Relaxed financial independence
[This portfolio review about negative stock returns may contain affiliate links at no cost to you] Negative stock returns and volatility are at the forefront of the conversation lately. At the time of the last update, the monthly return for the S&P 500 was -3.62%. This month, we see an even bigger drop with a [...]
Money market yields keep rising. Cash isn't something that we often consider when it comes to dividends. It's just cash! It's money that is on it's way to being invested in stocks or bonds. However, it can add to your monthly dividends when money market yields start to increase. We've been stuck in a period [...]
We spent our day exploring western Maui today. Yes, the plan was to do the road to Hana but the weather wasn’t having it. We were both up early and headed towards Hana. However, it rained all through Paia and towards the first stop and we just said “fork it” and turned around. There was [...]
Turns out inter island travel is easy which is convenient since we have to do it twice and this move from Kauai to Maui was the first one. We were up pretty early to pack and get going. Bob, a friendly cardinal came out to say goodbye as we got on the road. The vistas [...]
We did the Kauai Escape Room. It was our last day in Kauai and we wanted to take it easy. This whole trip has been filled with excursions so our last day was meant to be relaxing. We started with breakfast at home while the wife finished the puzzle. It was a team effort since [...]
We did the tourist thing; a Kauai Luau. We've been in the north for a few days and this greets us every morning. That's not a bad view! The plan for today was to walk down to the Princeville resorts beach and do some snorkeling. However, the wife worked on the puzzle a bit first [...]
Thanksgiving was our first full day in Princeville. The weather in Princeville seems to change on a dime. Heavy rain started to move in so we spent the first few hours of the day hanging out at our place. My wife started a puzzle we found in the house. The cabinet also had a bunch [...]
Happy Thanksgiving all! I'm writing this from a new AirBnB in the north. Yesterday was a packed day which started with horseback riding in the morning. It was one of the last planned excursions we had. It was also our last day in the southern part of the island. We were up early, packed up [...]