CSPX vs VUSA vs IUSA – My Thoughts
A US ETF is usually the core of most investors’ portfolios. For Europeans, the questions of CSPX vs VUSA or…
Lump-Sum Investment – Time in the Market Done Right
A lump-sum payment is a term that describes a payment that happens once, at a particular time, as opposed to multiple smaller…
Protect Your Seed Phrase (10 Tips to Secure your Crypto)
Having control over your seed phrase is equivalent to having control over your crypto. I already covered the importance of self-custody…
DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging) – Investment Strategy Explained
Cost averaging (DCA or dollar cost averaging) is an investment strategy for investing capital over time. It can be especially valuable…
Investing Expenses – Full Breakdown
Investing is associated with various types of expenses. Your goal as an investor is to keep these as low as…
Asset Allocation – Finding Your Ideal Distribution
Asset allocation is a wealth distribution strategy. It represents the way an investor’s portfolio is divided into different investments. Determining…
Dividend Leakage – Understanding the Hidden Cost
Dividend leakage is an expense that many investors accrue without even knowing. It’s a hidden cost related to investing in…
ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds)
If you heard about ETFs but don’t completely understand what they are, you’re at the right place. Note that this…
Self-Custody Explained – “Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins”
Self-custody gives people total control over their cryptocurrency without having to trust anyone. This is a revolutionary concept that’s present for the…
Index Funds Explained for Beginners
The need of index funds becomes obvious once an investor concludes that stock-picking won’t work for them. And history shows…
Total Expense Ratio – The Importance of Keeping it Low
The Total Expense Ratio (TER) is the annual cost an investor pays while having an investment in a fund. From…
Mutual Funds (Introduction to Investment Funds)
In the previous post, you learned about index investing. The first step to implementing such an investment strategy is understanding what…
The Inevitability of Bitcoin
Once it clicks, the inevitability of Bitcoin becomes so obvious that there’s no going back. This is especially common with…
Index Investing – A Gentle Introduction
Index Investing represents an investment strategy which aims to track the performance of a market index. So, not “picking winning…
Dividend Investing is for Suckers!
Dividend investing is quite popular in “passive income” communities. But I often notice that many enthusiasts don’t understand how dividends…
Stock Market Index – Explanation and Examples
In the stocks and bonds post, I mentioned picking stocks is time consuming, risky, and not the optimal way to…
How the Money Printer Makes You Poor
You might have seen the “Money Printer” meme. It’s been all around the internet since the last economic crisis. In…
Stocks and Bonds – Introduction to the Basics
If you want to start investing, it means you’re looking to put resources into something that will generate returns in…
Accumulating vs Distributing ETFs
Choosing accumulating vs distributing ETFs is a choice many new investors must make in order to start investing. If you’re…
I Invested $50k in Bitcoin and Ethereum
On 25th of June 2022, I bought >$50k worth of cryptocurrency – Bitcoin and Ethereum. First thing first, for full…