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
Religions are a bubble that will prove to be “worthless” John Paulson Religions are a fraud Paul Singer Would you believe the above quotes were real if the person said his judgement is based only on intrinsic value? What about this: As I dug into the actual underpinnings, it just Read more
Recently I read this article by Larry Swedroe on how after 2008 became really hard to invest in an hedge fund that will provide a meaningful overperformance (if any at all). HF were providing real alpha before that date and there is plenty of research (and movies and books…) to Read more
My wife fell pregnant while working as a maternity cover. It was a small ooops for her employer and a big one for us, because it meant she would only receive the Statutory Maternity Pay. In short, for one year we lived with a +1 in family members and a Read more
At the end of this year the GBP LIBOR will cease to exist and I spent few months ‘fixing this issue’, i.e. renegotiating trades, at the office. I am mentioning this because the legal story that brought us here, and in particular who got punished and who did not, is Read more
“now you know what’s possible, let me tell you what’s required” In a parallel universe, I would like to think this would be the intro to RetireInProgress monthly update instead of Russillo Life Advice. If you do not know what I am talking about, check out this clip from the Read more
It’s amazing, for me, that after 25 years looking at this stuff I still manage to get surprised when I should not. I read about people that spend millions to buy a jpeg of a rock (and thousands to buy the meme of that rock) and others that will not Read more