What is Tactical Investing? Tactical Investing is a particular way of managing a portfolio. The idea behind tactical investing is that I do not diversify my portfolio in the traditional sense (by holding different asset classes over the long term) in order to reduce my risk. Instead, I diversify my Read more…
Looking back on the quarter The second quarter of 2023 has been quite the rebound. The S&P 500 made over 7%, the 2x NASDAQ over 25%. The Fed reduced it’s rate hikes and indicated that they inflation starts to stabilize. The worries about a real bank crisis did vanish and Read more…
Looking back on the quarter As expected, the stock market continued in 2023 to move rather turbulent, as good and bad news did keep balance. Inflation is still high and the top worry all over the (western) world. The increasing interest rates have put some banks in very unconfutable situations. Read more…
The total performance over the quarter was -0.94% Both October and November were pretty decent and by the start of December, we were comfortably in the positive zone. Unfortunately, due to a clear signal from Powell that the rate hikes are not yet done, the market plunged in December and Read more…
Since beginning of the year I improved the use of my spreadsheets for my trading quite a bit. I especially extended the tracking of the individual trades within the different strategies. This allows me to identify what works and what does not. And to improve the strategies over time. For Read more…
I have been asked by a friend about my opinion on a small crypto currency. How he has read about it and that he now believes that it might 10x or even more. Because he was super bullish on it, he has now invested a couple of hundred bucks into Read more…
It might be a little counterintuitive, but to be able to achieve a great investing career, the potential upside of an investment is not my main focus. It is a very important part of course, but not my focus number one. Rather, drawdown reduction is one of my key foci Read more…
One of the most difficult things to achieve as an investor is to have a consistent, good return over a very long period. Consistent, because you want to be able to follow it over the time without pulling the plug in the worst possible moment. And a good return, so Read more…
In my last post I wrote that drawdown reduction is a key element of a successful, long-term investing career. But why is that? For that, ask yourself what your long-term goal of investing is. Here some of my thoughts: In my surroundings a lot of people tend to take risks Read more…
Hi Thanks for looking into my blog. My name is Alex Williams, I live in Bern, Switzerland and I’m 30 years old. I studied environmental engineering at the technical university of Zurich (ETH). Besides my studies I was working in the board of a small consulting firm for specific (mostly Read more…