Again, time flies. Exactly 10 (!!) years ago on December 15th, 2010, I started this blog.

As every year a very special “Thank You” goes to all readers, especially those who actively contribute either by comments or mails. I need to keep on mentioning that the interaction with readers is really driving the motivation to continue the blog in this format.
In this post I will reflect mostly on writing the blog, highlights and lessons over the last 10 years plus my 10 all time favorite book reviews. There will be a 10 Year investment/performance review in the beginning of January 2021.
Some numbers:
10 year stat |
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Year |
Visits |
% Germany |
Posts |
Comments |
2011 |
93,811 |
na |
411 |
694 |
2012 |
178,485 |
49.82% |
266 |
1,368 |
2013 |
325,240 |
43.14% |
168 |
1,243 |
2014 |
430,794 |
32.26% |
121 |
1,068 |
2015 |
459,992 |
25.94% |
110 |
1,105 |
2016 |
521,197 |
28.52% |
113 |
1,645 |
2017 |
635,741 |
28.79% |
114 |
1,580 |
2018 |
452,267 |
28.57% |
92 |
784 |
2019 |
325,169 |
31.56% |
84 |
563 |
2020 YTD |
483,824 |
39.03% |
107 |
1,211 |
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|
|
|
|
Total |
3,906,520 |
|
1,586 |
11,261 |
All in all, I managed to post ~1600 posts over these 10 years which created close to 4 mn visits. The drop of visits (and comments) in 2018 & 2019 was clearly the result of posting less due to a lack of time from my side.
So why I am still doing this ?
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