What age you should start investing? Drumroll… “It depends!” Who could have guessed, uh? This is a very interesting and very complex topic. Interesting because, if you nail it, your future self will be very happy. Complex because there is Read more
In April this year, I introduced The Italian Leather Sofa model portfolio. As a reminder, here is the portfolio composition: 60% stocks (via NTSX) 40% bonds (via NTSX) 20% trend (via DBMF) 10% commodities trend (via COM) 4% Tail risk Read more
I know, I do not write that much lately AND my last post was on the same topic. I promise you, I am not obsessing over this matter (even if some days I have to provide almost hourly updates on Read more
It has been quite a week (and counting) in the UK. On the 23rd of September, the new UK government delivered their first recipe to revive the UK economy and it was received worse than a foreigner asking for a Read more
It has been a while since I wanted to write about the “low vol” factor. The reason is pretty simple, look how it performed in the last year (white line is the biggest LowVol ETF listed in the US, the Read more
I discovered Kris Abdelmessih on Twitter and his substack The Moontower not a long time ago. The more I climb the tower, the more I find him a fascinating person to follow. He arrived both at the best and the Read more
*This post is 100% fiction, even more than past ones. Nothing here is financial advice, please use your own judgment about reading from a rando on the internet that does not update his About page for ages. A week ago, Read more
TLDR: if you ask me, most did When I started this blog four years ago, I planned to dedicate ample space to p2p lending. I had been experimenting with investments in that space for three years and, at that time, Read more
Do you know the frequency illusion? It is a concept in psychology that describes, for example, once you purchase a new car you start seeing it everywhere. It is also called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon but well, I guess “frequency illusion” was Read more
The importance of establishing your investing decisions on Excel models instead of ‘feelings’ or opinions, reminder #452. It took me more than a week while working on a post titled “one year of leverage” to realize that, actually, I opened Read more