Hi! My name is Reinis Fischer (38), a proud dad and devoted husband. CEO and Founder of Terramatris crypto hedge fund, drone enthusiast, world traveler, photographer, book author and passionate lover of Georgian cuisine (vegetarian).

An ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011, I trade stocks, take photographs, work out at the gym, and many more. Here I write about travel, finance, and other things that might interest me.

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Batumi and Tbilisoba

A quick day trip to Batumi and back by Vanilla Sky from Natakhtari airfield, stay at the Hilton hotel with heated swimming pool + some bits of real estate investing, returned back to Tbilisi and voted at Latvian Parliament elections 2022 at the embassy, the next day visited Tbilisi city festival. Enjoy the show and thumbs up!

Living in Georgia |

MyHeritage DNA test result

Today I finally received the DNA test result from MyHeritage. The result was quite surprising - I learned I have 56% Baltic, 18.8% Ashkenazi Jewish, 15.85% Balkan, and 8.7% North and West European DNA. Before the test, I assumed my Baltic (Latvian) heritage will be about 75%, maybe 60%, but seeing 56% left me quite surprised. I knew about Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry (my grandfather), so no surprise here, the biggest surprise though comes from the…

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Latest Stock Buy: Bought 2 AMZN shares at $119.03

On October 5th, 2022, we bought additional 2 shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) paying $119.03 per share for our Partnership Fund. We are now holding 6 shares of AMZN in our Partnership Fund portfolio Using dollar-cost averaging our average cost per one AMZN share is $120.04 94 shares to go once we will be able to start selling covered calls and generate extra income from AMZN. We are looking to get there by April 2023 If we had 100 shares of…

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Dumas Restaurant Tbilisi / Axis Tower

Dumas is a French Restaurant with a Southern European accent, located on the 36th floor of the landmark Axis Tower in Tbilisi. Looking to impress your date, business partner, or simply good coffee - Dumas restaurant is the way to go. Named after the famous French writer Alexander Dumas, the restaurant offers guests an authentic food and beverage experience that is fresh and flavorful. The ‘Dumas’ open kitchen serves up French and Mediterranean…

Restaurant reviews |

Minimum Wages Set to Increase in Baltic States in 2023

In 2023 minimum wage is set to increase in all Baltic states. Estonia will have a minimum wage of EUR 725; Latvia - EUR 620 and Lithuania - EUR 800. During the past 5 years minimum wages across the Baltics have experienced a steep increase, and in some cases even doubled. When compared to 2018, Estonia's minimum wage has increased by EUR 225, Latvia's by EUR 220, and Lithuania's by a whooping EUR 400. Despite pretty decent increases in the…

Investments |

1 ETH Challenge

I have a plan to invest slowly and gradually into Ethereum coin, my goal is to own 1 Ethereum and sell call options on it using the Deribit crypto trading platform. I have been familiar with the Ethereum coin since mid-2017, at its highest I held some 12 ETH coins, which I sold back when it was trading at around $200. Huge was my regret seeing ETH trading around $4,000 per coin a few years later. Well, what to do? Disclosure:  This article …

Investments |

Basilica of the Assumption, Aglona

The Aglona Roman Catholic Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Aglona is one of the most important Catholic spiritual centers in Latvia. I have visited Aglona cathedral several times and always have left quite inspired. If there is a reason to visit Latgale,then Aglona Catholoc cathedral is atop of them. Construction of the present church, which is in the Italian Baroque style, began in 1768 and was completed in 1780.…

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Invest in Batumi Real Estate with a business partner - Joint Ownership

Back in Spring 2022, I come up with an idea - launching a crypto token for investing in Batumi real estate. The original idea was to issue about 100 tokens over Ethereum smart chain, collect the funds, buy the property, sell it for a profit, and buy back tokens at an increased price.  I still like this idea, and I'm still looking to go forward with it. During the past 6 months my idea didn't raise much interest, yes I had a talk with a few…

Investments |

How To Adjust Crypto Call Options on Deribit

In this article, I will shed some light on how to adjust (roll up and roll forward) the covered call option on the Deribit trading platform. Disclosure:  This article contains affiliate links to deribit.com bitcoin options trading website, by clicking on links on this page and by investing with deribit, I will earn affiliate income at no cost to you. Also, I'm not a financial advisor and I don't give you any advice, I'm just sharing my own…

Trading |

Top 12 Best Selling Laptops October 2022

Seems that Acer Aspire has regained best selling laptop spot #1, at least in October. Laptops for everyday computer needs, as well gaming laptops under $1,000 are among to selling models.  Keep reading to learn more. A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com, by clicking on links on this page and by making a purchase on the Amazon site, I might earn an affiliate income from that. The prices for laptop computers listed…

Online Shopping |

100 SOL Challenge

I have a plan to invest slowly and gradually into Solana coins, my goal is to own 100 coins and sell call options with them on the Deribit crypto trading platform. In fact, unlike the stock market, on the deribit platform, we don't need even 100 coins for selling covered calls, just one is enough to dip your toes in the water Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar (yet) with the Solana coin nor the idea behind this coin, I just noticed this coin…

Investments |

Latest Stock Buy: Bought 2 AMZN shares at $123.83

On September 20, 2022, we bought additional 2 shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) paying $123.83 per share for our Partnership Fund. We are now holding 4 shares of AMZN in our Partnership Fund portfolio Using dollar-cost averaging our average cost per one AMZN share is $120.31 96 shares to go once we will be able to start selling covered calls and generate extra income from AMZN. We are looking to get there by April 2023 If we had 100 shares of…

Investments |

I'm making $0.21/daily* by selling covered calls on Solana coin

It has been several days since I'm playing again with crypto options, more precisely selling covered calls with Solana coin on the deribit trading platform. Disclosure:  This article contains affiliate links to deribit.com bitcoin options trading website, by clicking on links on this page and by investing with deribit, I will earn affiliate income at no cost to you. Also, I'm not a financial advisor and I don't give you any advice, I'm just…

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Top 20 Hot Laptop Releases To Buy In 2023

In 2023 we will use more powerful and more affordable laptops than ever. It seems the Apple Macbook Air will be the best-selling laptop #1 in 2023 It seems that HDD will get replaced by a much faster SSD, but that comes with a price attached and less storage. Let's hope that SSD will increase in size and decrease in price in 2023 That said, here you go - Top 20 hot laptop models to buy in 2023 A quick note: This article contains affiliate…

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