February SPI Trading Performance
I made AUD 589 trading ASX 200 futures and CFDs in February. I have now compared my trades to the…
Hedge Funds Outperform Again in February
HEDGE FUNDS SURGE IN FEBRUARY AS INTEREST RATES RISE HFRI Equity Hedge leads broad-based gains as retail trading trend expands;Macro,…
February 2021 Report
The month ended quite turbulently, but stock markets were still up for the month. The Australian Dollar rose from USD…
Plus500
The Plus500 account is now showing a net profit since inception. I opened it at first to hedge Bitcoin futures…
Trading Update
I’ve now been trading the ASX200 systematically, mostly on Plus500 for two weeks. I’m only ahead by about AUD 500,…
Tweaking the Target Portfolio
I’ve decided to slightly tweak the target portfolio weights to reflect a larger allocation to hedge funds. The top level…
Plus500 Update
I got a statement from the new HSBC account and submitted it to Plus500 and it was approved! So, now…
Hedge Funds Gained 0.92% in January
HEDGE FUNDS GAIN IN JANUARY, NAVIGATING VOLATILITY HFRI Event Driven, RVA & Crypto lead strategy performance;Deep value Special Situations, Merger…
Finished First Week of Trading
I traded each day according to the rules and had 3 wins and 2 losses and ended up AUD 219…
Why a Constant Risk Trading Strategy Works
A constant risk trading strategy in the day-trading context is where your maximum loss possible is a constant. There are…
2nd Day of Trading
Today’s trade was a winner, recovering a bit more than half of yesterday’s loss. This is going to need a…
Trading Once Again
Just over a year ago, I decided to stop systematic trading. This wasn’t the first time. The problem with my…
Treasury Wine Estates Rises Sharply on No News
Treasury (TWE.AX) rose sharply today with no announcement from the company or news in the media. At one point it…
Incentives for Charitable Giving in Australia
As there is no estate or inheritance tax in Australia, I think it makes much more sense to give money…
Started SMSF Process
I made it my new year resolution to finally set up an SMSF. This is the next step in our…
January 2021 Report
The rallies in the Australian Dollar and the stock markets continued this month. The Australian Dollar fell from USD 0.7725…
Berkshire Hathaway
I sold 2000 shares of the Boulder Income Fund (BIF) closing our position and bought 100 shares of Berkshire…
Hedge Funds Beat the S&P 500 in December
It’s rare to see hedge funds beating the major stock indices to the upside these days, but that’s what happened…
Contributions of Individual Investments 2020
As promised, here are the contributions of each of 62 investments to our annual investment return. Of course, these…
Annual Report 2020
Overview The main financial themes of this year for us was continuing to invest the money we inherited in late 2018…
Closing Plus 500 Account
I opened a CFD trading account with Plus 500 in Moominmama’s name in order to hedge Bitcoin trades…
Aura Venture Fund II Still Accepting New Investors
Recently, I invested in the Aura Venture Fund II. There was a “first close” but the fund is still accepting…
December 2020 Report
The rallies in the Australian Dollar and the stock markets continued this month. The Australian Dollar rose from USD 0.7361…
Restructuring Baby Moomin's Portfolio
About one and a half years ago I opened an account for baby Moomin with Generation Life to invest the…
2020 Performance of Interactive Brokers Accounts
Inspired by Financial Samurai’s post, here are the track records of our two Interactive Brokers accounts over 2020. Moominpapa (in…
2020 Update on the Yale Endowment
Inspired by Financial Samurai’s latest post, I am updating my post on the Yale Endowment. They have released preliminary results…