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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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 yearsJanuary 24, 2022 ago
Portfolio construction

Covered Calls Uncovered (trading options is a mess)

Two years ago I wrote this post about weird ETFs I own. Two years already?!? It does not feel it was so long ago…and in fact, I was sure I included an ETF…that I cancelled from my Bloomberg launchpad three Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 4 yearsJanuary 16, 2022 ago
Personal Finance

Time is the only scarce resource

If we had an infinite time horizon, ‘retire early’ would not matter. It will just matter to retire at a certain point. Duh. By ‘retire’ I mean being free to do whatever you want, not necessarily ‘not-working’. You save, you Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 4 years ago
Personal Finance

Inflation and me

Just before Christmas, I found this post where the great Matt Levine explains the feeling of getting a huge bonus and still being sad. Between M&A, IPOs and bond issuances, 2021 has been a very busy year for banks. A Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 4 yearsJanuary 3, 2022 ago
Portfolio construction

A post about Dennis Rodman, Voltron and gold

I am an avid NBA fan. Aside from the game itself, I love the financial and human dynamics on how to build a successful team. For the uninitiated, the financial aspect is interesting because each team has a ‘salary cap’, Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 4 yearsDecember 27, 2021 ago
Personal Finance

Another awful idea from Prof Galloway

Yes, the title is again a click-bait but what can I do? Those google ads has to be fed and the amount of hate out there for Prof G is still unabated. If you do not know what I am Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 4 yearsDecember 20, 2021 ago

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