Investments

Last weekend we had a very nice and remote trip to the Vashlovani protected areas here in Georgia, we had a chance to sleep in a very remote place that was powered by solar energy and there was no internet connection. The last time I was in a place without an internet connection was some 7 years ago, and I already started to believe there are not any more such places. There are. Solar-powered Hotel Dalis Mta in Georgia Anyhow, while stargazing I had time to think, and I was thinking how…

Welcome to the forty-nine (#49) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in May 2021. The last May we spent in Georgia, did a lot of road trips, kept going to the gym and swimming pool, visited English kindergarten for our daughter. Life is very good. I was doing quite a lot of awesome drone videography around the country, discovered new places. Sallty Garden Tavern in Georgia From the perspective of dividend income - Last May was low, very low. The…

Baltic Horizon Fund is a regulated closed-end contractual investment fund registered in Estonia. The fund is traded on Tallinn (Nasdaq Baltics)  and Stockholm stock exchanges. This fund operates under the REIT concept where the vast majority of Fund’s cash earnings are paid and only 20% can be reinvested. On May 12, I bought some humble 100 shares with Baltic Horizon Fund from my local SEB bank broker in Latvia. Baltic Horizon Fund stock price chart as of May 12, 2021. source NASDAQ Baltic…

Welcome to the forty-eight (#48) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in April 2021. The last April we finally returned to Georgia, did a few road trips, resumed going to the gym and swimming pool, re-started English kindergarten for our daughter. Oh, life seems so good. I was doing quite a lot of awesome drone videography around the country. It feels so well, being back to Georgia after almost 6-month absence.  Ananuri castle complex in Georgia…

Welcome to the forty-seventh (#47) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in March 2021. The last March we spent in Latvia, but on the last day of March, we returned back to Georgia. There is some progress with our apartment renovation works in Vilgāle. But works have started to slow down.  Vilgāle apt update: Window Casing, Drywall ceiling From the perspective of dividend income - Last March was decent. The thing is it is about a year already I'm…

Welcome to the forty-sixt (#46) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer-to-peer lending in February 2021. The last February we spent in Latvia, did some huge progress with our apartment renovation works in Vilgāle. Torn down walls, get electricity wiring, new windows installed and new floor with underfloor heating installed. Huge progress.  Vilgāle apt renovation works From the perspective of dividend income - Last February was not bad nor…

In 2021 there were 21 out of 27 European Union member states with an official minimum wage set by the government. Turns out this is already the eighth (#8) article about minimum wages in European Union featured on the blog. To keep it up, here is the raw data for minimum wages across European Union in 2021. Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2022 Please don't judge too hard, data are taken from this article on Wikipedia, and applied some basic calculations for yearly growth. The…

Tosmāre is a neighborhood of Liepāja, located between Lake Tosmare, the Karosta, and Zaļā Birze. Not as chic as the city center of Liepāja, we still find this a very luring neighborhood and most important - undervalued In one of our previous articles, we shared an idea of possible investments in the Karosta / Tosmāre neighborhoods of Liepāja. See: Invest in Liepāja Real Estate / Tosmāre / Karosta Today we decided to visit Tosmāre, and take some cool drone photography while exploring the area…

Welcome to the forty-fifth (#45) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in January 2021. The last January we spent in Latvia, did a lot of planning with our flat in Vilgāle, order new windows, got a construction permit, and started the first renovation works (hired local contractors). At the end of January, we relocated to Jūrmala, where we plan to spend the next two months. Cēsis Castle in Latvia On January 2, we paid a…

Welcome to the forty-fourth (#44) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in December 2020. The last December we spent in Latvia, did several trips here and there. I kept playing with my DJI Mavic Air 2 drone, made some really nice HDR photos, hyper lapses, and more. Embūte church ruins From the perspective of dividend income - Last December was nothing special. My dividend income keeps falling because I'm shifting away from…