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Recently everyone seems to have heard about the high premium of on-exchange QDII funds. Premium means that the market price of an on-exchange fund is higher than the NAV of the off-exchange fund. Crazy examples include US 50 ETF (SH513850), which once reached a 30+ point premium, and Nikkei ETF (SH5

Douban link I came to this book from another programmer’s GitHub book recommendations. It is a very small book that can be finished in one day. It reads very interestingly and provides some unique methods and cases for thinking about problems and solutions. It is very enlightening. Especially when

The whole book is made up of short essays and short stories. It was originally the author’s submissions to a newspaper column, Southern People Weekly. Thinking about what happened to the Southern Media Group and its current state, compared with its peak 15 years ago, really makes one sigh. These pie

As an new immigrant in Ireland, it is very common that you move every year. It is painful to move. It makes the situation worse because many things in Ireland are related to your address. This post summary the actions you need to take after you move to a new address. It would prevent you from missin

Douban link: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Why is today’s international society the way it is? This is also the question asked in the book by Yali, a native farmer from New Guinea. Eurasia and the settler societies of Eurasians, such as North America and Australia, dominate.

Reposted from my blog The Christmas holiday is approaching, and the Microsoft Ireland office has long been filled with a festive atmosphere. Decorations everywhere, Christmas trees and Santa Claus ornaments: Christmas really is Ireland’s biggest holiday. Ireland gives two days off for Christmas,

Douban link: Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out Is the rating this high? When I was in high school, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. At that time I followed the trend and read quite a few of his novels, such as Big Breasts and Wide Hips and Forty-One Bombs. Thinking back to the reading envi

I have been fortunate enough to work at foreign companies both in China and in Europe. Both companies were American multinationals, and therefore foreign companies in both China and Ireland. Both also belong to the internet industry. My overall feeling can be summarized in one sentence: it all depen

My teeth are naturally rather soft and prone to cavities. When I was studying in Beijing, I already had an inseparable relationship with the dental departments of the university hospital and Peking University Third Hospital. After a long illness, one becomes half a doctor. Last year I came to Irelan

Douban link: A Global History: From Prehistory to the 21st Century I strongly recommend every Chinese person read this book. It may be a bit of a tome, and some places are also relatively brief. After all, it is a global history and cannot cover everything. But after finishing it, the gains are eno