by Yann | May 4, 2022 | Investment, Life Planning, Personal Finance
Is it worth it to add to your second pillar? Some pension funds offer the possiblity to make voluntary contributions to the second pillar. In most cases, it’s also possible to “cover the hole”. But is it a good idea? When it comes to...
by Yann | Apr 9, 2022 | Life Planning
What a loop pedal can teach you about financial life planning A loop pedal will repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat a recorded sound. Unless you’re a musician, you’ve probably never heard of a loop pedal. Basically, a loop pedal lets you record a sound and...
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 10, 2021 | Life Planning, Personal Finance
How to compare job offers Comparing job offers goes beyond comparing salaries. There are also vacation days, advantages, perks and… the hidden salary. When hunting for a new job, a lot of parameters enter the equation. For instance, what kind of job is it? For...
by Yann | Nov 3, 2021 | Life Planning, Personal Finance
Staying home to raise children: a bad idea? Day care is expensive in Switzerland. Many families have one parent stay home to raise children. But is it a bad idea? Have I told you about my daughter Alice? Probably not, because this is a personal finance blog,...
by Yann | Oct 27, 2021 | Life Planning
An incomplete overview of financial life plans What’s a financial life plan? Glad you asked! A financial life plan is simply a way to roughly assess how your financial situation will evolve as you go through different stages of your life. I wrote a longer...
