May Financial Update – The Italian Joke

Hi RIPvoyeurs, Let’s welcome summer to Switzerland! It’s been an amazingly hot month, with some thunderstorm along the way 🙂 I’m traveling the first days of June for several reasons (friends wedding, FIWE, bringing babyRIP to parents and relatives) and I won’t be posting for a couple of weeks at

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April Financial Update – When 2 become 3 :)

Hi RIPvoyeurs, Yeah, I know, I said I would post quarterly financial updates… but so many things changed this month, and I wanted to give you an update 🙂 Main update: on April 21st our first daughter babyRIP was born! ♥♥♥ She came more than 2 weeks earlier than expected, but

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2018 Q1 (Jan-Feb-Mar) Financial Update

Hi RIPpers, We’ve already sent 25% of 2018 home, I can’t believe it! How fast is this thing called “life” going?? Anyway, my dear voyeurs, welcome to my quarterly financial update. If you have followed other personal finance bloggers last couple of months you got the idea: it’s not been

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2017 Q4 (Oct-Nov-Dec) Financial Update

Hi RIPpers, I’m back after a long break. I’m back to stay. First of all I want to thank all of you who sent me a nice email, message, comment. THANK YOU! I’ve not been posting for a while, not because I lack motivation but because I lack perseverance. Yes,

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August-September 2017 Financial Update

Editorial note:  financial update will become a quarterly event. I’m covering August and September here to align with quarters. Next edition will be Q4 2017 (Oct-Nov-Dec).  Hi RIP voyeurs, welcome back to my monthly update. As usual, the reference doc is my NW spreadsheet. You may find that the doc is

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My Net Worth Split by Currencies

Hi RIP readers, Last months my finances have been dominated by currencies fluctuations more than savings and/or investments earnings (and/or weddings!). I’ve always considered currencies fluctuations a minor factor (and I still do) in wealth management. A factor not worth taking into account, especially when talking about three of the

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May-June-July 2017 Financial Update – Yet Another Wedding

Hi RIP voyeurs, Yes, I’m still alive! It’s been quite a long time since my last post but I’ve been very busy with organizing my Wedding, enjoying a month long Honeymoon and wrapping life up after such a big break. Blogging has obviously been postponed for a while. Follow me

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April 2017 Financial Update – Quaranta

Hi RIP voyeurs, April 2017 is gone and hopefully this new wave of winter is gone too. Before jumping into numbers let me explain why you didn’t hear from me for an entire month. April has probably been one the busiest month of my life so far, so many things happened! I had

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March 2017 Financial Update – Marriage edition

Hi RIP voyeurs, March 2017 is gone, spring arrived earlier this year in Switzerland. At the time of writing this post it’s 23 degrees and I’m biking to work wearing only shorts and t-shirt! Welcome back to my monthly update. As usual, the reference doc is my NW spreadsheet. Overview A

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February 2017 Financial Update

Hi RIP voyeurs, February 2017 is gone, it’s been incredibly warmer than average here in Switzerland, it really looks like spring already! Welcome back to my monthly update. As usual, the reference doc is my NW spreadsheet. Overview This was a strange month. First of all, lowest saving rate since started this blog, 50.9%.

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