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Opinion

Offense and Defense of Wealth Accumulation

Yesterday I mentioned “Succeeding” by John T. Reed (I should write up a review for it). Another idea I liked in it is related to Offense and Defense in Football (pardon me in advance if I make mistakes, I’m not a football fan at all). In Football you want to “meet strength with strength” (defense) […]

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Personal Finance

A Mountaineer’s Approach to Risk

Years ago I did the cliche “backpacking around Europe” for a summer at university. While chilling out in a hostel in Moscow I got drinking with some Englishmen (and an Englishwoman) who were heading out to climb a mountain. Besides downing the half-vodka, half-coke drinks (mixer was more expensive then booze) I was quite interested […]

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Real Estate

ROI on Investment Condo

As I’m coming up on the 6th month anniversary of purchasing my investment condo, I thought now might be an interesting time to have a look at the ROI (Return On Investment) on my investment. How to calculate this had me scratching my head a little, so I’ll present the results and my methodology, and […]