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THE FOUR BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE GONDINERO CORE–SATELITE STRATEGY
1. Global Equity Core – FTSE All-World ETF (Invesco FTSE All-World UCITS ETF, accumulating) This building block forms the foundation of the portfolio. It invests broadly across several thousand companies from both developed and emerging markets, thereby covering almost the entire globally investable equity universe. Its key advantage lies in maximum geographical and sector diversification — read more
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NEW YEAR – SAME NEWS – NEW STRATEGY
Recently, I have been asking myself whether a universal portfolio could exist—one that can be successful over the long term for everyone, using no more than four building blocks. I experimented with various approaches for quite some time and repeatedly had my ideas evaluated by a financial AI. The key requirements are a high degree — read more
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GONDINERO INDEX DECEMBER 2025
A Summary for Investors The financial landscape over 2025 and the outlook for 2026 can be described as a “tale of two speeds.” While the global economy remained surprisingly resilient, European investors faced a unique set of challenges that made even winning stocks feel like a stalemate. The 2025 Review: The “Sideways” Trap In 2025, — read more
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A WORD ON CRYPTO
After an initial surge in crypto prices following Trump’s return to office — driven by hopes of friendly crypto policies and even a proposed national “crypto reserve” — enthusiasm has faded fast and the rally has collapsed. The largest crypto, Bitcoin, has lost around 20–30 % from its recent highs. More speculative altcoins and crypto — read more
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GONDINERO INDEX NOVEMBER 2025
In November, major business newspapers and news outlets discussed the question of whether we are in a bubble in the field of artificial intelligence. The valuations of the large technology companies were examined more closely than usual. In particular, the concentration of the big tech firms in the various indices plays an important role if — read more
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AS ALWAYS: THERE ARE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THE FUTURE
As I always recommend, stick to the plan and plan on the long run. I recently read that the best and most successful investors of the Fidelity company are those who died and didn’t have any heirs. So don’t die but let the money do its work. Don’t do the greatest mistake that bad investors — read more
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HIGH MARKET VALUES / THE TPA / RISK & REWARD / THE STOCK-BOND-OPTIMUM
Good morning from Andalucía in Spain. As I wrote recently I have the impression that market values are pretty high at the moment. Especially for the big tech stocks and thus for the S&P 500. So in order to have a little buffer for major setbacks I, for the first time in my life, bought — read more
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AI AINT STUPID BUT WE ARE
Some thougts on AI and stupidity “Her (Sarah Friar, OpenAI’s chief financial officer) comments set off concern amid rising unease over whether an industrywide A.I. spending frenzy can be sustained. OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft and other A.I. companies are pouring billions of dollars into building data centers and related infrastructure to power the development of — read more
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LONG TERM INVESTING
and another one: buy good quality and just wait until you’re old 🤗 — read more
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SCARY MARKETS
nothing new for my readers but always good to remind ourselves: — read more