Personal Portfolio Performance In The Past 88 Months

This is going to be a relatively short post as it is just going to serve as a reminder and reflection for my personal investing journey. Nothing discussed here should be treated as financial advice of any sorts, it is just my personal thoughts. It has been 88 months since January 2018 till April 2025, and I think it is a good time (and an auspicious number) for me to start looking back and reflecting on my investing journey thus far. January 2018 is the time when I started recording and tabulating my investing journey with a concrete plan in mind. I had decided to invest for the long term and accumulate shares of good companies for the long time, with dividend play in mind. Initially, portfolio growth was mainly due to capital injection and any growth was slow. However, I understand this is how dividend investing is going to be. No rocket to the moon, no exciting multi-baggers, just slow and steady compounding in play, and I am fine with it. This is b...