In September 2026 I used 17 Plutus gift cards, spent £445 and saved £61.87. What worked, the bonus credits, and the new card that still isn’t here. …
Continue readingPlutus September 2026 Update: £61.87 Saved on Gift Cards
Hey, I’m Marcel. This Updates Hub is where I write up the experiments I actually run.
Each week I auto-buy Tesla, SpaceX, NVIDIA, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Each month I buy the ETF pies and Premium Bonds. Outplayed is the side hustle that brings income into the lab. Plutus brings discounts on everyday shopping.
I live in the UK, and I’m not a financial adviser.
In September 2026 I used 17 Plutus gift cards, spent £445 and saved £61.87. What worked, the bonus credits, and the new card that still isn’t here. …
Continue readingPlutus September 2026 Update: £61.87 Saved on Gift Cards
My portfolio closed at £18,466 (+£1,443, +8.47%). A new high versus June’s £17,751. SpaceX, NVIDIA, crypto and the pies led. …
NVIDIA has agreed to buy Hugging Face. That matters for this £10-a-week NVIDIA experiment because the same company now also owns a major place where open AI models are shared. This is not just another
August 2026 Monthly Report: Core closed at £17,518 (+£2,796) after July’s £14,722 (−13.8%). Tesla, SpaceX, pies and stable income. Recovery, not new highs. …
Hey, Marcel here with my SpaceX August 2026 update. SpaceX went public in June 2026. My first buy and entry into SpaceX was a £2,000 lump sum at the IPO: 19 shares at $135 each
Continue readingSpaceX August 2026 Update: Flight 13, Starbase Louisiana & Falcon Backlog
The July 2026 monthly report is here, and this time the numbers are red. As of market close on 31 July 2026, the core tracked portfolio finished at £14,722, down -13.8% for the month. This
Continue readingMonthly Report – July 2026: £14,722 Portfolio + All Experiments Breakdown
Welcome to the Mars Money Lab Monthly Report! This June 2026 monthly report covers the full portfolio performance and all experiments. June turned out to be another strong month in the lab. By the 1
Continue readingMonthly Report – June 2026: £17,751 Portfolio + All Experiments Breakdown
Welcome to the Mars Money Lab Monthly Report! This May 2026 monthly report covers the full portfolio performance and all experiments. Another month in the lab, and as of the 1 June 2026 market close,
Continue readingMonthly Report – May 2026: £14,864 Portfolio + All Experiments Breakdown
Welcome to the very first Mars Money Lab Monthly Report! This April 2026 monthly report covers the full portfolio performance and all experiments. Another month in the lab, and as of the 1 May 2026
Continue readingMonthly Report – April 2026: £13,681 Portfolio + All Experiments Breakdown
Hey, Marcel here with my Tesla April 2026 update and overall Tesla investment progress. If you’ve been following my Tesla journey, I started buying TSLA shares back in November 2024 and kicked off documenting my
Continue readingTesla April 2026 Update: SpaceX Stake, UK Energy & Semi Ramp