This is the fifth post about Bondora, and the second in a row: I promise I will stop. When I started investing in p2p loans years ago I envisioned the potentiality of this new ‘asset class’ for retail and institutional Read more
Lat week while I was reading this post from AQR I had a sudden revelation: what if I can borrow Cliff analysis and use it to explain Bondora Go&Grow (alleged) success? The AQR paper is about Private Equity, why investors Read more
My risk management strategy in p2p lending is to invest only money that, if lost, will at max cause me a shrug. To keep the compounding going and diversify risk, I use part of the gains from one platform to Read more
I try to read blogs and forums to get ‘a pulse’ of the p2p industry. If crypto is considered at best as a fringe, curious topic by mainstream financial media, p2p coverage is relegated to that one per year article Read more
This is the classic post that is more useful to the writer than the reader. Pondering and analysing investors mistakes but, more importantly, your mistakes is one of the most effective way of learning. Reading about someone else mistakes is…better Read more
Quick one for the UK based readers. Kuflink is a peer to peer lending company that offers lenders opportunities to invest in short-term, 3 to 12 month bridging loans. All loans are secured by property should the borrower default. Kuflink Read more
Some days ago I stumbled on this post, enticed by its title. Finding the maximum rate at which you can withdraw from your savings without going broke is the Holy Grail of retirement planning: once you cracked that, and you Read more
Last week I received a message from a fellow Italian expat telling me he was putting together a discussion group around f.i.r.e. because he thinks that in Italy the topic is not as mainstream as in other countries. While replying, Read more
Just came back visiting friends living in Doha, Qatar. That country is…weird. I lived four years in Geneva with my wife and my comment to her was: Switzerland: I am the calmest country in the worldQatar: hold my (super expensive) Read more
DoFinance provides a nice offer, perfect for those who want an extra easy P2P investment with a reasonable performance: interest rates range from 4% to 11%, depending on the investment duration and early withdrawal terms. At first, choosing your strategy Read more