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Harvesting Volatility Risk Premium

Thanks to Bankeronwheels, last week I read this post from Early Retirement Now on trading options. A quick self-reflection digression. I know the existence of ERN because Mr.Rip once told me about it. I had a peek at the blog Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearMarch 27, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

One Coupon Callable Bonds

Did I buy a billion of bonds, as notional amounts, in my career? Probably. For sure if I consider various bond buyback exercises. Did I buy every single one on Bloomberg? YES (or…no? I recall once I implemented TradeWeb but Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearMarch 19, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

Samuelson’s Dictum

In the years between the end of high school and the beginning of university, I tried to participate in Magic the Gathering Pro Tour. How to define “trying” is pretty tricky. I was dedicating a lot of time to it, Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearMarch 12, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

Passive Investing has broken the Market?

Three weeks ago David Einhorn was a guest on the Masters in Business Podcast: “Market structures are broken and value investing is dead. That’s the view from David Einhorn. On this episode, the president of Greenlight Capital sits down for Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearMarch 3, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

The Fortress Portfolio

I cannot recall how long ago I discovered @NomadicSamuel on Twitter. My definition of “Canadian Travel Blogger” might not be 100% accurate but take it as is; he’s a great chap who, for some reason, got the finance bug along Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearFebruary 23, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

Kill Your Idol

Tony Robbins just published a book about investing that is a not-so-hidden pitch to bring revenues to a Private Equity firm he’s a shareholder. Nick Maggiulli wrote a review that exposed the fact. Nothing out of the ordinary, you would Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearFebruary 16, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

Flexible Funds

I had some difficulty deciding whether to write about Flexible Funds (FF) in English for a broader audience, or to suggest an Italian-only guest post with FinanzaCafona. FF are definitely popular in Italy among retail investors but I have never Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearFebruary 8, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

No Worries

Jared Dillian just released a book about personal finance (?) called No Worries – How to live a stress free financial life. Who’s Jared? I am not sure how to describe him, he worked in finance, has a paid daily Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearFebruary 1, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

Tips for Active Strategies

$CYA must be one of the best tickers ever for an ETF, innit? $CYA is the Simplify Tail Risk Strategy ETF. From their webpage: [CYA] seeks to provide income and capital appreciation while protecting against significant downside risk to investors Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearJanuary 22, 2024 ago
Personal Finance

A Critical Assessment of a Critical Assessment of Lifecycle Investment Advice

A few weeks ago I listened to a great episode of the Rational Reminder podcast about Professor Cederburg’s latest research. A research that seems to disrupt traditional thinking in the field of Lifecycle Investment Advice. Two main things are considered Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 1 yearJanuary 16, 2024 ago

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