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Skip to content DS Compounding * About * Contact * Home Compound your Life True, Health, Wealth and Network > “You can recognise truth by its beauty and simplicity” > > Richard Feynman Between Truth & Power: The Human Endeavor for Sovereignty. The adventure continues… Email Address Financial Empowerment: Investing Towards Sovereignty and Independence * Be prepared “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur The Blog goal is to reorganize my thoughts and understandably propose them, is readable like a… Read more: Be prepared Cultivating Body & Mind: A Comprehensive Wellbeing Odyssey Optimalism series Improve your health The Blog goal is to reorganize my thoughts and understandably propose them, is readable like a book. …. Read more Artificial Intelligence AI Self-Sovereignity Unlock Your Creative Potential: Cultivating Your Personal Assistant. Join me on a journey to explore and harness these powerful tools, enhancing our lives. … Read more Latest posts * LogosFebruary 9, 2024 Develop Your Personal Assistant The future will be a clear dichotomy between, those who exploit AI and those who are exploited by it. Building the first line of defense against the enemies of our minds. Fig. 1 Logos The latest innovations in the field of AI have opened the door to an infinite array of… Read more: Logos * AI Self-SovereignityAugust 24, 2023 Unlock Your Creative Potential: Cultivating Your Personal Assistant. Join me on a journey to explore and harness these powerful tools, enhancing our lives. Artificial Intelligence: Embarking on the Final Journey to Sovereignity (work in progress): My current endeavor involves creating a Discord chat moderated by a bot script designed to be persistent. This bot will… Read more: AI Self-Sovereignity * Optimalism seriesAugust 11, 2023 Improve your health The Blog goal is to reorganize my thoughts and understandably propose them, is readable like a book. Mind Map Index: Optimalism series Index: Feel free to comment, share my article with friends and subscribe to my newsletter if you like my content and you want to follow me towards financial freedom. You… Read more: Optimalism series * Compound your EnergyApril 24, 2023 Your most precious asset is your energy, which can be compounded by the collective human ability to think. #TheTimeMachinePortfolio “Those pieces of paper, which should have been gold, are a token of honor–your claim upon the energy of the men who produce. Your wallet is your statement of hope that somewhere in the world around… Read more: Compound your Energy * Chapter III: Digital Marcus AureliusMarch 31, 2023 Friendship with the eminent dead Marcus Aurelius “That sounds funny, making friends among the eminent dead, but if you go through life making friends with the eminent dead who had the right ideas, I think it will work better in life and work better in education.” Charlie Munger In the latest article, I resurrected Marcus… Read more: Chapter III: Digital Marcus Aurelius * Optimalism, The MindMarch 18, 2023 Fig. 1 Optimalist Marcus Aurelius, available on Opensea.io “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. What we are going to learn: Addressing the most sensitive of topics, I feel the weight of responsibility in offering guidance on mental health and well-being. Indeed, I… Read more: Optimalism, The Mind * AI and community Consciousness, Chapter TwoFebruary 27, 2023 Cracking the Code of the Wise, Lee Kuan Yew. Fig.1 Singapore “A nation is great not by its size alone. It is the will, the cohesion, the stamina, the discipline of its people and the quality of their leaders which ensure it an honorable place in history.” Kuan Yew Lee The last article and experimentation… Read more: AI and community Consciousness, Chapter Two * Optimalism, Strengthen your BodyFebruary 20, 2023 Optimalist SocratesMy NFT prompt generated is available as a way to invest in my work through Opensea.io. “No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” Socrates… Read more: Optimalism, Strengthen your Body * Artificial Intelligence and Collective ConsciousnessFebruary 15, 2023 Optimize your community wisdom I express my appreciation to Jake and firecat1991 for inspiring the idea, and to the TNS community, Balaji Srinivasan, and the #writers team including MattHarder, Camellia, neodaoist, plaird, grant and simonep, for providing motivation and working tirelessly to better our community. I aspire to continue following their remarkable capability and dedication.… Read more: Artificial Intelligence and Collective Consciousness * Shape mindset through ArtJanuary 9, 2023 The warrior stands straight in the middle of the battlefield, he smiles. It is cold, He felt cold every morning when he woke up. There is chaos around him, He is used to it, he is a lifetime learner, bringing order in his mind is natural for him. He is alone,He doesn’t care, it is… Read more: Shape mindset through Art * The dystopian present of the United StateDecember 22, 2022 What my experience has taught me about the values of a sound country us.exitartwork by Diben Blog Articles NFTs collection available on OpenSea.ioMy blog doesn’t have ads, investing in my NFTs supports my contents. When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority. tao te ching Disclaimer: It is important to note… Read more: The dystopian present of the United State * Bitcoin DiaryDecember 16, 2022 I’m going to update this article as journal, where I will share my thoughts and meditations. “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer Truth is not a theory, truth is an evolutionary process, a method. 04 March 2024… Read more: Bitcoin Diary * Optimalism, Starts with Diet and DisciplineJune 21, 2022 “We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.” Socrates When we think about transhumanism our mind starts going into a pindaric flight around topics like cyber implants, connectors inside the brain, laser eyes. Nothing wrong with that, but what I think is that we already have a wide range of tools and we… Read more: Optimalism, Starts with Diet and Discipline * List of GurusJune 13, 2022 “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Isaac Newton Value investors – Benjamin Graham– Warren Buffet– Charlie Munger– Seth Klarmann– Li Lu– David Einhorn– Bruce Greenwald– Guy Spier– Monhish Pabrai– Phil Town– Bill Miller– DSCompounding Investors – Peter Lynch– Marks Howard– Soros George– Druckenmiller Stanley– Joel Greenblatt– Bill… Read more: List of Gurus * 18. Intrinsic Value – Discounted Cash FlowApril 24, 2022 Why a lemon drink and a paradisiac beach? Because at the end of this journey, we will meet together on an exotic beach as digital nomads, enjoying the dividends of our companies. Am I joking? Every great adventure contains a treasure to discover, risks, and a good dose of uncertainty. I cannot tell you the… Read more: 18. Intrinsic Value – Discounted Cash Flow * The Mentors: Nomad Letters quotesJanuary 25, 2022 “Investing is a wonderful, thoughtful, adventure but it can also be self-centered, a tendency that can be reinforced by the wealth that can follow. We think it is true that, once past X-amount, real meaning comes with reinvesting in society through charitable giving, which can also be a thoughtful, challenging, wonderful adventure, but with the… Read more: The Mentors: Nomad Letters quotes * MetaverseJanuary 9, 2022 Fig. TEDx Talk: The future of an immersive Metaverse | Artur Sychov | TEDxUNYP Metaverse in the context of physical and digital scarcity. Automatization, by its nature, is a deflationary force, the unique force with delocalization of labor able of guaranteeing a profit margin sufficient to maintain profitable a businessin an environment with inflationary force… Read more: Metaverse * 17. Cash Flow Statement AnalysisDecember 8, 2021 This is the last chapter of the analysis of the financial statements. In my opinion, the Cash Flow statement is the most important because it describes the amount of cash and cash equivalents entering the company. What we are going to learn: As we saw in the first article, the income statement uses the accrual… Read more: 17. Cash Flow Statement Analysis * Athenaeum – LibrarySeptember 9, 2021 Fig 1. Optimalist Giordano BrunoBuy The Optimalist Giordano Bruno on Opensea.io as a unique piece of my articles collection “Believe that nothing is impossible for you, think yourself immortal and capable of understanding all, all arts, all sciences, the nature of every living being. Mount higher than the highest height; descend lower than the lowest… Read more: Athenaeum – Library * 16. Balance Sheet Analysis September 8, 2021 In the first part of our overview, we analyzed the income statement, now we are going to look at the capital structure of our business, namely: the balance sheet. If earnings are our engine, the balance sheet is the frame of our machine. I like using allegory to make the point, in this case a… Read more: 16. Balance Sheet Analysis * 15. Income statement analysisJune 4, 2021 Here we go! The first thing to do is recovering the financial statements of the company that we have chosen. A good idea is to choose a company within our circle of competence (10. Circle of competence). What we are going to learn: The goal is to find the best compounder with a competitive advantage.… Read more: 15. Income statement analysis * Stock Market Crash March 23, 2021 I am taking care to warn my followers about the notion of bubbles and the consequential crash. What’s a bubble? Occasionally Mr Market (8. Mr Market) tends to become too exuberant about the future of the market or more often one specific sector. The most recent and known bubble was the dotcom bubble. At the… Read more: Stock Market Crash * 14. It’s a warMarch 11, 2021 “In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats” Warren Buffett Capitalism is like life, it is a war. Our goal is to find the best fortress where to put our capital, ideally a fortress with a wide moat, and a smart and powerful lord.In the course of human history, battlegrounds have changed… Read more: 14. It’s a war * 13. 10-KMarch 8, 2021 “The SEC enforces the securities laws to protect the more than 66 million American households that have turned to the securities markets to invest in their futures—whether it’s starting a family, sending kids to college, saving for retirement, or attaining other financial goals.” sec.gov As explained on the first page of the SEC website, the… Read more: 13. 10-K * CryptocurrenciesMarch 4, 2021 As usual, I want to start with a quote, in this case, Naval Ravikant, a notorious entrepeneur and angel Investor. For those uninformed about this branch of investing: Angel investors are the first investors in embryonic projects, namely start-ups. Naval is active on Twitter (@Naval) and, if you are interested, I warmly suggest you to… Read more: Cryptocurrencies * Case Study 2 – Berkshire HathawayFebruary 28, 2021 Do you remember when I spoke about how companies reward us? (7. How the companies reward us). I decided to write some case studies in the course of this blog because I think that reinforces the concepts in our minds. Initially, the goal of those studies is to explore events that give us a hint… Read more: Case Study 2 – Berkshire Hathaway * 12. Starting pointFebruary 25, 2021 Well, let’s start our journey through the numbers. As I said, quantitative analysis isn’t my preferred part. I prefer good stories, but over time, due to some errors, I understood the importance of numbers. Stories sometimes lie (i.e because the CEOs lie, often they are only good salesmen. We will learn how to value a good… Read more: 12. Starting point * 11. Stories and numbersFebruary 19, 2021 “Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who’ve been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage.” Peter Lynch Peter Lynch is one of the best investors of all time, he ran the Magellan fund, which earned an annual return of 29.2% from 1977 until 1990. In other words, if… Read more: 11. Stories and numbers * 10. Circle of competenceFebruary 16, 2021 “The game of investing is a process of discovering who you are, what you’re interested in, what you’re good at, what you love to do, then magnifying that until you gain a sizable edge over all the other people.” Li Lu – Himalaya Capital Fund. One of the most essential things in investing is to… Read more: 10. Circle of competence * Case study 1 – Tesla (TSLA)February 15, 2021 In the eighth article (8. Mr Market), I wrote about Tesla (TSLA) and its high quotation in relation to other carmakers. In my series of articles I haven’t touched the fundamental analysis basis.Anyway, Tesla gives me the chance to highlight some points and concepts. As you can read in the “Mr. Market” article, sometimes the… Read more: Case study 1 – Tesla (TSLA) * 9.1 Appendix – Economic Cycles February 11, 2021 In article 9 I wrote about “Economic Cycles” but I need to clarify some points. Life, economy, business. The economy follows a cyclical pattern, the same is true for human life and business life but we will dig deeper into business life when we will talk about valuation. Economic cycles are mainly defined by the… Read more: 9.1 Appendix – Economic Cycles * 9. Value investingFebruary 6, 2021 I’ve a confession to say: I’m a Value Investor or at least is what I aim to be.I’m sure a lot of you are wondering about what means to be a Value Investor.To be a Value Investor is counterintuitive because it isn’t in the nature of human beings to behave like a Value Investor.It’s precisely… Read more: 9. Value investing * 8. Mr MarketJanuary 31, 2021 So far I concentrate my contents on the business and the importance of a good management, now we have to speak about the market price.The stock market is auction based. Roughly speaking; agents that compose the market (institutional investors like pension funds or retail investors like us) offer a price for any security exchanged (for… Read more: 8. Mr Market * 7. How the companies reward usJanuary 23, 2021 How far and apparently ethereals entities enter in touch with us? As I explained in the preceding chapters, businesses use the stock market to finance their activities.Basically there are two ways that companies use for financing themselves: debt and equity.My blog focuses on equity holders or also called shareholders.As shareholders we own a piece of… Read more: 7. How the companies reward us * 6. The eighth marvel of the worldJanuary 21, 2021 Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it.” Attributed to Albert Einstein The concept behind the compound interest is very simple.Imagine you have a bank account that earn you an annual interest of 4% (it is an utopias today), if you put 1000USD in… Read more: 6. The eighth marvel of the world * 5.1 Appendix – Currency ValueJanuary 21, 2021 In the last chapter “Active or passive investing” I spoke about circulating money.I had written about the injection of liquidity by central banks in terms of advantage for investors.New money in the system pushes high people’s spending, earnings of the company and therefore the value of financial assets like stocks.The side effect is that the… Read more: 5.1 Appendix – Currency Value * 5. Active or passive investingJanuary 18, 2021 When we are starting to enter in the investing world, we basically have two ways to follow.Passive investing or active investing. What is the difference? Stock market is composed by many companies that produce a broad range of products and services. These companies together make the basement of the country productivity.Because the world follows a… Read more: 5. Active or passive investing * 4. What’s the goal?January 17, 2021 “If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.” Seneca The first question we have to ask yourself about investing is“Where do I want to go?”I think that every time we face a new adventure, it’s importante to set the main goal.I start by explaining what my goal… Read more: 4. What’s the goal? * 3. WealthJanuary 17, 2021 For me it is important to understand the importance of investing for our society, because in my opinion it is the right approach to develop the correct mindset.However we invest not only for an altruistic spirit but because we want to see our wealth growing.The most powerful tool I can use to convey you the… Read more: 3. Wealth * 2. Trading or investingJanuary 15, 2021 In the first article I introduced the general meaning of investing.Now I want to dig about the difference between trading and investing.We live in a society short term oriented, psichologically we are pushed to reach immediately what we want. We can’t wait for nothing, though it is empirically established that success depends on the willingness… Read more: 2. Trading or investing * 1. Why Should I investJanuary 14, 2021 There are plenty of articles speaking about investing. However I think that the best starting point is questioning yourself about the motivation based on the choice to invest.Personally I think that society give us tools to better interact with reality, it’s our responsibility to acknowledge about this tools and learn how to use it. Investing… Read more: 1. Why Should I invest * Be preparedJanuary 13, 2021 “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur The Blog goal is to reorganize my thoughts and understandably propose them, is readable like a book. Blog Mind Map index Investing course index: 1. Why should I invest 2. Trading or investing 3. Wealth 4. What’s the goal? 5. Active or passive investing 5.1 Appendix – Inflation… Read more: Be prepared DS Compounding