This is what’s going to happen
We can’t change what has happened, nor can we wish the virus away. Let me ask you one question: Do you know more about what’s going to happen in the next 12 months today than you did back in January?…
Category: Prosper Slowly Get-Rich-Quick Schemes do not work! The only way to grow your nest egg is slowly but steadily.
Don’t worry, be …
… Hmm, I don’t know how that header should be completed. Do you? No? Then, let’s find out together. In my opinion, the standard saying: “Don’t worry, be happy” seems to be too simplified because not only do I doubt that one can be…
Two universal ways to get rich
The other day I had lunch with one of my former colleagues from my former dutiful corporate life. A life I left 8 years ago. So still meeting her occasionally for lunch after such a long time is quite a…
Extreme Discounting
It’s the time of the year again where we start out with a bag full of New Year’s Resolutions and than slowly … one by one … fail to execute them. Do you happen to have set the resolution to…
New year, new start, the most accurate stock market forecast for 2020
Because it’s kind of a tradition and because I have a 100% success rate with my previous forecasts here we go again: But first, let’s ponder on this: What’s the significance of a year anyway? It’s merely the orbital period…
Choose: wisdom or gold?
Had a chat with my sons. I thought at their age of 20 and 18 (soon) it is about time for some real adult talk. So I asked them whether they’d prefer wisdom or gold. The unanimous answer was gold.…
You can’t see their savings. But you can …
… see what others are spending. And that is a problem. Due to our envy bias we do pay more attention to how our friends and neighbours spend compared to how they save. Well, comparing with friends might be a…
Are you still admiring Warren Buffett’s style of investing?
Who still believes that you as an individual investor can still outperform a broad-based ETF by picking some “superior” stocks? Ok, ok. I agree, Index Funds and ETFs will never bring you alpha but they also won’t require so much…
Does Indecision Bias spoil it for you too?
I had a sobering meeting with a former colleague from work. We had not met for years. But I vividly remember him making a commitment at the end of our previous coffee chat in 2016 or was it 2017 that…
Are you invested in Africa?
This will have some long-term implications. As a rational optimist, I do believe that the vast majority of the 7.6 billion people in this world wake up each morning to build a better life for themselves. The younger they are…
Get-Rich-Quick Schemes do not work! The only way to grow your nest egg is slowly but steadily.
Don’t worry, be …
… Hmm, I don’t know how that header should be completed. Do you? No? Then, let’s find out together. In my opinion, the standard saying: “Don’t worry, be happy” seems to be too simplified because not only do I doubt that one can be…
Two universal ways to get rich
The other day I had lunch with one of my former colleagues from my former dutiful corporate life. A life I left 8 years ago. So still meeting her occasionally for lunch after such a long time is quite a…
Extreme Discounting
It’s the time of the year again where we start out with a bag full of New Year’s Resolutions and than slowly … one by one … fail to execute them. Do you happen to have set the resolution to…
New year, new start, the most accurate stock market forecast for 2020
Because it’s kind of a tradition and because I have a 100% success rate with my previous forecasts here we go again: But first, let’s ponder on this: What’s the significance of a year anyway? It’s merely the orbital period…
Choose: wisdom or gold?
Had a chat with my sons. I thought at their age of 20 and 18 (soon) it is about time for some real adult talk. So I asked them whether they’d prefer wisdom or gold. The unanimous answer was gold.…
You can’t see their savings. But you can …
… see what others are spending. And that is a problem. Due to our envy bias we do pay more attention to how our friends and neighbours spend compared to how they save. Well, comparing with friends might be a…
Are you still admiring Warren Buffett’s style of investing?
Who still believes that you as an individual investor can still outperform a broad-based ETF by picking some “superior” stocks? Ok, ok. I agree, Index Funds and ETFs will never bring you alpha but they also won’t require so much…
Does Indecision Bias spoil it for you too?
I had a sobering meeting with a former colleague from work. We had not met for years. But I vividly remember him making a commitment at the end of our previous coffee chat in 2016 or was it 2017 that…
Are you invested in Africa?
This will have some long-term implications. As a rational optimist, I do believe that the vast majority of the 7.6 billion people in this world wake up each morning to build a better life for themselves. The younger they are…