35-YEAR HIGHS FOR THE DOLLAR [TOP LINKS]

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TODAY'S Quote
Most people don’t have an edge. If you think you have an edge, it needs to be logically demonstrable. You’ve got to be able to defend it against a good devil’s advocate. If you can’t do that, you probably don’t have an edge.
Ed Thorpe

LONG-TERM INVESTING
This section is dedicated to research on how to invest for the Long Run. Read Topics related to (i) Wise Investing – Investor Behaviour and Asset Allocation but also (ii) publications that help understand the Macro picture that may affect your portfolio in the long run.
WISE INVESTING
Buying The S&P 500 Today? Wait. These 8 Charts Show What You May Miss
Over the past 50 years, the U.S. Market has outperformed the rest of the world by a whooping margin of 1% per year. Guess, how much of the 50-year outperformance came in the last 8 years? All of it. [Read the article]
- Bear market opportunities for every generation of investors (Ben Carlson)
- Total-return investing: A superior approach for income investors (Vanguard)
- Bond duration: how it works and how you can use it (Monevator)
- What do Millionaires Invest In? (Alpha Architect)
- The Thrill of the Trade - Why we speculate, and how to do it safely (Morningstar)
- Most Pros Can't Beat The Market (tker)
UNDERSTAND FINANCIAL MARKETS
what we learned from the UK Gilt Market Madness

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Beginners often ask us:
- How do I reach my goals – What investments do I need to take into consideration when e.g. Taking a Sabbatical, buying a House or saving for Early Retirement?
- When should I invest – I fear that investing a lump sum in this market may have a negative impact on my returns. How can timing of buying ETFs affect my performance?
Advanced investors may avoid costly mistakes:
- Challenge my Portfolio – Here is my portfolio – what am I missing? What could derail my strategy? What can I do to protect my portfolio from shocks?
- Help me quickly understand – What makes Inflation Linked Bonds outperform? Bond Ladder or Bond ETFs? Why do some investors add Small Cap Value stocks to their portfolios? How can I exclude Tobacco companies from my portfolio? Are the synthetic ETFs I screened safe? What is Factor Investing?
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ACTIVE INVESTING
This section relates to improving your knowledge about financial markets. If you decide to sin, then sin only a little. Given ample evidence, combined active bets should be ideally a relatively small fraction of your portfolio.
STOCKS
FACTOR AND THEMATIC Investing
Rob Arnott's Portfolio
ALTERNATIVE ASSET CLASSES
FROM WALL STREET
REMINDERS TO PUNT RESPONSIBLY

CRYPTO AND BLOCKCHAIN
It’s not unreasonable to have skin in the game in a multi Trillion market. With one caveat. Be ready to lose it all. Remember that most crypto assets do not generate yield. If some do, there are hidden risks involved.
INSIGHTS

BOOKS AND MOVIEs
In the Book review section we rate some of the most relevant resources related to Financial Independence, Personal Finance and Investing. Browse All Book and Video Reviews.
Movies and Books we reviewed this month:
Trillions, how a band of Wall Street Renegates Invented the Index Fund And Changed Finance Forever, by Robin Wigglesworth is a fascinating insight into the people who made the Index Fund revolution happen.
The stories about the people often start with some of their biggest failures. But beyond the stories, Robin also argues that every revolution brings its fair share of non-issues and sometimes real issues, such as concentration of power.

EUROPEAN PERSONAL FINANCE
This section is dedicated to UK and European Investing and Personal Finance. It can also touch on other European jurisdictions outside the Euro-zone.
PRODUCTS
COST OF LIVING

DESIGN YOUR LIFESTYLE
This section is dedicated to the ‘Why’ of Investing and career choices.
LIFESTYLE
- Global Wealth Report - see page 21 for what it takes to be in the 10% and 1% worldwide (Credit Suisse)
- Does Money Make You Happy? The Latest Research Might Surprise You (US News)
- Mark Cuban doesn’t believe in following your passions (TED - 45 Minutes)
- Remote workers who make at least $2,750 a month can apply to Portugal's new 'digital-nomad visa' How it stacks up to similar programs in Europe (Business Insider)
Where is Happiness?
EARLY RETIREMENT
miscellaneous
- How Physicists Proved The Universe Isn't Real - Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 (13 minutes)
- Animation: Low Earth Orbit Visualization
- Patagonia founder gives away the company ($ / NY Times)
- How a magician-mathematician revealed a casino loophole (BBC)
- San Francisco Decriminalizes Psychedelics (Doubleblind Mag)
- The Promise and Peril of Space Tourism (Afar)
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This website was created to provide you with all necessary resources to invest without incurring any additional costs.
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