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Europe is the new Japan

Weeks ago I read the following post, which hit straight into my soul (I left the original Italian version, you can find the English version straight after): Quante volte negli anni scorsi abbiamo ascoltato o letto che Europa e Stati Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsOctober 15, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

Model Portfolio Quarterly Update

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…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsOctober 9, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

Factors and Risks

I am not sure who my audience is anymore, so I will try to keep this post as generic as possible. If you recognise where the example comes from, kudos to you 🙂 There is an investor with an 80% Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsOctober 2, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

Expenses, expenses, expenses

This week, I read a post from my pal Finanza Cafona on how he manages his money and budget. I call this type of content “finance porn” because I think in many cases the author wants to humblebrag how successful Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsSeptember 25, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

On Dividend Investing Strategies

Every video/post about dividend investing should start with a big, clear disclaimer that says “This investment strategy is suboptimal; it might help you behaviourally but you are going to pay for the privilege”. Like those ads against piracy before a Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsSeptember 11, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

Fun with Funds

It is almost the two-year anniversary of this post I wrote about the role of gold in a portfolio. A few days ago, someone re-posted on Twitter the research piece that prompted me to write my post (well, half of Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsSeptember 4, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

Lifestyle Creep

I read a post from Ben Carlson about lifestyle creep and had a few thoughts. Mainly two, to be exact. “Feeling rich” and “being worried about money” are emotions, therefore exist because everyone is also exposed to the opposite. Can Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsAugust 28, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

Musings on FX risk

Does an asset intrinsic risk/return profile change based on where I sit? Let’s start with an example. I live In Switzerland with my best friend. He is a really good sports bettor and he generates rather stable returns out of Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsAugust 21, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

Market Cap (Weighted) Hated Indexes

Index: a sign or measure of something I have been reading complaints about market capitalisation-weighted indexes for a while. The latest reason is the over-exposure of the World Index to the US stocks…according to European investors; because if you ask Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsAugust 9, 2023 ago
Personal Finance

Traders, Coaches and Charlatans

This post is a behind the scene compendium of my first (?!?) guest post on BankerOnWheels.com; or…whatever did not make the cut there but I did not want to throw it away (I wrote it while on holiday so it Read more…

By TheItalianLeatherSofa, 2 yearsJuly 31, 2023 ago

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