Yes, you can beat Wall Street

Greetings. I’m not an expert in finance and investing. I know enough to be able to distinguish between good and bad investing advice. You don’t have to be a pro to start investing. In fact, almost 80% of “pros” regularly underperform the market. How is that possible? Shouldn’t the experts be able to beat the market consistently? Well, they should, but picking stocks is extremely complicated. There are plenty of financial and human factors one must consider when deciding what to buy or sell. And even if the price goes up is that because you made the right call or was it pure luck? It’s hard to investigate the correlation between one’s decision and the final outcome. ...

August 17, 2022

Google Analytics Alternative

Google Analytics is a behemoth of a tracker. It’s one of the causes of the bloated web and one of the reasons I hate ads as an industry. However, if you want to have any idea of the number of users visiting your page, you need some kind of tool that is lightweight, respects the privacy of visitors to your site, but still shows useful information. I have found a plausible alternative. Let’s check it out together. ...

November 26, 2021

Welcome

Hello. Welcome to my blog. I’m Alex. I am a front-end developer working mainly in Angular and sometimes in NodeJs. In my free time, I like to explore different types of languages and technologies. I also enjoy reading about finance, fitness and health. On this blog I write about what I learn. I hope you enjoy your stay.

November 26, 2021 · Alex