About

Hi, I'm Eric, founder of Schwiizerfranke!

Who I am

I am Eric, a former Engineer, who is now a Financial blogger and certified Investment Advisor (IAF) .

At Finance Blog, in the Wealth Letter and also in the FinanzUni do you find practical and well-founded Financial knowledge.

My aim with the platform is to provide you with easy-to-understand knowledge to help you tackle your finances successfully!

Who I am

I am Eric, a former Engineer, who is now a Financial blogger and certified Investment Advisor (IAF) .

At Finance Blog, in the Wealth Letter and also in the FinanzUni do you find practical and well-founded Financial knowledge.

My aim with the platform is to provide you with easy-to-understand knowledge to help you tackle your finances successfully!

Some facts about me

⚙️ Because I wanted to earn my own money early on, I started vocational training as a mechatronics engineer when I was 16.
💻 I bought my first shares at the age of 18. At that time, I was guided by books and the first blogs on the internet.
👨‍🎓 After my apprenticeship, I quickly realised that I wanted to go further. So I went to evening school to catch up on my A-levels and then went on to study engineering with a scholarship from the Maybach Foundation (yes, the manufacturer of luxury limousines).
🇨🇭 This all happened in Southern Germany. My partner then took me to Switzerland during my studies and I quickly realised that due to the Swiss franc and other peculiarities, different than in Germany or other countries should be invested in.
💡 Based on this realisation, I have 2019 in my spare time the Schwiizerfranke finance blog foundedwhich has meanwhile become one of the largest the Switzerland belongs to and focuses exclusively on Finances for people in Switzerland focused.
🤓 Today, I dedicate myself full-time to my mission of financial education in Switzerland. I also support academic learning platforms such as Fintool and am even a certified Investment Advisor (IAF).
♻️ Wasted study? Not at all! I regularly program free financial calculators for you. Bonus: As an engineer, unlike a banker, I don't speak in financial jargon, but in easy-to-understand language.
📩 If you want to know more about me, you can find Interview 1 & Interview 2 about me here. I would like to advise you to subscribe to the free Wealth-Letter. There, I will send you my best financial tips free of charge by email once a week!

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Financing the blog

Schwiizerfranke is more than just a hobby - there's thousands of hours of work, extensive research and considerable ongoing costs for servers, software and tools behind it. We make sure you get free, in-depth financial knowledge can use. Why is that? Because finances are not a luxuryshould be, especially for beginners who need free access to knowledge. 💡

The blog is paid for by affiliate partnerships, which are based on transparency. If you use a product via the links marked with * on our site, we receive a small payment - at no additional cost to you. This is common practice on the internet, but is usually not disclosed transparently - but it is at Schwiizerfranke! 🎯 Your support helps to keep the website free for everyone.

By using these services, you are helping to ensure that Schwiizerfranke can continue to exist. We also support charitable causes such as SOS Children's Villages with a portion of the proceeds. So you're not only doing something good for yourself, but also for others. 🌍

Together we are shaping the future of financial education in Switzerland - transparent, free of charge and accessible to all.

What readers say about Schwiizerfranke

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