On the 2nd of October the student organization Capitant Antwerp organized an event “Start to Invest” for the students of universities in Antwerp. The theme of the evening was “your first steps in investing”. The conference room of the university was too small for all students interested to attend the event… Two speakers were invited […]
On the 5th of September, VFB Trefpunt in Antwerp, Belgium organized an infosession for investors about “Successful Investing with ETFs”. The presentation was given by Patrick Verelst. As I use ETFs within my dividend portfolio, I was interested to hear what kind of investment strategy with ETFs would be presented that leads to success. I […]
August has been a rollercoaster. It was a rollercoaster for my personal life and for my finances. The first week of August was relaxing with our vacation in France. The rollercoaster we visited is the ZEUS rollercoaster in Parc Astérix. At the end of August my friends, family, myself and kids took a flight to Colombia […]
Some time ago I read an article on the Belgian investors’ website Beleggersgids about Speculating versus Investing. As a result I read the discussion on the website Investopedia what other people think about it. Let’s reflect on the difference between three types of investing : Speculating, Investing and Trading. According to me, all three types […]
On the 4th of September, the Belgian League for Investors (VFB) kicked off the fall season again for Flemish investors with new events. Danny Reweghs, Director Strategy of the investors’ magazine Inside beleggen was invited to present his outlook on the markets and whether there were still buy opportunities in the market. Who is Danny Reweghs ? […]
On the 18th of August I read on the website UitinVlaanderen that the investment club Bull’s Eye Society hosted an event for the occasion of its 10th birthday. The club invited Sven Sterckx, chairman of the Belgian League for Investors (VFB) to talk about “Saving and Investing your money”. As I was available that evening, I […]
July has passed and one sports event jumped out on the sports headlines for me. The eight victory of Roger Federer in the tennis Wimbledon final. It was a memorable milestone for Roger Federer, who became the first man in the history of the Wimbledon Championships to lift the title eight times. Well…this dividend income report […]
Hello again. Today was a rainy day at our French vacation location….so the family did relax…some reading, playing some scrabble,…and writing a blog post. While our July dividends are coming in on our bank account, we finish our last blog post for one of our portfolios together with the sector watch. Market Sentiment and Sector […]
Goodmorning, good evening, good day everyone. Today I am writing this blog post while I am still in New York city. For a business conference and meetings I travel 10 days to New York city. The city that never sleeps… I personally love New York city as there is a specific lifetstyle vibe within this […]
Saturday Morning 8 July 2017 – Starbucks NYC This week I am in New York city. As I wake up early morning due to the time zone difference, I love going to the gym and then grap some healthy breakfast at Starbucks. They have those wireless phone chargers outlets in a wooden table. I love […]