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I have around 6500 euros available after a sale that I want to invest. I "do not" want to invest in $BTC (-1,92%) or similar investments.

My idea was to invest 50/50 in an income ETF like the $JEGP (+0,06%) and the other 50% in what?

Do you have any ideas?

I'm looking for something with very good growth, but I'm bored with world ETFs. It's really hard for me. I don't need a high risk thrill ride, but I kind of want to invest in something more exciting... only at the moment I have the feeling I'm burnt out inside and have no ideas, even an @Simpson ETFs don't give me any ideas.

Actually, my idea now was just to save a World ETF and a small S&P 500 ETF for fun to change the ratios in the portfolio a bit, as Reits and BDCs have gained the upper hand. But as I said, that's just too boring, and I also like dividends.

Do you have any suggestions or ideas?

Maybe in retrospect it's something very simple that I just don't see at the moment (like not seeing the wood for the trees).

Thanks for any suggestions.

Ciao

Weekly at TR

$GGRP (+0,27%)
$TDIV (-0,2%)
$JEGP (+0,06%)
$JEPQ (+0,56%)
$FGEQ (-0,05%)

It continues at Ing, but only monthly

On the 7. $SPYD (+0,32%)
$VUSA (+0,05%) and $HMWO (-0,09%)

I hope I can keep up the pace with the savings plans 🤣 as they say @Simpson ? "For a simple man" (and I count myself among them) this will be a challenge. If so, and I hope nothing extraordinary comes up, then that's a great sum for me/us to put aside and create value.

Oskar is still marginally involved with the VL, but my employer is a bit stingy about that.

Happy new year, good luck in 2025 and, above all, stay healthy, otherwise it's all for nothing anyway. What you do for

$JEGP (+0,06%) it is my largest position in the portfolio and for now the only ETF I am holding .I am making DGI on a monthly basis .monthly recurring income that I reinvest in the ETF itself .for now Very happy and satisfied with the performance of this ETF I hope it maintains returns around 5-6%.my idea is to be contributing monthly and acquiring positions of this ETF.

As announced, the second reduction in the proportion of Bitcoin in my portfolio at EUR 100,000. Bitcoin now accounts for just over 60% of my portfolio. I would like to take this as an opportunity to share my Bitcoin story with you.

I bought Bitcoin for the first time back in 2017, but also sold it again at the time. I never held it, but actively bought and sold it. Even back then, I was toying with the idea of investing in Bitcoin, but my father kept talking me out of it because he thought it was nonsense. After experiencing one all-time high after another, I eventually decided to do my own thing and go all-in in Bitcoin.

It was also the only asset I was interested in at the time. I didn't care about shares, ETFs, gold, etc. So I went all-inand of course in 2021, at the absolute all-time high. I caught purchase prices of 40,000, 50,000 or 60,000 euros. Once all my money was invested, Bitcoin naturally went downhill.

A small insertion: All my money at the time was around 20,000 euros, out of the original 100,000 euros that my father gave me for my 18th birthday (I'm now 25). Where the remaining 80,000 euros went is a topic for another post.

Spoiler: they were not invested.

During this time, I sold a bit - according to the motto "buy high, sell low" - but thankfully I also bought more, so that I took losses, but was able to buy cheaper bitcoins for more or less the same money (with my own money).

I now have a solid plus and will sell another 10,000 euros worth of Bitcoin at a price of 120,000 euros. This will give me back my original all-in from 2021, namely €20,000, and I will simply hold the "profit", which is then around 0.2 Bitcoin, for the long term. I also have a savings plan of €2 per day.

I will only make the next sale (after the sale at €120,000) if my Bitcoin position has become so large that I could live well from the "safe return" on the capital market, then I will probably liquidate the position completely. But that is still in the stars.

The money from my first sale went into the $XEON (+0%). It will be parked there until I can buy employee shares next spring. $DG (+0,24%) next spring. The second tranche will be invested in $JEGP (+0,06%) and $WEBN (-0,25%) invested.

Thanks for reading, I look forward to answering comments and questions.

To anticipate one question: I know it's a bit contradictory to sell and have a savings plan running at the same time. However, I would like to get my 20,000 euros from back then back in dry cloths, but at the same time expand my position in the long term with the money I have earned myself. I hope this is understandable.

LG Age

Update High Yield Income Portfolio

There were a few changes to the portfolio in December.

New additions:

• $BXSL (+0,12%) I like the portfolio, very nice NAV growth
• $SDIP (+0,19%) is in my opinion an interesting diversification for the portfolio, but is rather experimental

Exchanged for:

• $QYLE (+0,62%) against $IE000U9J8HX9 (+0,56%)
• 
  $JEGP (+0,06%) against $IE000U5MJOZ6 (+0,38%)

I want to keep my div/dist yield at around 8-10% in the long term.

$IE000U9J8HX9 (+0,56%) I will only be saving with the distributions from the portfolio, so the weighting should slowly decrease for the time being, while I continue to save the other positions regularly.

Have you found any interesting stocks in the last month?

$JEGP (+0,06%) I have recently purchased the JEPQ-ETF in my portfolio and find the strategy behind it very exciting. The focus on high-growth tech companies combined with the generation of additional income through covered calls makes this ETF particularly innovative. But is this really the right method for long-term investors?

I particularly like the monthly dividend, which provides a regular source of income. But the question remains: How sustainable is this payout, especially in times of high market volatility? I plan to keep a close eye on the ETF, as the balance between growth and income offers an interesting perspective.

What do you think? Is JEPQ a sensible addition to your portfolio?

Portfolio feedback requested

I (early 50s, so still a good 15 years to work on the portfolio) would like to hear your opinion. I've been with Trade Republic since January, mainly because of the 4%. But then I started saving a few ETFs, then buying and selling a few shares. So I played around. At the moment my portfolio has three or rather four different parts. Let's put it this way, the family treasury has given me around €10k to play with. The rest remains in call money.

Of this 10K I would like to have a part to play, individual stocks, §IWDA, other ETFs that are close to me because of my work, XRP.

But that's not my topic here.

I want to build a dividend portfolio. Reduce working hours or improve pension, we'll see where the journey takes me. For now, I would reinvest all payouts.

The composition from December would look like this:

$MCD (+0,06%) 15%

$EXSH (-0,28%) 9%

$MAIN (-0,07%) 9%

$ARCC (+0,15%) 9%

$HTGC (+0,26%) 9%

$O (+0,46%) 9%

$CSWC (+0,38%) 5%

$PFE (+0,15%) 5%

$KAP (+0,28%) 5%

$JEGP (+0,06%) 5%

$TGT (+0,51%) 3,5%

$GAIN (+0,46%) 5%

$QYLE (+0,62%) 5%

$VHYL (+0,05%) 1%

What do you think about the composition? Should something go in/out?

My aim would be to distribute the monthly distributions evenly. I'll have to play around with the ratios a bit.

My problem is that the months of January, February, April and May look too poor. What would you suggest that pays out in these months?

Roast me!

how much the Nasdaq Equity Premium Income$IE000U9J8HX9 (+0,56%) has gained in fund volume in the last few trading days.

There are already 391 million $ fund volume on the speedometer.

The Global Equity $JEGP (+0,06%) (on the market for almost a year) has raised $343 million

and where currently nothing is going at all US Equity Premium $IE000U5MJOZ6 (+0,38%) which is stuck at a fund volume of 20 million.

https://am.jpmorgan.com/de/de/asset-management/adv/products/jpm-nasdaq-equity-premium-income-active-ucits-etf-usd-dist-ie000u9j8hx9#/overview

https://am.jpmorgan.com/de/de/asset-management/adv/products/jpm-global-equity-premium-income-active-ucits-etf-usd-dist-ie0003uvyc20#/dividends

https://am.jpmorgan.com/de/de/asset-management/per/products/jpm-us-equity-premium-income-active-ucits-etf-usd-dist-ie000u5mjoz6

Comdirect - Birthday promotion!

Good morning dear Quinies,

I became aware of a cool Comdirect promotion through our dwarf's junior custody account.

First of all: I had a custody account with Comdirect for many years before I switched to ING and never had any problems there and always received first-class support when I needed it. I only switched at the time for cost reasons. As part of the campaign that I would like to present to you in more detail, I have now opened a second custody account with Comdirect again.

Specifically, Comdirect is offering the following when opening a custody account until 05.12.2024:

• Free custody account management (already standard for regular savings plan executions)
• Free savings plans for the entire available range of shares, funds, ETFs and certificates for 30 months
• 3.90 flat fee per trade (i.e. no additional costs in live trading, otherwise plus exchange-dependent fees)
• When opening a Tagesgeld-Plus account, there is 3.0% p.a. for 30 weeks on this account for new customers

Why have I opened a second custody account there?

As some of you may know, share savings plans at ING are subject to a fee. In addition, unlike ING, Comdirect offers the option of adding other/more shares/ETFs (a number of growth stocks, REITs and private equity, which are not possible with ING) to a savings plan. This was the decisive advantage for me. Comdirect also offers the option of taking out a securities loan and opening foreign currency accounts. Of course, I also used a payback coupon when I opened the account💰(more content from me on the subject of cashback soon😉, I received/will receive 6,000 points, which equates to €60, so some trades would already have been financed).

Since my main strategy at ING runs fully automatically without any effort on my part, but I realize that I'm getting a bit bored without a bit of playing and experimenting in the investment area, I'm using the second custody account at Comdirect as a "gamble portfolio" for the next 30 months. After that, the securities will probably be transferred to ING and I'll think about what to do with them.

So I will invest part of my Christmas money (€2,500) once on 23.11.24 as a savings plan in the following 6 individual stocks and 4 ETFs and then save €25 each month on the 1st for the next 30 months (we are really talking about gambling money here, share of the portfolio <5% of my total portfolio):

$PLTR (-2,73%)

$CPRT (+0,58%)

$SFM (+0,07%)

$D05 (-0,67%)

$RR. (+0,5%)

$SOFI (+0,04%)

$VUCP (+0,27%)

$K0MR (-0,04%)

$JEGP (+0,06%)

$FLXX (-0,2%)

From January 2025 I will share monthly updates on my "gamblefolio" here with you.

If you are interested in opening a securities account with Comdirect as part of the birthday campaign, please use the reference link in my bio😉.

I hope you find the article interesting (please leave a like).

Have a nice, relaxed Sunday🆓😎.

Greetings, Marcus

Golden October is the time when the trees put on their golden dress. A dreamlike time that has something magical about it. I took full advantage of this nature by doing a lot of hiking, especially in Saxon Switzerland, which is where the cover picture of the review post on Instagram comes from. While I climbed the sandstone cliffs via the iron ladders, steps and fittings to then enjoy the view from the cliffs, my investments continued to diligently generate returns for me. Time for a look back.

I present the following points for the past month of October 2024:

➡️ SHARES

➡️ ETFS

➡️ DISTRIBUTIONS

➡️ CASHBACK

➡️ AFTER-PURCHASES

➡️ P2P CREDITS

➡️ CRYPTO

➡️ WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT

➡️ OUTLOOK

➡️ Shares

My largest single position in terms of volume $AVGO (-0,52%) has only moved up a little compared to the previous month. But that's perfectly OK after the stock has performed well in the past. A look at the performance makes things more exciting. My $NFLX (-0,25%) which stood at +98% from its acquisition price last month, has now jumped to +115%. I noticed in passing that the number of subscribers has probably continued to grow well, as have the other key figures. Very good, keep it up! The streaming service, which I was the last person to subscribe to before 2018, is developing extremely well. And also $SAP (-0,41%) is growing steadily, can you still remember when the share price collapsed in 2020 after the forecasts had to be lowered? I have held on to the stock and am constantly buying more. One of my few German shares.

On the other side of the coin, it's stumbling a bit. The negative performances of my flops are increasing again, but that doesn't bother me because I $NKE (+0,67%) , $DHR (+0,41%) and $DHL (-1,39%) also see them as successful in the future. Perhaps one or two of them still need to cut costs.

➡️ ETFs

My beloved core unit of retirement provision is growing and growing and steadily paying out more. The rock in the surf, the $VWRL (-0,08%) already accounts for 13.95% of my entire securities portfolio. I can only say again and again: invest significant portions of your income each month in bread and butter ETFs via a fully automated savings plan, then poverty in old age will no longer be an issue in the future. Speaking of old age, at the beginning of November I read a post on Instagram from Finanztip that shocked and annoyed me. They actually advised people to pay into their state pension voluntarily. Was that just a faux pas, or did I just dream it? No, the contribution really exists. They stand for taking your own finances into your own hands and building up assets for old age or in general. For me, this means that this channel is losing its seriousness again, although they were one of the triggers for me to start building up assets after I finished my retraining.

I closed a position in another asset class and used it to buy two more dividend-paying ETFs in one of my old custody accounts. With this $GGRP (+0,27%) I cover the missing first month of the quarter for income in this custody account and with the $JEGP (+0,06%) I have added an ETF to my portfolio that pays out some dividends but also relies on option premiums. The distribution is monthly. I'm curious to see how this develops. This means that from now on all my custody accounts every month. every month. That's fun, because I want passive cash flow!

➡️ Dividends

I was able to collect 21 distributions on 9 payout days in October. I am grateful for this additional income stream.

In the meantime, I have published my extra article on how I deal with reinvestments. As the returns from all custody accounts from the past months of this year already exceed my planned reinvestment amount on average, I now see the opportunity to adjust the planned amount that I want to reinvest via a savings plan upwards. As announced, I am taking $UPS (+0,8%) and $HTGC (+0,26%) in the savings plans as early as December! These are certainly small amounts, but they are helping to make the snowball bigger and bigger.

➡️ Cashback

In October, I redeemed €17 in Payback points at Rewe, got points back and transferred the discount value on the shopping list to my clearing account to invest it immediately via a one-off savings plan. This is in addition to the "You should at least have all the bread-and-butter ETFs!"the second piece of wisdom I preach all the time. If you get a discount, voucher or other benefit somewhere when shopping or ordering online, then invest it, whether directly via payout or indirectly (as I do). In this way, retailers and others help to finance your wealth accumulation and you protect yourself from what it is actually intended for, namely consuming more than necessary.

A statement by Youtuber Balthasar Becker also fits in with this: "I didn't make the rules, I just interpret them in a way that suits me". Or in my words: "I cleverly use the advantage that others give me to lure me in, but in my favor and not theirs."

Always remember, dear readers, even in a tight corset you have a margin in which you can move freely. And you should always use the leeway in your favor. So, enough of the sermon.

Payback was joined by a new payout from the health insurance bonus program. Another €22, which I simply get from my morning sports program and cold training. More about the cold at the end.

➡️ Subsequent purchases

I bought small amounts of ETFs from the above-mentioned inflows from Payback and premium refunds from the KK.

I took a mid three-digit amount from another source and used it to buy two new ETFs for an old portfolio, as already mentioned under "ETFs".

➡️ P2P loans

I'm fed up with this asset class. The constant rounding differences annoy me, as do the defaults. I started trading on October 31st. On the one hand, I deleted the account with EstateGuru despite the last defaulted loan of €50. Consequently, €50 was written off. Bondora Go and Grow also had to go. This is where the mid three-digit amount mentioned above came from, which went into the ETFs for the old custody account.

Peerberry and Mintos cannot yet be canceled. Apparently it is not possible to simply accept the losses by closing the account.

➡️ Crypto

There was still nothing for me to do in October. But now, as I write this article, the US election is already through and $BTC (-1,92%) jumps to new ATHs. I am slowly becoming more attentive again. My strategy is well known, I play the crypto cycles. I want to sell all altcoins as soon as the prices I want are reached, and I may accept losses on one coin ($LTC (+1,87%) ). According to my original plan, I also wanted to sell all the Bitcoin, but I'm now thinking about keeping some of them. In future, I want to reaccumulate Bitcoin in the next bear market in order to play the cycle again. However, I have only invested very small amounts in crypto, which are negligible; for me, crypto remains a zero-sum game. Perhaps it looks completely different for someone who lives in Africa, for example, and doesn't have a bank account.

➡️ What is really important

The long-term wealth accumulation of each and every one of us is certainly automated thanks to savings plans and standing orders. This is precisely why it is important to focus on the important things in life. It's just too short and the end is sure to come.

At the beginning of the month, I returned from my trip to Berlin, which I mentioned in my last review. It was a complete success, it was important for me to convey to the child that you have to leave your comfort zone in order to realize the dreams you have. It takes effort, but it pays off. Only those who leave their comfort zone will surpass themselves. And of course we also had a great time together.

I'm also getting used to the cold. From taking cold showers and preparing for ice baths to running in the cold. My landlord issues me with hot water and heating consumption information at the beginning of each month. I have noticed that my hot water consumption (since I started taking cold showers) has more than halved. That's great! I'm curious to see how much further it will fall. As well as taking cold showers, I'm currently preparing for ice swimming on Fridays after work, which is my current area where I leave my comfort zone. So I actually go swimming at one of the open-cast mining lakes around Leipzig. It takes a few minutes before I have to get out again quickly. It tends to be around 4-5 minutes. Both activities hardly cost me any effort. They even give me a boost of energy. And with the current temperatures, I also go running several times a week in the evening and regularly go hiking. So I also demand a lot from my body and have noticed how it has become much more efficient in recent years since losing a lot of weight in 2020.

➡️ Outlook

It is now the beginning of November and the Trump wave has flooded our portfolios. I hope that there will be no further major sell-off. I am also awaiting my utility bill for the current year. Hopefully there will be a credit again. Because this should be invested.

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