Hi everybody,
It seems that I’m a typical member of this forum:
- In my forties
- Moved to Switzerland from abroad a few years ago
- A bit of a late-boomer when it comes to managing my finances.
I did some things wrong in the last 20 years - but those mistakes were self-limiting in the sense that I didn’t have too much money to invest. Since 2014, I’ve read a lot, like
- Ramit Sethi: I Will teach you to be rich (super-cheesy title and quirky humor, but actually useful and actionable)
- Stanley&Danko’s “The Millionaire Next door”
- Vicki Robin’s “Your Money or Your Life”
- Carl Richards (The One-page Financial plan, The Behavior Gap)
- a lot from “Finanztest” in Germany (no page-turners, but really useful, also for Swiss residents)
and of course a ton of blogs (discovered MP quite late, to be honest)
Within 1 year, I had overhauled my finances and actually managed to align with my partner on this.
I live in beautiful Berne, and I noticed from some posts that some members seem to be located here, as well. (@nugget, @Grog, @MiriKi, @iamaneye, @mrs_oberland, @Josh, @glina, @delu). I’ll initiate a thread for a meeting in Berne in the “Meetup” forum (edit: done, s. here). I’ve met the legendary Finanzwesir (http://finanzwesir.de) at this year’s “Fincamp” - he’ll advertise a meetup in Berne on his blog. We should be able to find at least a few people!
See you there!
Kind Regards,
J.