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#10 How Our Stock Portfolio Grew to $7,824.96 This Week
This week, our portfolio demonstrated resilience and growth, closing at $7,824.96, reflecting a +2.52% increase compared to the previous week. Here's a breakdown of the key updates and strategies implemented over the past week:Options Expiry and New PositionsExpired Options: All options expiring today— MS (Morgan Stanley) and RBLX (Roblox)—expired…
Documentary "The Black August. Default" About Russia's Financial Crisis in 1998
| 14 views |20 years ago, Russia experienced one of the most devastating crises in its recent history — on 17 August 1998 the government defaulted. Today I watched an interesting documentary in Russian - Черный август. Дефолт,…
Rainy Day in Tbilisi
| 1 views | PhotoLess than a month ago, we changed apartment in Tbilisi and got one with really cool views towards mount Mtatsminda. I've been playing with a tripod a camera here ever since. See: Tbilisi by night (New apartment version…
Trinity Monastery of St. Jonas in Kyiv
| 11 views | Photo UkraineThe Trinity Monastery of St. Jonas is a Ukrainian Orthodox monastery in the Kievan neighborhood of Zverinets, a short distance from the medieval Vydubychi Monastery. We discovered this monastery back in 2017 when…
Postcards from Mtskheta 2
| 3 views |Mtskheta is a small and lovely town located some 20 km from nation' s capital Tbilisi. Some will find a lot of similarities in Mtskheta with the town of Sighanghi, while others will enjoy architectural and religious…
Top 5 Luxury & Spa Hotels in Kvareli, Georgia
| 2 views | Collections GeorgiaHere are the top 3 reasons to visit and stay in Kvareli - health spas, culturally diverse food & beautiful forests. Kvareli is one of the most popular SPA hotel destinations in Georgia, or at least in the region of…
Hryshko National Botanical Garden in Kiev
| 13 views | Photo UkraineTurns out there are at least two botanical gardens in Kiev. In today's article, I will write and provide photographs from Hryshko National Botanical Garden taken back in Summer 2017. Apparently, we got here by a taxi …
Shio-Mgvime monastery
| 6 views | Photo GeorgiaThe Shio-Mgvime monastery is a medieval monastic complex in Georgia, near the town of Mtskheta. It is located in a narrow limestone canyon on the northern bank of the Kura River, some 30 km from Tbilisi, Georgia’s…
Hotel Gino Wellness Mtskheta Review
| 6 views | Photo GeorgiaThere are at least two Gino Wellness hotels in Georgia (probably more), one is located in the Rabati Fortress in the town of Akhaltsikhe and the other one is located really close to Tbilisi, in Mtskheta. In today's …
October 2018 Dividend Income Report - $168.10
| 6 views |Welcome to the eighteenth (#18) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks, peer to peer lending (both fiat and cryptocurrencies) in October 2018. In case you are wondering why I'm…
Halloween 2018
| 1 views | PhotoHalloween 2018, was celebrated on Wednesday, October 31. This was our first Halloween together with our newborn baby and we made some really cool photos and video's in our new Tbilisi apt. But as each year,it's all…
Top 10 Hotels in Mtskheta, Georgia
| 2 views | Collections GeorgiaHere are the top 3 reasons why visit Mtshekta, an ancient Georgian capital Georgia - old town, history & architecture. Independent Travel Guide to Mtskheta In 2018, there are no 5-star hotels in Mtsheta (as its…
Tbilisi by day (New Apartment Version)
| 1 views | PhotoIt has been already more than 10 days since we have moved into our new Tbilisi apartment. For today's article in the series Living in Georgia, I just wanted to share some picture with surrounding views towards mount…
Istanbul Airport
| 8 views | TurkeyIstanbul Airport will be the main international airport serving Istanbul. It is based in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. The opening ceremony took place on 29 October 2018, scheduled…
An Inconvenient Border: Where China Meets North Korea
| 0 views |An Inconvenient Border: Where China Meets North Korea is a great documentary by ABC news I would highly recommend to all interested in North Korea / China. Both North Korea and China has been on my radar for the last…
Traveling to Madrid? Here are Top 14 5-star Luxury Hotels in City Center
| 6 views | Collections SpainAfter two great week-long travels to the regions of Catalonia (2014) and Andalusia (2016) in Spain, Madrid is planned as our next destination in Spain. To prepare better I decided to explore what are our options, this…
Tbilisi Office 2.0.
| 0 views | PhotoIn October 2018, we changed not only apartments but also offices as well. In short, we moved from Agmanashabeli avenue to Vake district in Tbilisi. There is a little change compared to previous years when trying to…
TP-Link TL-WN725N 150Mbps Wireless N Nano USB Adapter Review
| 6 views | PhotoTP-Link is a popular brand in Georgia, and most probably in CIS region, manufacturing Wireless routers and wireless adapters (probably a lot of other useful gadgets as well). I remember about 10 years ago I used a PCI…
Tbilisi by night (New apartment version)
| 1 views | PhotoIt has been a while since I last time did a night photography (one of my favorite photography techniques). The thing is, recently we moved in to a new apartment here in Tbilisi, which offers a very fantastic views…
Growing Blog Audience to 200,000/mo users in next 365 days
| 4 views |Five years ago I started this blog with an experiment - Can you blog 365 days in a row? Now, five years later I know for sure, yes you can, you even can blog 5 X 365 days in a row. At least that what I just did. Now,…
Top 17 5-star Luxury / Boutique Hotels in Manhattan, New York
| 1 views | Collections United StatesGet the celebrity treatment with world-class service at the finest 5-star luxury hotels in Manhattan, New York. For a luxury stay at one of the 5-star hotels of Manhattan, you should be ready to spend starting ~ $250…