Last year I wrote a post about weird ETFs I own. I love these products, they allow you to take specific, sometimes exotic, exposures in a simple and cost effective manner (if you know what you are doing). When Michael & Ben in their Animal Spirit podcast interviewed the guy Read more…
I do not remember how I found this blog but I got hooked for several reasons. The writer lives in Switzerland and I am curious to see how another person approaches a country that has multiple idiosyncratic aspects, like headline negative inflation but everything that costs triple compared to any Read more…
The great majority of posts about strategies to F.I.R.E. focus on the single individual, you. What if you are in a couple? Trying to force a particular lifestyle into anyone is a recipe for disaster but at the same time I do not think that someone frugal is going to Read more…
This post from Morgan Housel provides me a good introduction to discuss a thought I have in my mind since a while. I started trading and investing quite early, at least early for an Italian in the ’90s: very few that took the university path cut ties with their family Read more…
Few things recently happened that made me (re)think about the concept of passive income. The Italian stock broker I use since forever decided I cannot trade anymore multiple US listed ETFs, some of which I already own, because…of a regulation dated 2014? Apparently if under MiFid you are classified as Read more…
Before joining my current company I worked a couple of years for a cruise liner. When I started, my boss explained to me how great of a business it was. Demand for cruises was steadily increasing every year and was forecasted to increase even more by the newly minted Chinese Read more…
Is he? And if he really is, should we care? Let’s start from the beginning: if you do not know Scott, google him, so you will be up to speed. Full disclosure: I like him and I read all his books; I think that this could make me biased but Read more…
After my daughter was born my life changed in my ways, one of which is that I started to hang out (when COVID-19 allows) almost exclusively with other first time parents. It happened seamlessly, like when you are a teen and stop playing games and start to be interested in Read more…
I am not in love with my job but I like it. I do not wake up every Monday morning with a smile on my face but I think that 70% of what I do is at least interesting. My wife works in fashion and has to reinvent herself every Read more…
This is week I saw the price of oil going negative…and it was not the most incredible thing I watched. There is this new doc on Netflix called The Last Dance (from now on TLD), which you probably saw if you are a basketball fan and should watch if you Read more…