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Jan 2021

Entrepreneur Recap – 2020

2020 – for many the worst year of their lives. Not for me. It might have been the best year of my life instead. At least financially speaking I was crushing it. My annual profits were at an all-time high, my DSL Investment Trust made all-time high gains and I was able to pay off my debt plus started building a cash cushion again.
On the side of the goals, I only achieved half of my goals and it is a bit of a bummer that DSL trading still is unprofitable. So, in a way, there wasn’t too much progress last year when it comes to diversification of my workstreams. Also, we had to shut down one of our ventures, another workstream busted.
All in all, however, 2020 was a really good year. Corona came at exactly the right time for me and I was more than lucky to be able to spend most of 2020 here in beautiful Bali.

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Jan 2021

Investment Portfolio Review – 2020

My Portfolio

2020, what a year it has been.
Initially, everyone thought this is it. The bull market is over and we’re at the beginning of a brutal bear market for many months and years to come.
Funnily enough, the bear market only lasted a couple of weeks and before we knew it, we were already coming out of it. At the end of the year, the FTSE indices are still in the red, but overall the market has seen much enthusiasm. Especially the NASDAQ recovered with immense speed and confidence and already made new all-time highs in June, just 3 months after the devastating lows in March.
My portfolio has been doing great this year, too. I’ve outperformed all my benchmarks and finishing on a solid 25% gain.

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Dec 2020

Entrepreneur Recap – November 2020

Entrepreneur

November was a big hit!
My Investment Portfolio made the biggest gain in a single month so far, tons of overdue invoices got finally paid, so my cash-flow is as green as it’s ever been while my overall annual profits for 2020 now officially exceed what I made when I was still full-time employed. The entrepreneur game is paying off – slowly but surely.
All of this puts me in a good position for 2021, where removing dangerous dependencies and further scaling of own-built income streams will be the motto.
This is the last monthly update for the year as the next update will be the 2021 annual recap. I hope you enjoyed reading my monthly entrepreneur updates throughout 2020 and I am looking forward to your continued support in 2021.
Have a good end of the year everyone – and see you in the next one.

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Dec 2020

Investment Portfolio Overview – November 2020

Investing

Oh, November, what have you brought me. Explosive growth. Absolutely killing it. My portfolio literally jumped up in value and surpassed all the benchmarks in the 2020 performance so far.
The catalysts making this gain possible came down to the announcement of a vaccine for covid 19 and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in the US. Both reduced uncertainty in the market, which consequently led to immersive growth rates for a few industries. I managed to concentrate my portfolio in the months before on exactly those industries, hence now enjoying a wild ride to new highs.

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Nov 2020

Entrepreneur Recap – October 2020

Entrepreneur

October was a bit of a weird one. My overall profits were way down, although my cash flow was sky-high. I didn’t manage to complete any of my goals, yet remember having a good time. Guess, when you’re in Bali it’s easy to forget your failures and just focus on your wins, the warmth of the sun, the good vibes, beaches, coconuts, parties and pools.
Although, I know that I really have to attack and level up in the last two months of the year. At least if I want to sustain my lifestyle here throughout 2021, which will very likely be much harder than 2020. The Corona Plandemic in 2020 just opened a lot of doors, which otherwise would’ve been shut. So, I’m very grateful for the opportunities presented to me in 2020 yet also mindful that this won’t last forever.

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Nov 2020

Investment Portfolio Overview – October 2020

Investing

October on paper has been the worst month for my portfolio since the start of the rally in April. Despite it all started really promising earlier in the month and for a short moment I was in the green on the cumulative all-time performance. What followed were a few tough weeks with a few drawdowns. I used those drawdowns to go on a massive spending spree once again to get my overwhelming cash position of over 25% of my overall portfolio back into the market. At least the spending spree was a success, I entered a total of 8 new positions. More than I have done anytime before in a single month. On top I sold one of my oldest holding for a juicy triple digit percentage gain.

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