While helping a relative prepare for a property sale in the canton of Zurich, I noticed that there wasn’t a free property gains tax calculator available online. After looking at the calculation, it seemed straightforward enough, so I made this calcul...
We decided to visit "valley of many cellars" for this year's wine tasting trip which is probably most famous for its Amarone wines. But the region has so much more to offer in terms of wine, food and its proximity to the city of Verona. Besides being...
I've recently attended the WSET basic wine course, which I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone. I was a little bit skeptical going in because I thought it would just be repeating what I learned from Wine Folly and the various winery visits. But the co...
A colleague at work once showed a website called Novel Investor which greatly shows market performances. Ever since, I've frequently visited this site when reviewing my portfolio allocation. To keep things simple, I invest only in mutual funds or ETF...
This book by Dale Carnegie is on many recommendation lists, but I never picked it up until this year because I felt that the title is rather obnoxious. But I finally relented to find out why rave reviews are all about. And the book was originally pub...
The YouTube algorithm once again suggested another great video from the channel quant. The controversy surrounding Dan Ariely and his studies is still ongoing and has since been covered in other videos and podcasts, but this video is the first time I...
Coming towards the end of the year, one way to lower your upcoming tax bill is to make voluntary purchases into your pension accounts. These are the pension pillars where you can make such purchases: Pillar 2 This is the mandatory pension account set...
A couple of months ago, I sat for the Microsoft Azure Administrator exam and fortunately passed it. That was the first exam I did after graduating from university, so preparing for it brought back old memories. And perhaps for that reason, I didn't p...
Like many others in Zurich, I welcome the emergence of the specialty coffee scene in Zurich. This is especially true since you can easily spend a lot of money on bad coffee around Zurich's city centre. Although my favourite place to drink coffee is a...