I was planning to write a blog but didn”t manage to find time especially in the context of P2P lending. There are lots of site available in europe for P2P lending and some of them turned out to be outright scam. I have personally invested small amounts in some of them. Envestio and Keutzal turned …
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Are there any options for fixed deposit ? Zinspilot review
As you might know that the interest rates in fixed deposit (FD) account are either negative or very low (at least in Germany). I still wanted to look for platforms which provides inflation beating interest rates or guaranteed returns. The best platform i could find is Zinspilot as it aggregates FD options from different banks …
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Are ETFs Robo advisors worth ? Quinrion review
ETFmatic is based in the UK so i was looking for robo-advisors based in Germany without fees. There are tons of robo-advisors based in Germany but almost all of them charges flat fees or based on performance. You can quickly check which Robo-advisor platform is available in your country and associated fees. I decided to …
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Would you buy ETFs using savings plan from Flatex ?
There are no options for savings plan in Degiro where as ETFmatic won’t allow you to pick your own ETF. Therefore, I was looking for a platform where I can buy ETFs or funds with an option of savings plan. The only platform which seemed reasonable to me at that time was flatex. Account opening: Opening …
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Yield curve inversion 101: Is recession looming ?
You must have heard lately in the news that the yield curve has inverted but were wondering what the heck is that!!! and what does it mean for my investments. In this blog i’ll try to explain inverted yield curve in simple language and it’s possible implications. The horizontal axis in these curves represents maturity …
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Degiro
Robo advisors won’t let you pick your own stocks, bonds or ETFs and hence i was looking for a platform where i can buy the same without fees or marginal fees. After combing through the web i ended up with Degiro. It was a good call!!! Account opening: You can open an account in https://www.degiro.ie/ …
ETFmatic
The first robo advisor ETF platform that i explored in 2018 was ETFmatic. The reasons to choose ETFmatic were (i) website and customer support in English & (ii) No need for postident process (big plus at that time!!!). The issues with postident and how to overcome it will be discussed in a separate post. Account …
Why create another blog on investments ?
You have most likely ended up on this blog while searching on how to invest in financial instruments as a non-EU citizen living in Germany but don’t speak German or limited German. My journey started 2 years ago when i was looking around on how to invest small amounts of money in stocks, ETFs Mutual …
Financial Independence Journey 