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When I was a schoolboy, close to my parents house was a residence for elderly people. To earn a little money, I regularly went shopping for a few ladies from that residence. They would give me a list and money, I bought the stuff down in the village store, transported the goods on my bike back to the residence, got …

Price Is What You Pay – Value Is What You Get The headline of this chapter is a quote from Warren Buffett, one of the most successful investors in the world. A man, I follow for decades and I very much recommend any new investor to do as well. In short, with his investment philosophy, condensed in the title of this chapter, …

When the first stock market index was created in 1884, there was no motorcar on the streets and no one could imagine, that humans will ever fly in airplanes. Stock markets – or meeting points for buyers and sellers – were around for centuries, with the merchants of venice or the dutch exchanges. Years later, the London stock market was …

Coffee-economics – or what you really pay for when ordering a cappuccino In London, over the last weekend, I spent on average £ 2.50 per cup of coffee in different places. So far, so normal. Later, while waiting in the hotel-lobby for my traveling companion, I overlooked a few newspapers and magazines the place offered for guests. And stumbled upon …