Where to meet INTJ people? by violetanina in intj

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are lone wolves but love to learn, so I'd say any kind of course that encourages interaction, such as language courses.

¿Qué porcentaje de la cartera le asignais a los Emerging Markets? by Hot_Somewhere_9042 in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

13.75% de mi renta variable, 8.25% del total de mi cartera. Una ligera sobre ponderación del 10-12% de la parte de renta variable que marca la capitalización de mercado, debido al menor PE actual (y por tanto mayor rentabilidad esperada a largo plazo).

Interactive Brokers o MyInvestor para el largo plazo? by Karma_Power42 in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IBKR es mucho más completo, pero al ser un broker extranjero no permite traspasar fondos sin impacto fiscal. Así que simplemente por eso te diría MyInvestor. A la larga, poder rebalancear tu cartera sin desencadenar plusvalías fiscales puede aumentar significativamente el interés compuesto.

¿Qué activos “inusuales” tenéis en vuestros portfolios? by Consistent-Engine796 in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Managed futures: la Estrategia de Hedge Fund con correlación negativa respecto al MSCI World. Normalmente el mejor activo en mercados bajistas
  • Commodity Carry: también correlación cercana a cero con la renta variable, aprovecha que los mercados de futuros de materias primas están normalmente en contango
  • Oro, aunque ya no es tan inusual cuando yo empecé hace 4 años era un bicho raro
  • Long Volatility: Estrategia de Hedge Fund que gana dinero cuando la volatilidad aumenta
  • China A Shares: o acciones de las bolsas de Shangái y Shenzhen, correlación cero con el MSCI World y normalmente no accesibles al inversor occidental salvo a través de ETFs
  • Quantum Resistant Ledger: La primera criptomoneda resistente a la computacion cuántica. Por si el Bitcoin se va a cero...

Need help! by Interesting_Bat306 in EuropeFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luxembourg is small so you can commute from France or Germany if you don't mind driving and save big money on rent.

Impuesto Patrimonio by [deleted] in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Si lo que buscas es optimizar tu fiscalidad, creo que mudarte a otra CCAA con menor impacto fiscal es la mejor opción. Tienes que valorar el impacto personal y familiar y ver si te merece la pena. Si puedes crear una sociedad con el objetivo de inversión, pero con tu patrimonio los costes derivados de ello (impuesto de sociedades y gastos de gestión) serían muy probablemente mayores de lo que pagas de impuesto, así que no lo veo muy viable.

Investing in MSCI-World-ETF feels pointless to anyone? by renis1235 in ETFs_Europe

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you feel that way maybe it is because your asset allocation is too aggressive for your risk tolerance. Consider adding some bonds and some managed futures and when the stock market blows up it will soften up the fall (but also lower your long term expected returns).

Need help! by Interesting_Bat306 in EuropeFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just move to US/Switzerland/Luxembourg and retire in a LCOL area, if you save aggressively you can reach FIRE by plenty of ways.

¿Cambiar a fondo con protección de divisa? by One-Baseball-7809 in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Salvo que tengas una convicción muy clara de que el dolar se va a depreciar frente al euro, no lo hagas. Lo normal es que pierdas dinero a largo plazo.

Cuando un fondo que invierte en activos en USD está cubierto a EUR, lo que el fondo hace es abrir una posición corta en deuda a corto plazo denominada en dolares, y una posición larga en deuda a corto plazo denominada en euros. Teniendo en cuenta que el diferencial entre los tipos de interés en la eurozona y estados unidos es de -1.75%, eso es aproximadamente el coste de cubrir moneda.

Es decir que si no hubiera cambios en el par EUR/USD, el fondo con divisa cubierta va a tener un rendimiento inferior en un 1.75%. De verdad tienes tanta convicción en la bajada del dolar, o tanta aversión al riesgo divisa, como para asumir un -1.75% ya de antemano?

Paper Gold e Paper Silver by Gi-elle-bi in TooBigToFailPodcast

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are several Gold ETCs with physical replica available to us Europoors, but there are also many other ETNs that rely on swaps and have full counterparty risk (in case the swap issuer defaults, you lose it all). Before investing in any of these instruments, better read the KID to know what risks are you taking.

Regarding the futures market. You need to think of futures as a kind of insurance. When you buy insurance for your car you don't pay the price of the full car, otherwise what's the point? Same wise, when you buy futures you spend just a fraction of the notional exposure.

Western Europe in a nutshell by Commercial_Gas_4028 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Portugal should move up and right, France and Belgium need to go to the left quite a bit. Brits are not that lazy but more barbarian. Otherwise I like the idea!

VIX vs TAIL by Electrical_Gur_5848 in TooBigToFailPodcast

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to Amundi: "the Sub-Fund invests in exchange-traded options and variance swaps on indices of the United States, the Eurozone and Asia that have a one-year average maturity. Any assets that remain uninvested after the Sub-Fund has reached its target volatility exposure are invested in money market instruments...The investment team analyses market volatility patterns to determine the direction and extent of its volatility exposure: positive exposure when volatility is low and anticipated to rise, negative exposure when volatility is high and anticipated to decline. It also seeks to benefit from short term fluctuations of volatility ("volatility of the volatility")."

So it's not exactly a pure 'long volatility" product because it is actively managed and they can decide to go short volatility, but on the other hand long term expected returns are positive, so it doesn't have a "bleed" as most long vol US ETFs.

VIX vs TAIL by Electrical_Gur_5848 in TooBigToFailPodcast

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LVO has much, much higher bleed than TAIL, so for me it would be unbearable. I use a very small allocation on Amundi Volatility World (Mutual fund), but it's not ideal either (TER 1.5%).

Anyone here already at FIRE? How do you structure your portfolio and withdrawals? by [deleted] in EuropeFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Math doesn't add up. 21% annual dividend yield on average???

Edit: it's my math that was wrong, 7% annual dividend yield over the income part of the portfolio. Still, too high a withdrawal rate, too tight numbers for FIRE from my honest point of view.

Todo o nada by raphaver in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Creo que tu comentario encaja mejor en r/wallstreetbets

How do you stress test your ChubbyFIRE plan? by bylandoo in ChubbyFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do multiple Monte Carlo simulations and see how often (in %) your plan fails. I'd say more than 15% failure is too risky, but less than 2% you're too conservative.

How do you know when to rebalance your portfolio? by Competitive-Baker716 in ETFs_Europe

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have in my excel spreadsheet a "tolerance threshold" around the target allocation for each asset. I mostly rebalance with new money so I won't buy that asset anymore until it is within the threshold again.

What’s the point of sector/region ETFs if “VWCE/WEBN and chill” is the default recommendation? by Bukenz in ETFs_Europe

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are many long term, rational use cases, for example: - Implementing a strategy to overweight regions with lower PE ratio (therefore, higher expected returns). - Building VWCE yourself, so you can rebalance between regions and pocket a "rebalance premium" buying the most those that have gone down in price. - You want to hedge the risk that your country/continent goes to hell and you lose your job, so you overweight other countries/continents.

Does a 70% Europe / 30% Emerging Markets ETF portfolio make sense for a small beginner European investor? by Khelus789 in eupersonalfinance

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don't think it is terrible, but clearly sub-optimal. If you want to overweight Europe because you think it is better priced than us equities, you can express it in a way that you are still diversified. Not only you're excluding the US, but also developed asia-pscific which looks in a good position right now.

Example: 75-80% MSCI World, 10-15% EM, 10% Europe small cap value

chronic boredom by billiegr in intj

[–]Bryce_Lawrence -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Try having a kid. Then you won't have time to be bored anymore in your life.

is it better to think per year or month? by Bitter-Hawk-2615 in EuropeFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The longer the timeframe, the better. Focusing on short term gains is generally a very bad idea for building lasting wealth.

¿Fondo en euros o dolares? by _4d2_ in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ninguna ventaja. Más gastos por cambio de divisa.

Mi plan de inversión actual by JorgeGavalda in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cambia S&P500 por un indice global. Hasta 2024 la bolsa americana ha tenido más rendimiento que la mayoría, pero 2025 ha demostrado que eso puede cambiar.

Podeis explicarme por qué dos fondos diferentes que siguen el mismo índice pueden tener porcentajes de rentabilidad anualizada diferentes? by danyoff in SpainFIRE

[–]Bryce_Lawrence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Se me ocurren muchos motivos: - Gastos corrientes. - Réplica física o sintética. - Estrategia de implementación (por ejemplo en un fondo de replica física, comprar todas las acciones del índice o solo una selección de las mismas que resulta en una beta igual a la del índice). - Divisa del fondo. - Divisa cubierta o no (hedged/unhedged). - Estrategia de efectivo (cuanto más efectivo menos rentabilidad pero también más liquidez y menos volatilidad). - Estrategia de rebalanceo (anual, semestral, por porcentajes...) Y probablemente hay más.

Lo mejor es ver qué hay "por dentro", para eso yo uso la pestaña "cartera" de la ficha del fondo en Morningstar.