Working with, and now also writing about, investing stuff necessarily exposed me to things that I do not understand. Not because they are complicated (there are but they are not the topic of this post) but because they are stupid. At least for me. As Matt Sperling would say, “I Read more…
A little bit more than a year ago, Andrea invited me to participate in his InCassaforte podcast after we had a brief exchange on Twitter on why it was reasonable or not to invest in bonds when rates are at zero or negative. This morning (which might not be your Read more…
Global X just launched two “defined-outcome” ETFs that are UCITS compliant (i.e. can be bought by European Investors): I thought I already wrote about this strategy, but I realised I only did a generic piece on structured products here. Innovator ETFs launched the first defined-outcome strategy ETFs about three years Read more…
Today I will review the ASYMmetric S&P500 ETF, ticker ASPY, in an unconventional way. I still remember when I listened to the very first episode of the Animal Spirit podcast because I was on holiday in Costa Rica, traveling by bus from the capital to a surf spot on the Read more…
A week ago I received a message from a reader, who just finished university and is starting his first internship in a few months. Considering the new phase of his life, he wanted to discuss saving and investment strategies. I immediately felt the guy deserved the very best answer I Read more…
When I tell people that Twitter is one of my best working tools, most of them think I am joking. Most of them do not use Twitter. Years ago, when FB was still a thing for under-65, someone correctly said that on FB you find the friends you have while Read more…
In order to save optimize time (which I do not have), I thought I could browse for new, interesting ETFs available for European investors, meaning UCITS compliant, and then write a post about them. This is a search I do regularly, mostly because my Twitter feed talks only about US-listed Read more…
What age you should start investing? Drumroll… “It depends!” Who could have guessed, uh? This is a very interesting and very complex topic. Interesting because, if you nail it, your future self will be very happy. Complex because there is no universal answer (beware those people that tell you otherwise) Read more…
I know, I do not write that much lately AND my last post was on the same topic. I promise you, I am not obsessing over this matter (even if some days I have to provide almost hourly updates on where UK rates are…); in fact, I was mid-way writing Read more…
*This post is 100% fiction, even more than past ones. Nothing here is financial advice, please use your own judgment about reading from a rando on the internet that does not update his About page for ages. A week ago, the girlfriend of one of my best friends had to Read more…