Yesterday evening I was watching Uncut Gems on Netflix when a friend texted me: F: Are you looking at Tesla? Me: Did it break $700? (Narrator: it closed at $780) This is what it looks like: Previously, on Tesla: in August 2018 Musk twitted the now infamous ‘funding secured’, announcing Read more
I lived in Switzerland for four years. I do not want to bother you on how the pension system is designed there, is quite similar to UK and very different from Italy, but the short story is that I have some funds stuck there until I will be 65 (if Read more
This is the classic post that is more useful to the writer than the reader. Pondering and analysing investors mistakes but, more importantly, your mistakes is one of the most effective way of learning. Reading about someone else mistakes is…better than not knowing at all but I am not convinced Read more
Some days ago I stumbled on this post, enticed by its title. Finding the maximum rate at which you can withdraw from your savings without going broke is the Holy Grail of retirement planning: once you cracked that, and you know your target monthly expenditure, you can set a precise Read more
Last week I received a message from a fellow Italian expat telling me he was putting together a discussion group around f.i.r.e. because he thinks that in Italy the topic is not as mainstream as in other countries. While replying, the length of the message got so massive I realised Read more
Just came back visiting friends living in Doha, Qatar. That country is…weird. I lived four years in Geneva with my wife and my comment to her was: Switzerland: I am the calmest country in the worldQatar: hold my (super expensive) beer I stopped playing the game “the place where I Read more
If you are reading this blog, you would probably already know: couple of weeks ago all the major stock brokers in the US allowed their customers to trade stocks and ETFs for free. (personal note: I started this blog one month after my first daughter was born, I try to Read more
Each of us invests to reach a financial goal in the future; it can be a simple one like buying a car or a complex one like a pension. The first one is simple because the target is very specific, the price of the car, and usually the time we Read more
Since every post I write I include a book suggestion, this time I would like to talk about one I always mention when people that are starting to get involved in the financial markets, professional and casual, ask me what book they should read. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a Read more
I am investing since more than two decades now and in the constant research for the strategy or product that will make me rich (which does not exists) I bought some out-of-the-ordinary products, some of which I still own. The core of my portfolio are standard stocks and bonds but I dedicated Read more