Rebalancing Bitcoin Investment November 2016

This month is similar to last month. All BTC-based investments lead the growth, while the fiat-based investments is stable close to 1% growth. This month is the second best of this year, after close to 120€ profit in June due to BTC gain too.

Highlights:

1. BTCjam, BitLendingClub, Bitbond and BTCPop are in the lead due to BTC price gain. So, we list them on the top rank now due to their performance in the last 10 months.
2. Mintos and Twino are stable as usual because it is based on EUR. IDR-based Amartha is stable too. So, I put the in the middle rank now.
3. EUR-base Bondora is stable too. But, it has no buy-back guarantee. So, I put it in the bottom rank. 
4. GoldMoney comodity is still losing value is short term
5. FreeBitco.in keeps dripping satoshis from its faucet

Rebalancing Bitcoin Investment October 2016

BTC-based investments are performing great. EUR-based investments are now stable after I exit the stocks market. IDR-based investment is already performing well. Gold-based commodity is losing value erasing last month gains.

Take aways;

1. BTCjam, BitLendingClub, Bitbond and BTCPop are in the lead due to BTC price gain.
2. Mintos, Twino, Bondora are stable as usual because it is based on EUR
3. I am getting into IDR-based Amartha now due to low-risk micro-credit strategy very similar to Grameen Bank.
4. GoldMoney comodity is losing value is short term
5. FreeBitco.in keeps dripping satoshis from its faucet

Rebalancing Bitcoin Investment September 2016

Both BTC and Gold price rebound. So, all investments in my my portfolio is positive, except the stocks. So, I liquidate it.

Take Aways:

• I am exiting the stock market due to continuosly bad performance for three months straight.
• BitGold is rebranded to GoldMoney and gaining value this month due to better gold price. I recieved $2 bonus on my birthday from GoldMoney. Thank you.
• Both EUR-based Mintos and Twino is profitable as usual. So, I inject €200 into Twino to reduce imbalance between EUR and BTC investments. Bondora is still has no movement after giving me €5 bonus last month.
• All BTC-based investments are profitable, including BTCjam, BitLendingClub, Bitbond and  BTCPop.
• The FreeBitco.in faucet is still giving out satoshis slowly.

Rebalancing Bitcoin Investment August 2016

Overal, this month is the worst yield ever at negative 0.66%. Bitcoin price is going down more than 10% after the Bitfinex hack. Unfortunatelly, USD, Stocks and Gold prices are also depressed and cannot counter the loss in BTC-based investments.

Take Aways:

• BTCjam is still looks like the most stable investment with average monthly yield on 6.11%. This seems to be about right, because its not far from Loanbase average yield of 4.53%.
• Both EUR-based Mintos and Twino is stable as expected with average monthly yield about 1%. So, I am trying to increase my EUR-based portfolio to gain some stability next month.
• Both Mutual Fund and GoldMoney is weaker this month, yielding negative growth. Bitgold is rebranded into GoldMoney this month.
• Most BTC-based investments are sufferings from BTC price drop after Bitfinex hack. This includes Loanbase, Bitbond and BTCPop.
• No luck with FreeBitco.in yet. I will keep playing until now and then, until I hit jack pot.

Rebalancing Bitcoin Investment July 2016

Bitcoin price is going up after Brexit vote and The Halving. Stock market is still weak, falling into negative territory.

Take aways:

• The growth of ING Mutual Fund is weak and falling into negative in March, May and July
• So, I will keep investing on Buy-back-guaranteed P2P Lending, such as Mintos and Twino, to provide some stability (around growth 1% per month)
• All bitcoin-based investment are growing modestly (BTCjam, LoanBase, Bitbond, BTCPop)
• I am starting to invest in gold as commodity via Bitgold. However, I purchased it using Bitcoin. Unfortunately, the volatitily of Bitcoin and Gold price cost me back 6% this month.
• I am starting to speculate on Bitcoin Faucet FreeBitco.in

My experience buying Bitgold via Bitcoin:

• I transfered 150 Euro to my Bitcoin Exchange and attempt to buy Bitgold directly from my Exchange wallet. This is a bad idea because Bitgold has 15 minutes deadline to transfer Bitccoin in. So, I transfer it via my 3rd party wallet instead.
• You can only put your gold in Dubai if you buy it via Bitcoin.
• The price-locking is immediate, however the confirmation that the gold entered the vault in Dubai takes longer, especially in the weeked.
• So, I lost 5€ to Bitcoin price volatility before locking the gold price on July 10th. I then lost another 5€ due to Gold price volatility ten days later.

• I am convinced that this is shorterm volatility, in long term gold performance always outperform fiat currencies. Bitgold point this out in its bi-monthly newsletter.

Rebalancing Bitcoin Investment June 2016

BTC is going up, pushing all of my portofolio up. Stock market is still weak, keeping ING Fund as the least performing as usual.

Take aways:

1. Overtime, the EUR-based investments (Mintos, Twino and ING Fund) is suprisingly close to each other at around 0,9% yield per month.
2. Overtime, all BTC-based investments (BTCjam, LoanBase, Bitbond, BTCPop) outperform the average.

Mintos promotion:

1. Get 1% credit for the first 3 months for new registratio using this link: mintos.com
2. This site will get small credit as well, when you register using that link.
3. The reward will be calculated based on the average daily invested balance over a 3-month period and paid in three installments — 30, 60, and 90 days after the registration date.

Rebalancing Bitcoin Investment May 2016

USD is going flat against Euro. This allow some Mixed-currency investment to have a modest gain. Unfortunately, BTC investements are slightly losing value againts EUR.

Take aways:

1. EUR-only loans on Mintos and Twino is starting to give 1% gain. This is matched by mixed-currency loan on Bitbond. 
2. Stock Market gain is weak for the last three month. So, My ING Fund investment is slightly losing value. I have been investing on it for a long time. It is just now that I am tracking its value.
3. BTCjam is consistently giving above average gain for the last 6 months.
4. Loanbase loans losing more value than BTCPop. This is because of 10%+ default rate on Loanbase, in addition to BTC losing value againts EUR.

April 2016 has the highest late and default rate on Loanbase.