by Yann | Jan 12, 2022 | Investment, Personal Finance, Real Estate
Why inflation is good Inflation is often seen as the enemy of investment performance and financial planning in general. Inflation is what made the German economy collapse in the 1930s and led (among other things) to the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. But it’s the...
by Yann | Dec 23, 2021 | Investment, Life Planning
What makes things valuable? You’ve probably already wondered why we fight so hard to own rectangular pieces of paper with faces on them. Or to own gold. Or real estate. This is my attempt to answer the question: what gives things value? Including my take on bitcoin....
by Yann | Nov 17, 2021 | Investment, Real Estate
Investment performance isn’t everything What if I told you that investing at 7% can be more profitable than investing at 10%? In this article about my best investment so far, we’ve seen that performance isn’t everything – liquidity matters just as...
by Yann | Oct 13, 2021 | Investment, Life Planning
What is opportunity cost? Let’s shed some light on the obscure concept of opportunity cost… Two years into her career, my wife decided to start a management degree. Not an MBA but something similar. Management degrees are expensive but they cost way more...
by Yann | Sep 29, 2021 | Investment
The edge of the Swiss retail investor Everyone is looking for an edge in the investment world. If you’re a Swiss investor, here could be yours… Have you ever heard that Switzerland is a tax haven? Well, it seems like foreign wealthy individuals are...
by Yann | Sep 8, 2021 | Investment
My best investment so far Is performance everything when it comes to investment? In this article, I’m going to tell you why I might prefer 10% over 400% returns. I started to invest my money in 2016. Since then, the stock market has returned around 17% annually....
