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November Journal: When the Market Reminds You It Can Go Down Too!

November oof! A humbling reminder that the market doesn’t just climb in a straight line. Mid month I was staring at a sea of red, over 10k loss at one...

Buying My First Interstate Investment Property: My Melbourne Journey + Full Costs

If you live in Sydney, you probably understand the emotional damage that comes with opening realestate.com these days. After selling my one bedroom...

October Monthly Journal: Market Highs and My $5K Lesson in “Don’t Time the Market”

October has been another strong month for the markets — it’s honestly hard not to feel grateful when everything seems to be going up. Unfortunately, I...

September Monthly Journal: $17K Tax Refund, Melbourne Property Buy & Bullish Markets

September is historically known as a rough month for equity markets. I honestly thought we’d see some weakness, but this year it surprised everyone by...

My 7 Years Sydney Apartment Investment: The Final Numbers

When I bought my first Sydney investment property more than 7 years ago, I thought I was setting myself up for a solid long term investment. It was a...

10 Years of My Superannuation Growth: Balance, Returns and Lessons

Earlier this year I shared my superannuation balance online and to my surprise more than 20,000 people viewed it on red note. Many readers said they...

August Monthly Journal: Working on SMSF and Investment Property

Another month goes by, August was all about staying the course with my regular contributions while waiting for the tax return to hit (still pending...

July Monthly Journal: $500k in the Market and Counting

Although I’m not an accountant, I genuinely look forward to tracking my numbers every month. Is that weird? Probably, but it’s one of the most...

June Monthly Journal: Start of the DCA Wifey Portfolio!

Another month, another wrap-up. June was relatively smooth despite the tension in the Middle East, the market has been quietly compounding in the...

9 Years of Superfund: My Journey from Clueless to Conscious Investing

“What was your superfund’s return over the years?”    I asked myself this question two years ago. The answer surprised me and...

May Monthly Journal: When My Portfolio Growth Beats My Salary

Welcome back to my Monthly Personal Finance Journal here on Peasant Investor!   May has been a banger. With markets flirting with all-time highs...

Building an Income Portfolio for My Superstar Wife

There’s nothing more valuable than the work my wife does every single day as a full time mum. So I want to make sure she has a portfolio that works...

April Monthly Journal – Deploying More Cash and Future Plans

Welcome to the third edition of my Monthly Personal Finance Journal here on Peasant Investor!   Oh boy, what a month April has been. We’ve seen some...

March Monthly Journal – Deploying Cash, Trading Lessons, and Leveraging ETFs

Welcome to my second monthly personal finance journal and in hindsight, what a month it has been! March was anything but quiet, with tariff news and...

February Monthly Journal – The Beginning!

This marks the beginning of my journal to FIRE! I'll be tracking my current balances across various investments and documenting the moves I've made...

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