Finance update Third month in a row for negative returns with the reaction to the Trump tariffs taking full effect! Checking halfway through the month I was down £50k for the month, but in the end it was only half of this, down £25.7k Breakdown for April: ISA down £10.6k Pension down £14.6k GIA /easy access savings down £9.2k Crypto up £4.4k House price down £7.5k Total : down £25.7k You'll see a big chunk of money going into my ISA (grey bar), and I think I lucked out on the timing here. With the markets reaching the pit of the dip a day or two after the new tax year started. I'd imagine there's a few FIRE followers who have lucked out here, effectively buying the dip by moving money from cash/other savings into thei S&S ISAs. My plan for the next month or so is to carry on ploughing into my S&S ISA. I'm expecting a tax relief rebate coming in that should cover off at least £5k of that. The quickest I have managed to fill my ISA has b...
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