Category Archives: Investing
Risk
Few days ago I wrote a post about what was supposedly my risk profile as an investor. I mentioned in that post that the mainstream perception of risk is quite different to the one I had. Which is the perception … Continue reading
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My risk profile…
Few days ago I received an email from my bank back in Spain, ING, suggesting me to take a small test in their website to see what my risk profile as an investor was. I was curious about what the … Continue reading
Gold as an invesment?
If in a previous post, pencils were treated as a supposedly safe haven in case of a recession. In this post I just wanted to mention that I don’t see anything more value in gold or silver than I see … Continue reading
Invest in real assets (pencils if need be)
My previous post discussed why it is better to be invested in real assets vs. cash or bonds in order to protect your savings in case of a recession. Even though all the references were to stocks, I kept the … Continue reading
Inflation and assets
During the last weekend, I spent some hours watching the webcast of the annual investors’ conference of Bestinver, a Spanish investment fund. I find the conference itself not only entertaining and informative but quite funny due to the way the … Continue reading
My experience at BRK2011
Berkshire Hathaway was a small textile company in Rhode Island. As many other textile companies it was struggling due to cheap labour competition elsewhere. Warren Buffett had already invested in the company before realising that it was headed for the … Continue reading
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Woodstock for Capitalists
Right now, while this is being published and if everything is going as planned, Luca and I are in Omaha, Nebraska. By now we should be already registered to attend tomorrow the annual shareholders meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, company famous … Continue reading
For Living or Investing
This is an ad I see every day on my way to the office: “For Living or Investing”. They sell villas and apartments up to 4 rooms. I have often defended the position that a house cannot be considered an … Continue reading
Modelo de servicio al cliente
Hace unos meses escribí un post comentando los pasos que seguí para cerrar una cuenta bancaria en Ibercaja. Desde hace unos 3 años empecé a usar ING. Al principio solo una cuenta Naranja, luego una cuenta nómina, otra naranja, bróker … Continue reading
Snowball (Compound interest)
I wanted to share with you in this post a speech I gave last Saturday at Rosemasters club contest. I was not contesting but a speech was needed for the evaluation contest, so I volunteered. Why do I share this … Continue reading
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