Updates

First buy of 2026 is in. Deployed 6,530 new shares into the SMIF Hoard at 87p per share - just over £5,300 of new money. Total holding now sits at 72,730 shares with 27,270 to go. Here's where it gets nerdy: I'm projecting one more buy at the end of January (~£3-3.5k of new money), and that should be the last new money going into SMIF. From February onwards, all fresh funds get funneled into the dividend portfolio instead. The big June dividend payout from that portfolio is earmarked to push SMIF to the 100k mark. The math checks out - SMIF is effectively on auto-pilot from end of January. Focus now shifts to growing those dividend projections higher and higher. I still can't quite believe I'm in this position. There's a real disconnect between the numbers on screen and real life at this point, but it's years of hard work to get here. Surreal.

Christmas Eve check-in. December has been more challenging than expected on the business side - exchange rates have been brutal and that always stings. The SMIF dividend payout of £331 is due on January 5th, so the decision on how much goes into the pie will be made then. Projecting it'll still be £5,300 in new money, plus using the full £331 dividend to buy on top of that. Will post the actual numbers once the buy is complete around the 5th. That's a wrap on 2025 for the Wealth Goblin - see you in the new year.

Just deployed another 6,110 shares into the SMIF Hoard for approximately £5,300. Total holding now sits at 66,200 shares - well on the way to that 100k target. Business had a strong month, and if things keep going this way, expecting to drop a similar buy at the end of December. The pile grows.

Wealth Goblin comes out of the shadows. I am apprehensive to share this as I keep most of my financials bottled up but hey I'm the Wealth Goblin and I'd like to share finally what I am doing. Here it is, laid out in black and white... well... the colors of the site. Expect updates here monthly based on what I have done with income at the end of each month but at the moment, full steam ahead for the SMIF Hoard train.