I first wrote about leverage more than one year ago, time flies! It was a good introduction at the concept and what were my initial thoughts. I am not sure how I will ‘develop’ this series of post, maybe one day there will be an entire section of the blog, 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…
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…