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Embrace Deep Work

by exchangetradedideas | 25/09/2022 | growth, knowledge, productivity | 0 Comments

While sitting at my desk, trying to read a paragraph for at least the third time, an email alert pops up! The latest finance newsletter just...

On persistence or how I aced the CFA exams

by exchangetradedideas | 09/01/2022 | growth, knowledge | 0 Comments

Anyone can achieve anything if he is willing to put in the work necessary to achieve their goal. This sounds like the classical catchphrase from a...

What I read this week…

by exchangetradedideas | 17/01/2021 | knowledge | 0 Comments

Financial Markets Everyone should be aware of how his or her own personality affects investment behavior. When you identify your key personality...

What I read this week…

by exchangetradedideas | 10/01/2021 | knowledge | 0 Comments

Financial MarketsThe year 2020 was an extraordinary one, especially for financial markets. If you walked away from the stock market and just looked...

Mental models guide your way

by exchangetradedideas | 05/01/2021 | growth, knowledge | 0 Comments

Throughout the last years, working in financial markets, I sometimes struggled with the amount of information raining down on me. Due to the...

What I read this week…

by exchangetradedideas | 08/11/2020 | Allgemein | 0 Comments

Finance & Markets Morgan Housel is one of my favourite writers. In his post he wrote about an ubiquitious phenomenon. Bad things happen...

What I read this week…

by exchangetradedideas | 18/05/2020 | Allgemein | 0 Comments

Finance & Markets Aswath Damodaran wrote about different sources of equity returns. In general, I agree with the notion that to earn any...

A System to boost productivity

by exchangetradedideas | 06/05/2020 | growth, productivity | 0 Comments

The improvement of productivity is a battle many people keep struggling with. This battle isn't won in a single day but needs constant effort. Every...

What I read this week…

by exchangetradedideas | 03/05/2020 | Allgemein | 0 Comments

Finance & Markets Since the inception of risk parity as a method to allocate capital between different asset classes by Ray Dalio, it has...

What I read this week…

by exchangetradedideas | 26/04/2020 | Allgemein | 0 Comments

Finance & Markets An interesting article on the role of equity beta in portfolio diversification. In my opinion, cross-asset correlations...