With an acknowledgement to Homer Simpson, for the excellent piece of lifestyle advice in the title.
It's the time of year when many bloggers are writing detailed reviews about their last year's personal and lifestyle goals, and either congratulating themselves or indulging in self-flagellation depending on their degree of success.
And then setting out even more ambitious plans for the year ahead. Some I've read mention up to 25 goals for the year - that averages out at two per month.
Cut yourself some slack, FFS !
01 January 2016
Investment Review - December 2015
I've just compiled the latest Combined Portfolio position, as shown in the graphic below. Click on it for a larger image.
I've included the column from the previous post for comparison, as usual, but there's also an extra column from this same time last year, i.e. at the end December 2014.
I've shown this because, in spite of the quite poor market performance over the year, and in particular the rout in commodities stocks in which I'm heavily overweight, all is not doom and gloom and the year-on-year overall position doesn't actually look bad at all.
I've included the column from the previous post for comparison, as usual, but there's also an extra column from this same time last year, i.e. at the end December 2014.
I've shown this because, in spite of the quite poor market performance over the year, and in particular the rout in commodities stocks in which I'm heavily overweight, all is not doom and gloom and the year-on-year overall position doesn't actually look bad at all.