Welcome cheapskates to today’s article, which marks the first in a series diving deep into our own cheapskate portfolio, looking at what we buy and why we invest in them. Today we kick off with the biggest buy in our portfolio – The Invesco MSCI World UCITS ETF. What is it? If you’ve read some …
Portfolio Focus – Invesco MSCI World UCITS ETF (LSE:MXWO) Read More »
If you’re new here, we at cheapskate investing have one basic rule for building your wealth – Spend less, earn more, invest the difference. However, how do you know what the difference is? Do you know exactly how much you can afford to invest each month? You’ve probably heard the saying “pay yourself first” (and …
Building Wealth #3 – Make a budget to be wealthy Read More »
Hopefully you’ve read episode 1 in this series where we cover the basics on how we think anyone can build wealth by looking at their earning, spending and investing and that you’re fired up ready for another dose of life changing gold! Maybe we’re bigging it up a little, but this episode is all about …
So, you’ve decided that living pay check to pay check isn’t the way you want to spend the rest of your working life, awesome! The good news is, you’ve already taken step one in wealth building by actually doing something about it. Most people either resign themselves to living a mediocre existence or think that …
Today was an incredibly tough day for drug and healthcare giant GSK. It finished up 5.9% down for the day on it’s announcement that it expects to cut its dividend in 2022. I can’t say I’m surprised at this news, though the sharp drop was a hefty blow, especially considering we at CI have holdings …
Today we’re taking a look at UK insurance and FTSE heavyweight AVIVA and reveal why we have added this stock to the cheapskate portfolio in 2021 and expect to add more. We’re going to cover why its so cheap right now, where we think the price is heading and what we think the future holds. …
Admit it, how many of us have heard about the next big investment in the media, the hot new stock or coin or whatever that’s on its way to the moon, and thought to ourselves ‘I better get on the train now before it’s too late! This could be the one!’. Even your friends, who …
Congratulations! If you’ve made it this far, you can now call yourself an investor and you’re well on your way to building some serious wealth for the future. So what now? I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately, good investing, is usually boring. “Investing should be more like watching paint dry …
Investing for beginners #7 – You’re an investor! Keep it going and more learning Read More »
Welcome back cheapskates! If you’ve been following this series, you’ll now be fully clued up on why to invest, how to build a portfolio and good practices when growing your wealth. In this article of investing for beginners, we go into more detail about the different types of stock, the pros and cons and some …
Investing for beginners #6 – Making an investment in stocks, ETF’s and others Read More »
So, you’ve signed up to an investing platform, got your finances in order and are ready to make that first stock purchase! Awesome! But what do you buy first? How much of it should you buy? Should you buy UK or American? 1 stock or a hundred? The stock market can be a confusing place, …
Investing for beginners #5 – Portfolio and Strategy basics Read More »