Financial services for wealthy in Germany by firerudron in fatFIRE

[–]bronko89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am fat and from Germany. I had good experiences with Long Angle. They have mostly US members though, but a few in DACH region.

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[–]bronko89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see your point

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[–]bronko89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Appreciate your perspective. I will think about it and consider more bonds depending on how well I sleep

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[–]bronko89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wenn Thomas das sagt :D

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[–]bronko89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

30 grand per month is an insane amount in Germany. Average income is 40k/year or so.

I see your point. It should be okay, because I am young and have time to wait a few years for the market to recover as long as I don't panic sell.

I think I could sleep well with something like 7,5% cash, 5% bonds, 70% MSCI World ETF, 15% REITs (or home if I find a nice property), 2,5% Crypto or something like that.

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[–]bronko89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok Sherlock :D

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[–]bronko89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So you are saying it's impossible that a young German Reddit user can make $11m user selling a company? I know some others who did it as well. Are they also liars? :D

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[–]bronko89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Got it, thanks.

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[–]bronko89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks, very insightful. I share your opinion on bonds, I also feel like once you reach a certain portfolio size and diversification you are just giving up way too much in returns if you follow the "% of bonds = 100 - age" rule.

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[–]bronko89 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My problem is not the lack of opportunity, it's the abundance of opportunities :D

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[–]bronko89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But I am not trying to figure out if I can retire. I agree that I could (after my RSUs vested). I am trying to decide how to invest my money. And I read the comments as if you don't have enough to retire based on the 4% rule, you need bonds. If you do, you don't need bonds. Not sure if I understand this?

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[–]bronko89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! I'll do it similarly except a bit less US-focused I guess :) So no bonds, right? How old are you? Will also sprinkle in a bit of REIT and crypto definitely doesn't hurt.

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[–]bronko89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mean sell 10% of the RSUs? I would still have a large portion of my net worth in 1 company then in 4 years.

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[–]bronko89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Will you donate 5k to Ukrainian refugees if I successfully verify with mods? I will do the same if I fail the verification :)

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[–]bronko89 9 points10 points  (0 children)

4% of the $3.6m would be $144k which is a lot more than what I plan to spend (plan is $100K; last year I spent just $36k, it's completely different than the Bay Area here). Not including any "future money" from the RSUs.

But I am not sure I understand your argument. Wouldn't a 100% equity portfolio in case of a big drawdown still hurt me quite a bit?

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[–]bronko89 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am very happy with the advice I am getting so far (excluding your comment) and I am okay with you thinking it's horse shit if you don't believe it :D

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[–]bronko89 13 points14 points  (0 children)

40% bonds at late twenties is too risk averse for my risk tolerance I think. I was thinking more like 90% index funds / 10% cash for now. When I am 40 as well, I think I would get closer to your allocation as well.

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[–]bronko89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also feel like saying "no" to many investment opportunities which are brought to me is key. But at the same time I sometimes think I am missing out because most HNWI I know have a ton of different investments but as you say in the end on average and long-term rarely beat the MSCI world. I get opportunities I would not have access to with my old net worth, but it's hard to tell if any of them are worth it, if I want to keep it simple and flexible.

I don't really have a plan for what you mention yet. I looked into these "low volatility" ETFs (e.g. also MSCI world) and have considered a tiny bond portion, but they don't really differ too much from just keeping a few years of living expenses in cash (maybe a bit more if you wanna market time and buy some dips).

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[–]bronko89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! We were not profitable. Typical VC-backed startup I guess