In 2021 JPMorgan decided to follow Goldman Sachs steps and open a (sort of) retail branch here in the UK. While GS strategy revolved so far around a cash-saving product called Marcus, JPM built something closer to an online-only bank. Today I will illustrate to you the my pros and Read more…
If we had an infinite time horizon, ‘retire early’ would not matter. It will just matter to retire at a certain point. Duh. By ‘retire’ I mean being free to do whatever you want, not necessarily ‘not-working’. You save, you invest and a certain point your saving pot will be Read more…
Just before Christmas, I found this post where the great Matt Levine explains the feeling of getting a huge bonus and still being sad. Between M&A, IPOs and bond issuances, 2021 has been a very busy year for banks. A lot of bad things have been said about the banking Read more…
Yes, the title is again a click-bait but what can I do? Those google ads has to be fed and the amount of hate out there for Prof G is still unabated. If you do not know what I am talking about, here is chapter 1 and chapter 2 of Read more…
It’s been a while that we do not talk about your favorite topic, me (ah!). In the last few months I made some investments that would for sure perform nicely in what it looks like, now, the incipit of a new bear market (ah ah!). Enjoy the ride. A premise Read more…
It’s been some years that I have trouble sleeping. Not because my investments keep me awake, some nights my body simply decides that it does not want to sleep. Gone are the days when I could drink five redbulls (and some vodka) in a night out and then sleep like Read more…
Passive income and investments in general are great to help you reach your financial goals but the best way to get there fast is to increase your main source of income. For all of us still ‘old school’, this means the salary. I wanted to write a post about my Read more…
I read this post earlier in the week and I got quite disappointed. Humble Dollar is supposed to be one of the ‘good’ financial divulgation outlet and the author of the post, Charlie D. Ellis, wrote a seminal book called Winning the Loser’s Game (I did not read the book Read more…
This week MrRip, the person behind retireinprogress.com (and soon mr.rip?), invited me to join one of his Twitch live streams (in Italian). I am fairly new to this ‘game’ and do not fully know the proper etiquette to thank him for the opportunity, it was definitely a blast for me. Read more…
I have read numerous posts on the pros and cons of buying a second, vacation home and decided to write my own. My parents bought a chalet on the Italian Alps before I was born and it is probably the place in the world where I instantly feel the most Read more…