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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Another global, messy, problem? BANKING!
I just found another blog about The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which just launched their Annual Letter showing clearly that after having taken on global problems like the design of toilets and condoms even creating urine-powered fuel cells, their … Continue reading
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Investing in LMDF? I get 5 times what I would get at the bank!
I guess many of you have also been disappointed by current rates on savings accounts, money market funds, etc. In June 2014, in Luxembourg, I would have gotten 0,4% at the Spuerkees, at Fortuna, and BGL, and 0,5% at ING. … Continue reading
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Tagged investment funds, Luxembourg
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