Hi everyone, Time flies…the short month of february is already behind us. We enjoyed a day trip to Oostende, a week trip to Paris with the family and 3 days in the Ukraine in a beautiful town Lviv for business. I will publish 3 blog posts about those experiences in the month of March. We […]
Financial education is IMPORTANT! If you read my biography in About me, you know that we invest time each year in our financial education. This also means sacrificing a Saturday or an evening instead of being with the family. One of those activities to learn about stock investing is to attend conferences organized by VFB, […]
On Saturday we buy always the financial newspaper De Tijd in a local newspaper shop. Here we reflect on two articles that we read in the newspaper of the 11th of February. I think nobody does see the connection between the two articles and that’s why we reflect here on those two articles. Article 1: […]
Dividend income, it’s amazing! Seriously, as I progress in my financial independence journey and keep on executing on my financial strategy, I become increasingly convinced that dividend income is what keeps me on course. My monthly PAY MYSELF FIRST differ and stock prices love irrational ups and downs, but dividends from my investments in stocks […]
14th February 2017 Today is a special day. It’s Valentine day and we are celebrating our relationship with our beloved one. Additionally, after one year of hard work, we are launching our Personal Finance and Travel blog on all social media. Read about why we are starting a blog and the journey from the initial […]
Hello and welcome to the first dividend income report of 2017 for my kids’ portfolio! As you could read in My kids’ portfolio page, we doubled our kids saving money from 5K to 10K in a 5 year time frame using our defensive strategy from our Financial strategy. Now we are switching gears and we […]
Hello and welcome to the first dividend income report of 2017 for my mom’s portfolio! As you could read in My Mom’s portfolio page, we took over the financial management of my mother at the start of 2016. My dad passed away since 2009 and since then my mom didn’t manage her financial situation. The […]
During the past weekend End of January we have been focused on reading some new tax regulations that were kicked off by the Belgian government since the 1st January 2017. The first important change was the cancellation of the most stupid speculation tax on shares. You could read my key learnings from this experience in […]
Recently we read an article about Belgian Dividend stocks in the financial newspaper De Tijd. Are they worth a position in your dividend portfolio? Below you get our humble opinion and we discuss the pro and con’s. A royal dividend is a payment each investor should aim for. In Belgium 50% of the stocks that […]
The past months October 2016 to January 2017 have been quite interesting related to the press about Savings accounts in Belgium. I know interest rates in the USA and other countries are also low. End of October 2016 Suddenly the press communicates that one Belgian bank KBC, changed the conditions of the savings account for […]