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My monthly Savings Rate report: October 2020

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Nothing happened! A strange thing to be excited about, right? Well, after quite some busy months, it’s a nice change of pace I’d say.
Though it’s not really true if I’m honest. I took up three weeks of on-call at work resulting in a nice bump in salary this month. So my statement really only applies to my expenses.

Never too young to invest

I received an interesting newsletter recently from a(n) (online) bank I'm a customer with. According to a Febelfin survey of 1000 young people between 16 and 30 years old, it appears that over 1/5th of them started investing, including a quarter of them during the corona crisis.

Quarterly Portfolio Report - growing stack of coins

Quarterly Portfolio Report – Q3 2020

USD rate used: 1 USD = 0.85315 EUR

-EUR

Total portfolio worth (all in)

+EUR

Total portfolio worth (Savings & Effects)

The third quarter is already more than 2 weeks behind us but due to an increasing workload and my Spanish classes, I wasn’t able to get to my quarterly report. Luckily I found some time so let us jump right into it!

Take The Plunge Now: How To Invest In Water

We use it every day for drinking, washing, rinsing, showering, etc. Much of it is for food and other goods, some of which require it in vast quantities. In short, we cannot do without it. I’m talking about water! But how do you invest in it, and is it even worth your money?

My monthly Savings Rate report: September 2020

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September Savings Rate

Higher medical costs, a major milestone with my apartment, and continuous investments in my blog, that is a good summary of September and the resulting Savings Rate. So, how did I get this number?