Most Fund Managers Fail to Beat the Market There are tens of thousands of full-time money managers and stock market analysts in the world. Most of them consistently underperform a broad diversified index. (Research indicates that up to 89% of fund managers fail to beat the market.) That’s a lot of invested life energy, for,…
Tag: Personal Finance
Why Invest at All? (If You Have a Good Job and Good Salary)
I feel that not enough people (especially here in Switzerland) have an investing mindset. A lot of people have high-paying jobs and are leading quite comfortable lives. Why should they bother investing? Cash is a bad store of value Every year, cash is losing purchasing power. It might not feel like much year by year,…
Takeaways From Warren Buffett’s 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting
As every year, I enjoyed watching the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting. (Here are my live-tweets.) Here is what I learned this year: Remember that cash has option value Berkshire currently holds $125 billion in cash. They have not spend any of it this year. First, Buffett seems to be quite cautious and conservative at this…
26 Ideas to Save Money
Below is my list ideas to save money. A lot of the ideas came from other fellow readers — that means you. Enjoy! 1. Focus on the big ticket items:Don’t optimize the tiny things, before you have your 2–3 big ticket items in order. Usually these are your rent, your car, or healthcare expenses. 2. Rent:– If…
How to save money
I am deeply passionate about efficiency. And I love to apply this passion to money: For the first few years of running Trigami, my take-home salary was 2500 CHF per month, so I was forced to master the money-game very early on. From that, I saved 1000 CHF per month and paid back my 25’000…
Why home-ownership is a bad idea
A couple of years ago I almost bought a house. The mortgage was ready. The seller had chosen me as his #1 buyer. I simply needed to say yes and sign the papers. Due to some dumb luck I got distracted, then got cold feet and finally backed off. Thank you, Dear Universe, for the…