Richard Soulliere
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Bursting with ideas, honing them to peek your interest.
Enjoyes blending non-fiction into whatever I am writing.
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Getting Around Turkey (Turkiye) by Air and Bus
In an earlier article, I wrote about a nice little hack of getting to and leaving from Turkey by way of connecting flights in Warsaw - an absolute delight. Now, I am going to give you the skinny on traveling by air internally in Turkiye (Turkey) via AJet and Pegasus Airlines, Istanbul's two major airports (SAW and IST), plus a few tips on traveling between cities by bus all based on a trip we took in September 2024.
By Richard Soulliere16 days ago in Wander
The Genius Idea of Stopovers in Warsaw
Normally I aim to spend anywhere from two to three hours between connecting flights at international airports before moving on promptly to my final destination. In the adventure my wife and I undertook, we had a stopover in Warsaw of a whopping seven-and-a-half hours **during the day**. There is no way any airport is so good to spend that much time there during the day, so we were definitely going to see the city. But was it worth it? Could we see something and get back to our connecting flight without being frazzled?
By Richard Soulliere29 days ago in Wander
Stock Trading - Entry 53
Questions have been posed and here I will get into those I have been meaning to answer, but haven't yet. As usual, I am not dispensing financial advice. I am simply explaining my point of view as it relates to my current investment situation.
By Richard Soulliere29 days ago in Trader
Stock Trading - Entry 52
After identifying my plan moving forward to fund my retirement in entry 51, I wondered how I could also retire early. I mean, for me, maxing out on my pension is expected to occur at the age of 68.5 (gotta love half-year birthdays, eh?). Since I am focusing on my situation, I am not providing financial advice in this article.
By Richard Soulliere2 months ago in Trader
Stock Trading - Entry 51
You know, when I started investing in stocks in autumn 2023, I would have been happy staying in the black - a key reason I am not dispensing financial advise in this or any article I have published to-date on Vocal Media. I simply wanted to dispel myths and in ten years or so have something significant to show for it. Since I was willing to learn continuously along the way, it cost me some time and in this article I lay out whether it has been worth it for me as well as what my medium-term investing strategy will be moving forward.
By Richard Soulliere2 months ago in Trader
Stock Trading - Entry 50
One of the good things about a portfolio analysis, or even a simple high-level overview, is it makes it a whole lot easier to find out out if the level of diversification in one's portfolio is sufficient/suitable. Of course that means something completely different to every investor, which is why I am only imparting thoughts on my own investing journey - not financial advice. In this article I quickly show how my portfolio analysis drove me to analyse climate change to make my next stock purchase. (Fortunately I had help - and it was not A.I.)
By Richard Soulliere3 months ago in Trader
Stock Trading - Entry 49
Yes there are scammers out there and yes I fell prey to mistake number two that I mentioned in entry 6. This time I didn't fall prey and scammers inadvertently helped me rebalance my portfolio - and I am not kidding. What I will get into here is what happened - I am not dispensing financial advice.
By Richard Soulliere3 months ago in The Chain
Stock Trading - Entry 48
I am sure the book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" has made it onto your reading list at some point and that marked the start of my exploration of investing in real estate. This article outlines my exploration into real estate acquisitions and why I have, in 2025, settled on REITs. This article is not financial advice; it gets into my own thoughts on society, building wealth, and getting roofs over people's heads.
By Richard Soulliere5 months ago in Trader
Stock Trading - Entry 47
I know, I know. USDC and Tether are the only two stablecoins available on Netcoins and Bitbuy as of the date of publishing this article. So why write about stablecoins? Well, although what I write here is not financial advice, I did want to peek behind the curtain to see if I then needed to investigate using another exchange to get into stablecoins. Here's what I found.
By Richard Soulliere5 months ago in The Chain
Stock Trading - Entry 46
This is kind of a snapshot before I start diving into the long-awaited analysis at the two-year mark. Yup, it has almost been that amount of time since I opened a trading account and setup various funds. To highlight certain flavours, this recap is organized into three sections; indicators, specific analyses, and external impacts. (I am not dispensing financial advice here or in any of my articles mentioned below.)
By Richard Soulliere6 months ago in Trader
Stock Trading - Entry 45
Here's the story of how I became increasingly impressed with blockchains as a micro-investor along with what sparked me to actually start investing in blockchain tokens in 2025. The last big blockchain scam I wrote about was in entry 13 with Libra, but a look at blockchain mining really got me to wondering and after some research, things started falling into place for me. With all of the recanting I am about to do, I am not dispensing financial advice.
By Richard Soulliere6 months ago in The Chain
Stock Trading - Entry 44
[https://todaysurvey.today/trader/stock-trading-entry-43] My previous entry* ended with the realization that I had to figure out how my investment approach needs to change given that I have enough cash in my portfolio to invest in more than just a few shares in more than a few companies. Newsflash #23: When you have $20k in your portfolio, your investing approach will need a refresh. This article dives into that change for me - I am not dispensing financial advice.
By Richard Soulliere6 months ago in Trader
