It’s time for a summary of the last month. I should post it yesterday, but the post about my Entrecard contest took a place.
April was really fast and, unfortunately, very expensive for me. I spent much more money than in March. After quick comparison of bills and expenditures from both months, I see that it is not easy task to keep spending on the similar level each month. Why? Because of irregular expenditures, that occurs for example once per three or four months. I had a lot of such spends in April like paying for medical services or buying some stuff in bulk. At least I know I will save more in May.
Last month was really severe for me at the stock market. I decided to invest more aggressively and I took a harsh lesson. Only one out of my seven picks sky-rocketed, while rest was slowly going down and down. I definitely kept the positions for too long, having a hope these stocks would go up. That didn’t happen. In the end I took about -3% loss.
After that experience I will definitely invest more cautiously. When there is no promising pick, I will simply keep my money on a saving account.
photo credit: masochismtango
Small, good news for the end of summary is that my blog income is higher than in March. It is slightly above 6$ combined from Google Adsense and Kontera. Great.
