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Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter

Over the weekend Berkshire released their annual shareholder letter, I haven’t read it yet but you can read it here

Gold

Going through the charts this weekend I noticed that gold has been getting bought heavily since October last year. The markets are forward looking. The next few months will be interesting.

QR codes coronavirus and Alibaba

“China’s government is enlisting the help of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd to expand color-based systems for tracking individuals affected with the coronavirus nationwide.” On Wedensday…

Decision making in space

“How do you survive in space? Turns out that mental models are really useful. In his book An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, Chris Hadfield gives an in-depth look into the learning and knowledge required for a successful space mission. Hadfield was, among other roles with NASA, the first Canadian commander of the International…

SIPP

The bulk of my pension is dollar cost averaging into the S&P500 each month. I do hold a portfolio of individual stocks that I have just added to a watchlist in KoyFin which you can view here. Below is the list of the long term holds in my pension: My portoflio is based on key…

Zero commission

Robinhood are the pioneers of zero commission trading. In recent months many of the old boys like TD Ameritrade, Schwab etc have been forced to follow suit in some form or another. Its now filtering through here in the UK, an email I got this morning: “Keep more of your returns with our new lower…