Days ago I received a request of collaboration from Lendary, a lending platform that I did not know; the message was the classic copy/paste p2p community managers send to all bloggers but in this case they started with I am a big fan of you blog, so they got my Read more…
I was thinking about the pros (or not) of having p2p investments in my portfolio during the recent stock market downturn and recovery, in the end they performed as truly alternatives: meaning it is really hard to say how they performed. Like an investment in a private equity fund, you Read more…
I did not invest in Kuetzal and given recent news, probably I would never get the chance to. I tend to gravitate away from ‘the new kid on the block’, sometimes it means that I miss the generous yield new investment opportunities offer to get traction and attract investors, sometimes Read more…
This is the fifth post about Bondora, and the second in a row: I promise I will stop. When I started investing in p2p loans years ago I envisioned the potentiality of this new ‘asset class’ for retail and institutional investors. My dream was to start a proper fund that Read more…
Lat week while I was reading this post from AQR I had a sudden revelation: what if I can borrow Cliff analysis and use it to explain Bondora Go&Grow (alleged) success? The AQR paper is about Private Equity, why investors are (particularly now) so in love with the asset class, Read more…
My risk management strategy in p2p lending is to invest only money that, if lost, will at max cause me a shrug. To keep the compounding going and diversify risk, I use part of the gains from one platform to try another one; for this reason, in the last quarter Read more…
I try to read blogs and forums to get ‘a pulse’ of the p2p industry. If crypto is considered at best as a fringe, curious topic by mainstream financial media, p2p coverage is relegated to that one per year article about 200 Chinese companies that went bankrupt the same day. Read more…
Quick one for the UK based readers. Kuflink is a peer to peer lending company that offers lenders opportunities to invest in short-term, 3 to 12 month bridging loans. All loans are secured by property should the borrower default. Kuflink offers both manual (non ISA account) and auto-investing (ISA and Read more…
DoFinance provides a nice offer, perfect for those who want an extra easy P2P investment with a reasonable performance: interest rates range from 4% to 11%, depending on the investment duration and early withdrawal terms. At first, choosing your strategy between the multitude of available options can feel a daunting Read more…
I started investing in FellowFinance two years ago and I thought this should be a good time to write a report about my experience so far, even if I still have more questions than answers. So, if anyone of you is also using it, please share with me your experience. FF is Read more…