The Art of Strategies

Incredible story, full of lessons. In one village lived a rich man, a butcher and a baker. Every day, the baker would go through each family and give each one the bread. The same thing happened to the butcher who, after having killed his ox, distributed half of the meat to the villagers. As for the rich man, nothing at all. One day the rich man got sick, no one in the village came to visit him. His state of health deteriorated day by day and no one visited him. He eventually succumbed to his illness. He was buried only by members of his family, as the villagers refused to help them because during his lifetime, the rich man had done nothing for them. The day after the rich man's death, neither the butcher nor the baker were still giving anything to the villagers. As the situation is repeated every day and the inhabitants used to receive meat and bread every morning, they went out to complain to the butcher and the baker. The two let them know that it was the rich man who bought the ...

It was extremely difficult to divorce in medieval Europe, so couples who were fed up with each other sometimes opted to end the marriage with a divorce duel. The combat instructor and advisor to the German court, Hans Talhofer, wrote Fechtbuch ("Book of Fencing") in 1467, an illustrated tome that included techniques for couples involved in such duels. Since men have obvious physical advantages, things had to be leveled. Husbands, armed with three clubs, had to fight from within a waist-high hole and about one meter wide, with one hand tied to the body. Wives were armed with three stones that weighed up to eight pounds, tied in a cloth like a battery in a sock, and could move freely around the hole. The weapons of both sides had to be the same length. A husband who touched the edge of the hole lost a club. If he did it three times, he had to continue unarmed. If that happened, he would probably have to try to get his wife into the hole before she hit him on the head. Tal...

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If you want to improve your financial situation, one of the keys is to invest your money intelligently and profitably.  But how can you achieve a return greater than 10% annually, which is the historical average of the stock market? How to achieve more than 10% profitability with your money In this article, I am going to explain some strategies that you can apply to achieve this objective, always taking into account your risk profile, your objectives and your time horizon. Strategy 1: Invest in index funds Index funds are a simple and cheap way to invest in the stock market, replicating the behavior of a stock index, such as the S&P 500, the Euro Stoxx 50 or the MSCI World. The advantage of index funds is that they have very low fees, which allows you to save on costs and obtain greater returns in the long term.  Additionally, by diversifying your investment across hundreds or thousands of companies, you reduce the specific risk of each of them. The average annual return o...

Temu has a characteristic that differentiates it from its competitors: it is a social company that seeks to generate a positive impact on society and the environment. What do Amazon, Alibaba and Temu have in common?  All three are e-commerce platforms that offer a wide variety of products and services to millions of consumers around the world.  However, Temu has a characteristic that differentiates it from its competitors: it is a social company that seeks to generate a positive impact on society and the environment. See   How to make money with Amazon Temu: the rival of Amazon and Alibaba Temu was born in Chile in 2019 as an initiative of a group of young entrepreneurs who wanted to create an ethical and sustainable alternative to traditional e-commerce.  Its purpose is to connect local producers, artisans, cooperatives and social organizations with conscious consumers who value quality, transparency and social responsibility. Temu offers products from various ...

If you want to learn how to invest your money intelligently and profitably, one of the best options is to train yourself with free courses for investors.  These courses offer you the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to make sound financial decisions, without having to spend a single euro. See   7 investment tips for beginners Free courses for investors: what are they and how to take advantage of them? But what exactly are free investor courses and how can you access them?  In this article we explain everything to you. What are free courses for investors? Free courses for investors are training programs that are taught online or in person, and whose objective is to teach you the fundamentals and strategies of investing in different markets and assets, such as the stock market, cryptocurrencies, investment funds, forex etc. These courses are usually designed by experts in finance, economics or trading, who share their knowledge and experiences ...

Have you lost important data from your hard drive and don't know how to recover it?  Don't worry, in this article we will explain the steps you must follow to try to recover information from a damaged or formatted hard drive.  We will also give you some tips to prevent this from happening to you again and to protect your most valuable files. How to recover information from a hard drive The first thing you should know is that the information on a hard drive is not completely erased when you format it or when some physical or logical failure occurs.  What happens is that the operating system stops recognizing the location of the data and marks it as free space to overwrite it.  However, as long as it is not overwritten, the data is still there and can be recovered with the help of some specialized software. There are many programs that allow you to recover information from a hard drive, both free and paid.  Some of the most popular are Recuva, EaseUS Data Recovery...

What is renting and why might it interest you?  In this article we explain everything you need to know about this type of rental of goods and services that has more and more followers. Today, the way we approach the acquisition and use of goods has undergone a significant transformation.  Among the various options available, renting has stood out as a flexible and attractive alternative in several sectors.  What is Renting? In this article, we will explore in depth what renting is, the existing types and how this modality can be applied to a variety of assets.  In addition, we will analyze the advantages and disadvantages inherent to this model. What is renting? In its essence, renting is a long-term lease contract that allows the use of an asset without the need for purchase.  This practice has gained popularity in different industries, ranging from vehicles to technological equipment.  Unlike traditional purchasing, where the individual assumes full owner...

We are going to review the history of Aliexpress and the factors that have contributed to its growth, its strategy and how it reached this level of success. Aliexpress is one of the most popular e-commerce platforms in the world, connecting millions of buyers with sellers from China and other countries.  How Aliexpress became successful How did Aliexpress manage to achieve this level of success and what are the keys to its global strategy?  In this article, we are going to review the history of Aliexpress and the factors that have contributed to its growth. Aliexpress History Aliexpress was born in 2010 as an initiative of the Alibaba group, the Chinese e-commerce giant founded by Jack Ma in 1999. Alibaba's vision was to create a global digital marketplace that would facilitate transactions between companies and consumers around the world.  Alibaba already had successful platforms such as Taobao, Tmall and Alibaba.com, which focused on the Chinese domestic market or busin...