I hate periods when markets dive but not for the obvious reasons. After years of panics, I managed to become pretty zen about it…and by zen I mean I do not trade single name stocks. I hold bonds. I have a diversified portfolio. I zoom out. Even if I am Read more
This week MrRip, the person behind retireinprogress.com (and soon mr.rip?), invited me to join one of his Twitch live streams (in Italian). I am fairly new to this ‘game’ and do not fully know the proper etiquette to thank him for the opportunity, it was definitely a blast for me. Read more
(especially if you do not live in the US) Last week the biggest US tech names reported their Q2/21 results: Tesla, and to a lesser extent Netflix, starting point was low enough that an almost triple-digit growth is still in the realm of possibility but the other names on the Read more
A quick peak into the future (while I wait for my boss to approve some trades and then I dash to the gym). If you are interested in factor investing, you probably know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What I mean is that calling something Value Read more
Most probably I had the trader bug since I was born. Do you have a memory about your early adolescence that you are not sure if it happened for real? Obviously this only works if you are Gen X like me or older. I was not 100% sure this was 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
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