🚀 Weekly Investment Simulation – Week 13 $25/week to reach Financial Freedom, Update 30 April 2026
Week 13 — and something important happened this week:
👉 VUG performed a stock split (6:1)
This doesn’t change the value of the portfolio — but it changes how we track shares.
As always, we continue with the same rule:
- 80% → VUG (ETF)
- 10% → HIVE
- 10% → BTC
Consistency never changes.
📆 Strategy Snapshot — Week 13
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Weekly Investment | $25.00 USD |
| Total Cumulative Investment | $325.00 USD |
| Update Date | 2026-04-28 |
| Objective | Long-term Financial Freedom |
🔹 Asset Prices (Post-Split)
| Asset | Price (USD) |
|---|---|
| VUG (post-split) | $82.77 |
| HIVE | $0.06075 |
| BTC | $76,395.00 |
💸 Purchases This Week (Week 13)
| Asset | Allocation | USD Invested | Unit Price | Quantity Acquired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUG | 80% | $20.00 | $82.77 | 0.2416 shares |
| HIVE | 10% | $2.50 | $0.06075 | 41.15 HIVE |
| BTC | 10% | $2.50 | $76,395 | 0.00003272 BTC |
| Total | — | $25.00 | — | — |
📊 Total Holdings After Week 13 (Adjusted)
| Asset | Previous Qty (Adjusted) | Week 13 Added | Total Qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| VUG | 3.00282 | 0.2416 | 3.24442 shares |
| HIVE | 385.91 | 41.15 | 427.06 HIVE |
| BTC | 0.00038485 | 0.00003272 | 0.00041757 BTC |
💰 Portfolio Value After Week 13
| Asset | Total Invested | Current Value | Profit/Loss | Profit/Loss % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUG | $260.00 | $268.57 | +$8.57 | +3.29% |
| HIVE | $32.50 | $25.94 | –$6.56 | –20.18% |
| BTC | $32.50 | $31.88 | –$0.62 | –1.90% |
| 📌 TOTAL | $325.00 | $326.39 | +$1.39 | +0.43% |
📈 Investment vs Portfolio Value
| Week | Invested ($) | Portfolio Value ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25.00 | 25.00 |
| 2 | 50.00 | 51.25 |
| 3 | 75.00 | 75.82 |
| 4 | 100.00 | 100.66 |
| 5 | 125.00 | 127.68 |
| 6 | 150.00 | 146.25 |
| 7 | 175.00 | 162.57 |
| 8 | 200.00 | 184.51 |
| 9 | 225.00 | 206.78 |
| 10 | 250.00 | 234.53 |
| 11 | 275.00 | 265.43 |
| 12 | 300.00 | 299.46 |
| 13 | 325.00 | 326.39 |
📉 Market Insight – Week 13
This week is VERY important:
- VUG split makes accumulation psychologically easier
- Bitcoin continues stable above $75k
- HIVE still weak but perfect for accumulation
And something key happened:
📈 The portfolio is now back in profit
🔂 Strategic Insight
The split didn’t change value…
But it changed perception:
✔ More shares
✔ Easier accumulation
✔ Stronger compounding feeling
This matters more than it seems.
💬 Final Thoughts — Week 13
“The market rewards those who stay long enough to understand it.”
13 weeks.
Still here. Still buying. Still building.
And now:
📈 Back in profit
📈 Larger position
📈 Better structure
We continue.
See you in Week 14 🚀
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Impressive progress for Week 13. I've been following various investment strategies, and your discipline with the weekly simulation is inspiring. Do you plan on diversifying into other ETFs after this split?
Thank you very much for your comment. No, I want to stick with the same ETF since it’s a growth fund and my strategy is long-term. In a few years, I’ll switch to a lower-risk option, like the VOO.
Week 13 that's consistent. I respect anyone who tracks their progress weekly, even when nothing "exciting" happens.
The VUG stock split (6:1) caught my attention. You said it doesn't change the value just how shares are counted. That's a good reminder that splits don't create wealth, but they can make investing more accessible.
Your 80/20 rule (80% VUG, ?% something else?) is simple and disciplined. I'm still learning about ETFs alongside crypto. In Ghana, we don't have easy access to VUG, but I follow the principle: low-cost, broad exposure, and patience.
What's the other 20% in your portfolio? And how do you stay disciplined when markets get noisy?
Thanks for sharing your journey — it's motivating to see someone tracking week by week.
I have 80% in VUG, 10% in Hive, and 10% in BTC. This strategy is called a “satellite” strategy, where you have a core holding of 80%—in my case, VUG (but it could just as easily be another ETF like VOO or any S&P 500 ETF)—and then the remaining 20% is up to you, depending on whether you want to take on a little more risk.
In addition, steadily growing your portfolio is known as DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging). It involves consistently adding to your holdings, so it doesn’t matter if the price is high or low, since it averages out, and what matters is the long term.