is out to get you and it sets you a challenge so big that you realise that you can’t do it all. Something has to give and you have to decide what that ‘something’ is going to be.

Let's Buy Gold!

Many years ago I worked in the gold mining industry. I appeared to have thrown my environmental concerns directly out of the window and was lured by the cash.