I just started investing in EvoEstate, I did not do any platform review because I usually wait at least one year and see how it works before expressing my findings. The founders are supposed to be expert in the sector and I wanted to invest in what they invest (plus Read more…
As an allocator, I always challenge consultants that model assets like Absolute Return Credit: they give me an expected return and volatility profile based on average results of managers in the space without considering that you can invest in one, maybe two managers: your final result depends on your capacity Read more…
So it is time for me to write about something I have very limited experience with and most importantly no success to date: start-up investing. Even this definition might be loose since Mintos was founded in 2015 and at a valuation of €68mio, it is not exactly a small company. Read more…
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 a big fan of you blog, so they got my Read more…
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 they would also make a nice topic for a post Read more…
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 almost six years ago; all the scepticism I have on Read more…
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 performed. Like an investment in a private equity fund, you Read more…
Daytrading “The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.” – FDR Retail traders are likely finding that the truth of trading is hard, now that they’re free to pursue it. And pursue it they have, setting activity records every month. pic.twitter.com/VgmQpScb8o — SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) May 14, 2020 Read more…
I decided to invest in P2P platforms for the risk adjusted returns but also for a pure passive income cashflow: after the auto-lending set up, I dedicate few minutes per month to each investment pot. I think my (spare) time is better invested somewhere else, I control the risk by Read more…
As many of you, I am wasting dedicating lot of time these days watching charts about the evolution of the virus in many countries. My parents live in Italy, in the hardest hit part of the country, so I have an obvious interest there. I also watch Italy because I Read more…