The Retirement Newsletter: Happy New Year — looking back on 2023

Issue Number: -6.5 — How was it for you?

Photo by Author — Happy New Year

Welcome

Welcome to issue 6.5: Happy New Year and looking back on 2023.

I hope you had a great Christmas.

So, first, a Happy New Year to all my readers. I hope 2024 is a great year and you achieve all you set out to do.

Looking back at 2023

So, how did 2023 work out for me?

Well, thinking about it, it was a mixed bag.

Back in Issue -56 — Happy New Year — am I starting my last full calendar year in employment? — I came up with my prediction for 2023, so how did I do?

My predictions for 2023 were:

The Good Predictions for 2023

1. A pan-specific COVID-19 jab — sadly, this has happened. Yet. It might, and it could, but it hasn’t.
2. The stock markets will remain flat — I am delighted to say I got this wrong. My investments have done very well. Thank you very much.
3. Global energy prices will stabilise but remain high — sadly, I will say I got this right. It would have been nice to say I was wrong, and energy prices had fallen.