intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focus of your attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment
Enoughism* You have to find, define and fix your personal level of ENOUGH. Where you possess everything you need, and buying more would actually make you worse off. In my most recent post I have brought up the crucial question:…
Recently I spotted this ad in a German newspaper (I took the liberty to translate the few German words): It reminded me of my Water-ETF which I bought about one year ago. So I checked it out: 13.4% up. Ok,…
Last week I wrote about expensive Mutual Funds / Unit Trusts and their cheaper (and better) alternatives called Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). You still don’t buy it. Ok, that might be my fault because I am simply not convincing enough…
Fees and Expenses. Investors in mutual funds incur two primary kinds of expenses and fees: Fund expenses and loads. Whereas fund expenses are paid indirectly from fund assets throughout the year, sales loads are one-time fees that investors pay either at the time…
Yaaawwnn. The stock markets in the last few weeks have been rather boring and uneventful. The US-market (measured by the S&P 500) has even entered an unusually long period of volatility contraction. The daily market moves up a bit and…
The desire to feel like we’re in control seems to be a very basic human need. Are you in control? Do you like to control your environment? Well? Were you successful in that endeavour? C’mon, be honest. Because—Control—is an illusion! Let me give you an example…
The other day some friends asked me what Tacomob actually means and stands for. As this is a FAQ I often encounter, let me share my thoughts here: In one sentence, I prefer to Tacomob instead of mentally doing other’s…
A few weeks ago and before my long vacation to Europe I published one post about the stuff I read online. I decided to keep this up on irregular intervals. So since a few days I am back in Singapore…
Reading is not too bad an investment of time. In a short period of time I get to absorb what took someone else years to accumulate, understand, distill, and refine. There could be so much to learn from what I…
Gambler’s fallacy is a term we often hear. What is it exactly and how does it affect what you do with your money? It is the belief that future events will be shaped by past events, even when the two…