1: You double your purchasing power with stocks every 10 years (on average).
The long-term, real return (after inflation) on equities is 6.9%
That doubles your purchasing power every decade or so
'Amsterdam wasn't Amsterdam until it was Amsterdam.' Our daily reminder that the space is there - it takes political choices to reclaim it.
— Prof. Meredith Glaser
(📸 2024 Hans Karssenberg / 2019 Google Streetview)
You know you have a mainstream cycling culture when your city builds a giant parking facility for 6.300 bicycles at the train station under water! 🚲🤿
4 years of work. Worth it!
(by @AmsterdamNL)
@RobertoBarocio@Rayados Esos números son consecuencia, no razón. Tu análisis tendrías más valor si compararas la posición de la tabla de ambos equipos al momento del partido, no en la actualidad. De otra manera no significa nada.
Esta librería en Holanda ha sido elegida como la más bella del mundo por el diario "The Guardian". Se ubica en un monasterio gótico del siglo XIII en la pequeña ciudad de Maastricht, cerca de la frontera con Bélgica. Su nombre es librería Selexyz Dominicanen.
Vía @C_litteraire
Here are stocks from the NASDAQ100 $NDX that reached an ATH this week along with their YTD returns. Semiconductors are doing well $ASML $KLC $TXN $AVGO
Two approaches to the school run.
One results in pollution, inactivity, and dependency.
The other leads to clean air and healthy, independent children.
An elementary school in North Carolina v. Holland.
Thanks to @fietsprofessor#backtoschool
ASML is the most important company you've never heard of.
The $300B+ Dutch firm makes the machines that make semiconductors. Each one costs $150m and access to them are a huge geopolitical flashpoint.
Here's a breakdown 🧵
This investor is long $ASML.
ASML has returned a compound average annual return of 40% over the last 5 years.
ASML provides chipmakers with everything they need – hardware, software and services – to mass produce patterns on silicon through lithography.
Happy shareholder.