Today I wanted to present my experiences since my first own investments.

To start: I am 39 and my interest in the market began in August 23.

My professional expertise lies particularly in product development and nuclear technology.

I have 2 degrees (engineering with a focus on product development and radiation protection engineer) and 2 apprenticeships as an automotive mechatronics technician and radiation protection specialist. After 7 years of working in product development, I left this profession completely and currently work in radiation protection at various nuclear facilities and power plants worldwide.

Intended for retirement: I had previously invested, 5 years with Targobank, 3 years with DVAG/Generali through unit-linked pension insurance. With the result of -40% of the invested money plus liquidation costs of approx. -30%.

So I started to do some research. Like many others, I initially had hardly any experience in the sector and started by investing a few euros in some no-name companies. At a loss.

I read up and quickly found access to Getquin. I tried back and forth and of course listened to "Trust me, brother". With losses.

Now I've gained enough experience and found the ideal strategy for me: Diversity but not at the expense of performance.

Savings plan: €350 is increased annually.

Investment in companies: €10 each

Blackrock $BLK Banks US

Exxon Mobile $XOM (+1,51%) Oil US

RWE $RWE (+4,16%) Supply DE

Realty Income $O (+0,43%) Real Estate US

Cameco $CCO (-2,79%) Uranium CA

P+G $PG (+1,08%) Consumption US

Heidelberg Materials $HEI (+0,42%) Building Materials DE

Petrobras $PETR3 (-0,29%) Oil BR

Stellantis $STLAM (-0,56%) Automotive NL

Siemens $SIE (-0,13%) Consumer/Energy DE

Johnson & Johnson $JNJ (+0,84%) Health US

Walmart $WMT (+1,27%) Retail US

Allianz $ALV (+0,72%) Insurance DE

Linde $LIN (+1,31%) Gas/Hydrogen DE

Henkel $HEN (+0,57%) Consumption DE

SAP $SAP (-1,07%) Software DE

Infineon $IFX (-4,08%) Chip manufacturer DE

Visa $V (+0,57%) Means of payment US

BASF $BAS (-0,55%) Chemistry DE

Rheinmetall $RHM (-0,4%) Automotive/armaments DE

Telecommunications $DTE (-0,87%) Telecommunications DE

ETF: 70€ each

Xtrackers Nasdaq 100 $XNAS (+0,47%)

Ishares MSCI World IT $WITS (+0,59%)

US: 56.3% DE: 29.2% NL: 3.7% BR: 3.5% KA: 3.5% JP: 1.2% Rest: 2.6%

Broker: Change from SC to Zero.

Zero display in Getquin I am currently too lazy to enter everything manually.

Strategy: Buy and Hold

I also invest between €2,000 and €6,000 2-3 times a year in addition to my savings plan.

Furthermore, I actively use Solana crypto (partially staked) and reinvest the profits in other shares or increase my holdings.

Why not Bitcoin: In my opinion, Solana has always performed better than Bitcoin to date.

Strategy: Time to market

Investment time: min. 15 years

In the medium term, I will also open a company portfolio and implement the savings plan strategy.

In the long term, it will remain at €1500 crypto. However, the ETF and share holdings will increase.

I look forward to your feedback.

Best regards

Adrian