I ❤️ charts

I wasn't really happy with the color scheme in my Google Sheet chart where I separately report paid ordinary and special dividends compared to estimated dividends for 2025. After almost accepting that I didn't have the ability to get the colors right, I decided to try one last time. All of a sudden, it turned out the way I wanted, I don't understand how I got it, but I'm grateful for the result.

Now I have 3 colors, the blue bar represents the total estimated dividends for 2025. While the second bar, which consists of two colors, represents the fixed and additional dividends that have been paid so far. The green part refers to the regular dividends and the red part to the additional ones.

My hope was that the green part of the bar at the turn of the year 2025/26 would be as high as the blue bar while the red part of the bar would be the icing on the cake. Unfortunately, this will not be the case as the Swedish krona has caused serious damage in my calculations this year by becoming much stronger against the USD than expected.

What the outcome will be next year remains to be seen as I have not decided whether I will adjust my set exchange rate for USD/SEK.

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