Monthly Report – August 2026: £17,518

Hey, Marcel here with the August 2026 monthly report. July closed the core at £14,722 (−13.8%). As of 31 August 2026 22:00 UTC the live dashboard core is £17,518, +£2,796 on that July figure. August is the recovery month after the dip, not a breakout to new highs.

Growth assets:
Tesla – $12,823.28
SpaceX – $3,060.51
NVIDIA – $547.83
Bitcoin – $535.09
Ethereum – $436.19
Space Pie – £92.88
Quantum Pie – £66.74
Plutus – £971

Stable income experiments:
ETF Portfolio – £1,563.27
Premium Bonds (National Savings and Investments) – £1,975
Matched Betting (Outplayed) – £4,382.95 total profit

July closed at £14,722. August’s core is £17,518, up £2,796. The chart below is last month.

How each experiment moved from the same month-end levels:

Growth assets MoM:
Tesla – $12,823.28 (+$2,325.98) +22.16%
SpaceX – $3,060.51 (+$827.93) +37.08%
NVIDIA – $547.83 (+$110.19) +25.18%
Bitcoin – $535.09 (+$166.78) +45.28%
Ethereum – $436.19 (+$164.92) +60.80%
Space Pie – £92.88 (+£34.27) +58.47%
Quantum Pie – £66.74 (+£18.57) +38.55%
Plutus – £971 (+£142.93) +12.18%

Stable income:
ETF Portfolio – £1,563.27 (+£87.39) +5.92%
Premium Bonds (NS&I) – £1,975.00 (+£25.00) +1.28%
Matched Betting (Outplayed) – £4,382.95 (+£63.20)

Overall core – £17,518 (+£2,796) vs July £14,722

The portfolio recovered after July’s −13.8%, with the core at £17,518 (+£2,796). That is a recovery month, not a breakout to new highs.

Tesla permit and recall: Nevada approved a Tesla Robotaxi ceiling of 5,000 vehicles in Clark County. That is a cap, not a fleet. China recalled nearly 3 million Teslas over emergency door-release labels. Cybercab on 3 September is a watch, not an August delivery. Tesla is still the largest growth position.

SpaceX Louisiana and Roman: Starbase Louisiana at Pecan Island is a stated $100 billion campus, first launch as soon as 2029. Starlink 10-49 was the last planned Falcon 9 Starlink from Florida. On 30 August Falcon Heavy launched NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Starship Flight 14 did not fly.

NVIDIA quarter: Revenue $96.2 billion, Data Center $89.0 billion and a Q3 outlook of $108.0 billion ±2% with no China data-center compute assumed. The £10/week NVIDIA buys are still a demand story, not a miss.

Bitcoin and Ethereum flows: US spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ran a mid-August inflow streak, then a red day on 28 August. Ether stayed positive that Friday. Farside’s 31 August prints were green again. No August month-total. The £10/week bitcoin and ether buys ran through that.

Premium Bonds: NS&I lifts the prize fund rate from 3.80% to 4.35% from the September 2026 draw. The August draw stayed at 3.80%. Bonds sit at £1,975.

Space Pie and Quantum Pie still look loud on month-over-month percentages because the bases are small. Outplayed, Plutus and the dividend ETFs did the quiet job.

We’re now past the £10k “Stable orbit” milestone and sitting at 70.1% of the £25k breakout target. Core is £17,518 after a recovery month. Next focus remains consistent weekly buys into the growth experiments and keeping the dashboard updated.

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