Investments

With this article, I'm launching a new section in the blog - stock picking. One of the first stocks I would like to talk about - is TLRY brands inc. In fact, I have already talked about this stock quite often in my newsletter and YouTube videos. To keep it simple I want to list my ideas in one place - any yes, guessed it right, my blog. This is not trading advice. Investments in stocks, funds, bonds, or cryptos are risk investments and you could lose some or all of your money. Do your due…

After spending a weekend in Batumi I decided to take a closer look at the booming, but somehow stagnating Batumi real estate market. At the start, I couldn't believe that there are real estate offers starting $750 per square meter. Now I have a feeling if I would look more carefully, and bargain a bit I could get something even for $500 in the new development projects. Batumi Real Estate Crypto Investment   After contacting a few real estate developers in Batumi I was getting quite…

For years I've been against real estate investments, as I have never really understood them, or they have seemed out of the reach because of the high price attached. Instead, I prefer the stock market and bitcoin. Let's say I invest in what I understand. I cannot say I understand the stock market 100%, even less for cryptocurrencies, but at least I know how to make money out of them Batumi Real Estate Crypto Investment Real estate for profit-generating seems - way too complicated to me, and…

A few years ago I made a broader goal of achieving 1 million dollars in my savings account by the time before I will turn 60 in 2045.  The plan went well until the Pandemic hit my portfolio in March 2020, later that year I bought an apartment in rural Latvia I really didn't need and spent a lot of my funds there on renovation works. Also, we have kiddo now, the cost of schooling at an international school here in Tbilisi now cost us about $5,500 per year, but soon will reach $24,000 per anum…

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft is a major German bank operating as a universal bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In the 2019 financial year, the bank was the second largest in Germany by the total value of its balance sheet. The bank is present in more than 50 countries around the world and provides almost a third of Germany's trade finance. In 2017, it handled 13 million customers in Germany and 5 million customers in Central and Eastern Europe. Commerzbank is a member of the Cash…

Welcome to the fifty-ninth (#59) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in March 2022. Last month we spent both in Georgia and Latvia. We had a Spring break from QSI school in Tbilisi and we decided to visit Latvia, my daughter had a chance to pick up some Latvian, and I had a chance to install floors at our Vilgåle apt. Also, we bought an old Mercedes Benz ML 400 SUV car, so we have transport next time when in Latvia. Rental cars add up in the end.…

About 4 years ago I started a simple, so-called 52 Week Money Saving Challenge. The rules for this challenge are very simple - to deposit in the first week one euro, in the second week - two, third week - three, etc. The amount after each week continues to grow, up to the last week of the year, when it is 52 euros. Back in 2018, I was saving in the jar, but I must admit I dropped the challenge after some 6 months, as we were relocating from country to country and I didn't have any more access…

On April 1st, 2022, to celebrate my 11 years in Georgia I closed most of my stock and options positions. I took a huge loss, but again I must admit, my biggest problem was overtrading -too many open naked positions. Something I want to avoid in the future. I wanted to close all the positions and buy only AAPL stock to sell covered calls on, but I was short with free capital, and instead, I established covered calls positions on 4 stocks and bought just.a few shares with AAPL stock. The plan is…

At the end of October 2021, I launched the 52-week challenge of Buying Apple stock with the goal of buying 2 AAPL shares once a week. Fast forward to the end of March 2022 and I'm lagging behind my goal a lot.  Currently holding just 4 shares with Apple. Long story short - the stock market has gone significantly against me and I'm suffering losses from the options trading, holding me back from investing more in Apple.  A few weeks ago I came up with a plan to buy 5 shares with AMZN on margin…

On March 17, 2022, I assisted in buying 1 share of AMZN stock for my fiancee. She paid USD 3,101.99 for 1 share. Our goal is to have 5 shares by June 6, 2022. My fiancee is having her birthday on June 10 and by that time I hope I will be able to assist her in selling the first covered call on AMZN stock as well. Subscribe to my newsletter about investing with covered calls Now, long story short AMZN stock is doing a 1:20 stock split on June 6, 2022: On March 9, 2022, the Board of Directors…