Being the one that “works in finance”, and more and more because of this blog, I have been asked for advice*. For this reason, and considering the dumbfounding difference between the state of the financial advisory industry in the US Read more
“you do not eat risk-adjusted returns” How many times I have heard it. Well, not literally like this because, if you are able to frame it this way, you know it is not 100% true. Usually, it comes in the Read more
Warning: this might be a self-serving post. A juice of pure confirmation bias. The comfy blanket I look for when I am scared. You probably know my model portfolio (and if do not, click on the link ;)). 66% of Read more
More than three years ago I wrote this post about SONG, a closed-end fund listed in London that invests in music royalties. I would not explain again why I think investing in music royalties is a good idea, if you Read more
If you are reading this blog, you already know who Nassim Nicholas Taleb is. In his book The Black Swan, he proposed the idea of the “barbell portfolio” as a way to manage risk in investment strategies. The concept draws Read more
What’s the risk that the FED next move would be a rate increase? I just listened to The Compound and Friends podcast and someone mentioned this. I do not think is a far-fetched idea, considering that we had three months Read more
Last week I published the quarterly update on the TILS model portfolio: it did 7.41% in just three months, a great result (yes yes, it can give it all back even faster but let me enjoy it for a bit). Read more
In April 2022, I introduced on this blog The Italian Leather Sofa Model Portfolio. As a reminder, here is the portfolio composition: The idea behind the portfolio is stolen from here. The link offers the best explanation to what I Read more
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
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