Who I Am and Why I Run this Blog

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My name is Pawel Cylkowski. I am a father of 3 kids and a husband of my lovely wife Ania :). I am also an investments professional with almost 2 decades experience in institutional equity sales and trading, but also in managing and building own financial wealth. I am a CIIA charter holder granted by the Swiss ACIIA (please see my detailed Curriculum here).

So How about taking your money’s future in your own hands then? I tend to claim that:
(a) in today’s world of easy access to equity/bonds/FX/derivatives markets and the abundancy of cheap passive investing products (ETFs,ETNs,etc) everyone can become his/her own Portfolio Manager and start building wealth
(b) with enough consistency, education and effort an amateur can decide better about his/hers performance on capital markets than most active AMs without extremely sophisticated stock-picking processes (for which a hord of analysts would be necessary), but rather via wise asset allocation
(c) an investor who obeys simple rules of appropriately balanced and sensible portfolio structure throughout business cycles can (in long term) acheive satisfactory returns, while minimising downside risks
(d) self-education is key and knowledge about investing is not reserved only to the capital market professionals (who hardly ever deliver the value they promise), but should be everyman’s privilege.

I strive to educate people (any myself too 🙂 ) with investable savings how to find their own way to become financially independent, save money for retirement or just invest in global markets in a simple but consistent way. The world is full of opportunities and technology allows to invest easily all around the world right from your PC or mobile device! The key is to understand what it means to be an investor and find a balance in life bewteen investing and living – more on this in my post about What it means to me to be an investor (please read carefully!).

I comment on what, in my view, is most imporant and really drives the investing world. The target is to widen my readers’ knowledge about investing and asset allocation. My portfolios do not have certain benchmarks, as the aim here is not competing with any index or other portfolios, but rather a wise long-term adjustment of the relation between (1) the purpose of a certain portfolio (2) the level of risk it carries (3) the effort of running it. Why these three points? This Blog is meant to simplify long-term investing to the point where an investor (pro or amateur) can maximise his/her long-term returns while simultaneously minimise the time and effort spent on analysing it. I call it the Smart Investing Approach (SIA). You can read about it here. Please read carefully!

I also write about current issues and tendencies on global financial markets, which are crutial and market moving. My mission is providing financial education to the wide public (please see Diclaimers&Liability Limitations).

I base my work on trust, honesty and respect. I try to provide only the appropriate content to my readers, not too little, not too much. Only things that matter shall be packed into what my readers get from me. I am also open to constructive critics and polemics. This Blog is meant to keep the highest standards of ethics and communication.

Best regards,

PC 🙂