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Compounding and lessons learned

This post from Morgan Housel provides me a good introduction to discuss a thought I have in my mind since a while. I started trading and investing quite early, at least early for an Italian in the ’90s: very few Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 5 yearsOctober 25, 2020 ago
P2P Lending

Lendary

Days ago I received a request of collaboration from Lendary, a lending platform that I did not know; the message was the classic copy/paste p2p community managers send to all bloggers but in this case they started with I am Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 5 yearsOctober 11, 2020 ago
P2P Lending

My P2P experience so far

Kristaps Mors sent me three questions about my experience investing with p2p lenders that he is sharing with various p2p bloggers. The questions are simple but informative, I could only share a couple of lines with him but I thought Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 5 yearsSeptember 26, 2020 ago
Personal Finance

How passive is Passive Income?

Few things recently happened that made me (re)think about the concept of passive income. The Italian stock broker I use since forever decided I cannot trade anymore multiple US listed ETFs, some of which I already own, because…of a regulation Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 5 yearsSeptember 13, 2020 ago
P2P Lending

Bondora Go&Grow: let’s do the math

Couple of weeks ago Bondora posted on their blog the company 2019 results. As far as I know, it was the first time they disclosed G&G historic return and my mind started to spin. I opened my account with them Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 6 yearsAugust 10, 2020 ago
Personal Finance

You do not invest in a business, you invest in people

Before joining my current company I worked a couple of years for a cruise liner. When I started, my boss explained to me how great of a business it was. Demand for cruises was steadily increasing every year and was Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 6 yearsJuly 24, 2020 ago
P2P Lending

The merits of alternatives in your portfolio

I was thinking about the pros (or not) of having p2p investments in my portfolio during the recent stock market downturn and recovery, in the end they performed as truly alternatives: meaning it is really hard to say how they Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 6 yearsJuly 3, 2020 ago
Personal Finance

Scott Galloway is a terrible stock picker

Is he? And if he really is, should we care? Let’s start from the beginning: if you do not know Scott, google him, so you will be up to speed. Full disclosure: I like him and I read all his Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 6 yearsJune 22, 2020 ago
Personal Finance

Robinhood and Me

After my daughter was born my life changed in my ways, one of which is that I started to hang out (when COVID-19 allows) almost exclusively with other first time parents. It happened seamlessly, like when you are a teen Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 6 yearsJune 14, 2020 ago
Personal Finance

Financial Coaching

I am not in love with my job but I like it. I do not wake up every Monday morning with a smile on my face but I think that 70% of what I do is at least interesting. My Read more

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 6 years ago

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