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Bear Market Trading: an update

In my previous post on how to trade during a bear market, I used Tencent as a prime example. The stock actually bottomed the day after I published the post and since has rebounded more than 30%. The rebound was Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsMarch 19, 2022 ago
Personal Finance

How to Trade in a Bear Market

During my non-professional trading career, I studied and experimented with various strategies. For a period (which might include present days), I had my go at picking value stocks. In pursuit of value, I use to buy stocks that were down Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsMarch 14, 2022 ago
Personal Finance

Illiquid Alternative Investments

Last week I read a well-done research piece. It is about illiquid alternative investments, a topic that I find really interesting (I wrote about alternatives here and here). The underlying idea is to look for investments that added to a Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsMarch 7, 2022 ago
P2P Lending

Market Musings – FB, Oil, Biotech & more

I wrote a lot about crypto lately, definitely more than it is represented in my portfolio. In the meantime, have collected thoughts on some more traditional assets. Then the war happened. Most of the considerations you will read are still Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsFebruary 28, 2022 ago
Crypto

Line Goes Up – a reaction

I spent a big part of my life being ‘the communist’ for some of my friends and ‘the capitalist’ for the rest. All of this while expressing the same opinions to everyone. Same concepts, polarised reactions. Here are some pics Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsFebruary 21, 2022 ago
Personal Finance

The problem with investing

The other day I was listening to Ryen Russillo telling the story of how his father is convinced he could score if he would participate in an NBA game. I obviously do not know Ryen’s father but I thought “sure, Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsFebruary 14, 2022 ago
Personal Finance

Value Averaging

After having spent maybe too much time reading and studying financial markets, I thought I have seen it all. At least in terms of simple investing strategies that were not published yesterday. Value Averaging is a strategy proposed by professor Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsFebruary 7, 2022 ago
Crypto

Crypto winter – an update

Not even 10 minutes after I clicked ‘Publish’ on my latest post about crypto, I landed on this post from Finumus and I was like oh s**t, there is so much I forgot to cover! So here we are with Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsFebruary 4, 2022 ago
Crypto

A crypto winter (let’s hope is gonna snow)

I hate periods when markets dive but not for the obvious reasons. After years of panics, I managed to become pretty zen about it…and by zen I mean I do not trade single name stocks. I hold bonds. I have Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsJanuary 30, 2022 ago
Personal Finance

The (not so) new Chase account and debit card

In 2021 JPMorgan decided to follow Goldman Sachs steps and open a (sort of) retail branch here in the UK. While GS strategy revolved so far around a cash-saving product called Marcus, JPM built something closer to an online-only bank. Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 3 yearsJanuary 24, 2022 ago

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