Our Dance Through Two Decades of Market Waves

Remember your first step into investing? Mine came in 2006, just before the market took us on one of the wildest rides in financial history. Tatiana started her investment journey a year later in 2007. Though we didn't merge our finances until our marriage in 2014, I've tracked both our portfolios separately since those early days. Today, I'm excited to share our story of navigating bull markets, bear markets, and those fascinating periods in between. Pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee and get comfortable—we've got quite a tale to tell! To put this journey in perspective, before we dive into the details, here's a visual timeline of our investment journey and the major market events that shaped it. Each event shows how our portfolio pe