Personal Finance
Ergodicity
The Idea Farm is a newsletter / research database founded by Meb Faber. If you are a long-time reader of this blog, you know how much I love Meb and if you don’t, I strongly suggest you go and check Read more
Personal Finance
NTSX is available in Europe
On the 18th of October, WisdomTree (finally!!) listed a UCITS version of their ETF NTSX in Europe. If you are wondering what’s NTSX, you must be new around here. “The ETF is designed to deliver a 90% exposure to large-cap US Read more
Personal Finance
Insurance
Personal finance is usually associated with investing. Often with budgeting. Sometimes with taxes. Insurances are a relevant part of the puzzle that is discussed less frequently. As with investing, my understanding of how insurances work, and how they work for Read more
Personal Finance
Buy when there is blood on the street (but be invested all the time)
The title of this post is a sentence Corey Hoffstein said in a recent podcast episode with Meb Faber. Jeeez how much I miss Pirates of Finance. It is a very simple sentence that highlights how, in many cases, finance Read more
Personal Finance
The Hustler Loneliness
If you want to undermine investing, you refer to it as gambling. Risk Of Ruin is a podcast that talks about how you can gamble without gambling. It is all about positive expected value and edges. I love the podcast Read more
Personal Finance
GATHER
Last week I read this FT article about copy trading. I was expecting the routine stories of users that started full of hopes and eventually got rugged: the first part of the piece did not disappoint me. After referring to Read more
Personal Finance
Europe is the new Japan
Weeks ago I read the following post, which hit straight into my soul (I left the original Italian version, you can find the English version straight after): Quante volte negli anni scorsi abbiamo ascoltato o letto che Europa e Stati Read more
Personal Finance
Model Portfolio Quarterly Update
In April 2022, I introduced on this blog The Italian Leather Sofa Model Portfolio. As a reminder, here is the portfolio composition: The idea behind the portfolio is stolen from here. The link offers the best explanation to what I Read more
Personal Finance
Factors and Risks
I am not sure who my audience is anymore, so I will try to keep this post as generic as possible. If you recognise where the example comes from, kudos to you 🙂 There is an investor with an 80% Read more
Personal Finance
Expenses, expenses, expenses
This week, I read a post from my pal Finanza Cafona on how he manages his money and budget. I call this type of content “finance porn” because I think in many cases the author wants to humblebrag how successful Read more