Shifting focus

👋Dear all,writing this somewhat regular newsletter has been an amazing discipline training. I really get itchy when I don't manage that one "Send" a week!I started to write about how we manage our money and our joint account and ended up with someth...

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Nov 09, 2022
Hearing Crickets

👋Dear all,It’s my younger nephew’s birthday this week. And two years ago, on his 10th birthday I decided to buy him a stock. A Nike stock. Why Nike? Well, easy! He is a stylish fellow who likes brands, so it’s easy to relate. Fundamentally, Nike is...

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Oct 27, 2022
Fail

👋Dear all,I have shared how I did a nice profit with the first stock I ever bought, but I never told you about the many mistakes, which definitely outweigh that one-off successful trading. So, here you go:I changed my ETF strategy way to oftenI fol...

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Oct 17, 2022
Emotions Rule

👋Dear all,I am wondering if you have ever thought that a great amount of investment decisions is based on pretty much the same thing that makes a toddler “explode”, because something didn’t go according to its plan: EMOTIONS.Money fuels two very spe...

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Oct 10, 2022
Not trusting the "pros"

👋Dear all,In a recent Newsletter post, Finanztip (a really amazing resource when it comes to all things money, though completely auf Deutsch) enlightened, once again, how expensive it can be to trust big banks with your hard earned money, specially...

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Oct 01, 2022
Zoom Out

👋Dear all,here I am talking about life, family and very often personal finance and the world’s macroeconomic (i.e. the big picture economics) situation is in shambles. Not a day goes by whithout reports of markets worldwide finishing in the red and...

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Sep 27, 2022
It ain't easy

👋Dear all,One a more personal note…I am not going to lie: it’s tough!No surprise when you have a 2,5 year old toddler and an almost 3 month old. You cease to exist, only exist to function and day dream both those short couple of hours at the end of...

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Sep 18, 2022
Passion Projects

👋Dear all,Today, there is an event starting called Aldeia (village) Djembe Camp. It’s an event dedicated to West African drumming and dancing and it takes place in Portugal, my Heimat. I have been part of the organising team since the very beginning...

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Sep 06, 2022
Alles Abo!

👋Dear all,After 2 month of waiting we finally got our brand new car (and I got so distracted with it that I forgot to send out an email). We didn’t buy it, we didn’t lease it, we subscribed it! Just like Netflix: as much as you can stream for 8€ mon...

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Aug 24, 2022
We Went Camping!

👋Dear all,Last weekend we went camping. The time usually spent writing these emails was allocated to getting everything ready. “Everything” turns into a whole different dimension if you add a toddler and a 6 week old baby to the equation.We had a va...

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Aug 17, 2022