Paarslaars

Job title/description: R&D manager Industry you work in: Semiconductor City and Country: Antwerp Area (Belgium, live 20 miles from work). Anything expected or unexpected from being forced to work from home: I see great benifit to it, there have been tasks that I've been doing for years in excel which I finally could take the time to automate in python. ;D I'm also much more productive this way, on a normal day I get interrupted by someone every 15 minutes. Our policy is to do the 8h/day, irregardless of when you do them, which offers quite a bit of flexibility. So I can go grocery shopping, mow the lawn, go on a bike ride... when it suits me and then work later in the evening. The downside is the contact with people, especially if things are going wrong in production and you need to be there to coach people, quite difficult from home. Also meetings are not as efficient. Since quite a bit of my work requires proper change management, it is simply better to be present in the room to get a feeling where people are stuck. And finallly: my wife & kid being home is quite a big distraction, but this should not be the case under 'normal working from home' circumstances. All in all I normally never work from home but after the COVID-19 crisis I will be requesting one day per week.

It's a shame countries aren't learning from each other... the U.S. was well behind the EU with the infection but since it does not take the same precautions earlier, it is now rapidly catching up...

Anheuser-Busch InBev :)

AB Inbev & Galapagos on the recent dips. Still hoping to get my BRK.B order filled at 200$ :)

Zacapa Centenario 23years (prefer rum over scotch ;D) Duvel Sint-Bernardus Abt 12 Don't really like IPA's, too bitter for my taste.

Any news on Anggun-1X? I recall they should have started drilling end of August...

Don't really understand why he believes ETF's are a bubble. It's simply a shift from actively managed funds... no reason to expect all the money to suddenly pour out without new money pouring in. Unless there is a panic but then I don't see why this would be any different than a general stock market crash.

Same here... when I was in college I did paleo and morning weight lifting. This was a breeze, didn't even need cheat days either, was in the best shape of my life despite some heavy drinking. :) Paleo went out the window as soon as I started living together with my girlfriend and the gym time disappeared when my daughter was born. I'm still about the same weight, just lost about 10-15 pounds of muscle and replaced it with fat. :-\

Start the conversation by framing why you are informing him. Clearly state that you are merely trying to inform your client and have his best interest at heart and that he is free to do whatever he wants with that information.

Bought some more BRK.B for my daughter @ $196.36 :) And some WFC @ $46 for me.

Until there's a breaking point at which these people will sell...

Even if the return would be the same, I believe BRK would do it with less variance than the S&P, so it would still be the preferred investment.

I'm still convinced this model will become illegal eventually, it's really nothing more than slot machines accessible to minors.

2013: +8% 2014: +25% 2015: -20% 2016: +40% 2017: -26% 2018: -17% To be honest I thought it was going to be worse... my portfolio is quite concentrated in oil since 2017 and I basically did not trade at all this year. My 1y old was diagnosed with a severe case of epilepsy early in the year, we've been in and out of the hospital so many times that I just can't find the time for due dilligence. I still believe in a come back of the oil market so I'm going to keep those shares but any new money added will go straight to BRK, seems like the safest bet to me.

Definetly want to be the best but that's just my because I enjoy beating others. :) I'm not fully happy today because I do not have the 50k/y income from investments yet. Though I definetly agree with you, once I do I will retire and spend all my time with family, friends, travelling, playing more sports and video games. I am investing today to get that time.