One day before the year 2019 ends… I take the time to reflect on the growth of our foster child Anisha’s portfolio. Since the start of 2015, we have been disciplined growing money in a fund plan of Keytrade bank. At the end of 2014, I decided to become a godparent of a Cunina child […]
A few times a year I try to slot in an investors or trading event where I can learn the latest economic insights and/or new investor strategies. VFB Trefpunt Leuven organized an interesting agenda “Fundamental Analysis” day full of different investing topics. More than 200 interested investors sacrificed their Saturday to attend this event. Below […]
US Stock Markets rallied past week to all time highs and stocks on Wall Street have soared to fresh record highs, but it’s not because the economy is flashing a big thumbs-up sign. It’s not. The economy is still expanding, to be sure, and sporadic worries about recession have faded again. Yet U.S. economic growth […]
Past weeks my time has been very limited due to business travel and family activities. It’s time for another update of our own portfolio and a quick look at the markets while sharing my opinion. This update is written in New Orleans, USA. The past weeks have been dominated by the central banks. Mario Draghi […]
Time is moving fast as we are already heading into the last 3 weeks of the summer vacation here in Belgium. Sunday morning is always the time to start the day with a Market Update from Garry Davis in Australia. Past week was a volatile week due the currency devaluation of the Chinese yuan within […]
In the past years I have written several blog posts about the savings account behavior of the majority of Belgian people. Below blog posts date from january and april 2017. Read about collective (stupid) behavior of the Belgian population Saving Belgian has no appetite for risk …Our reflection Has anything changed since that time ? […]
Within a vacation on a beautiful isle, we also have “Relax Days”. What is a relax day ? A relax day is actually a day of relaxation and each person in the family doing his own thing such as reading a book, watching Youtube videos or learning something new (that’s me!). A relax day comes […]
Vacation is starting tomorrow on the 1st of July and people have now more time to relax, read and enjoy some quality time with family and/or friends. At the end of June, I noticed an interesting article of Fredrik Arnold on Seekingalpha.com. Fredrik Arnold gives an insight on Warren Buffett’s Portfolio. If you see the chart […]
Good morning everyone. We are at a historic moment where the stock markets in the US reach all time highs. It’s amazing how central banks are manipulating the monetary system and want to intervene with interest rate cuts. Junk bonds surge to new high. Long term yield curve steepens means the growth is accelerating. The […]
This week I am in the USA and the way Americans manage money always strikes me. They use credit cards to pay their bills, they have credit scores for debt, etc… On the 13th of June, I read this article on the website of World Economic Forum 1. A quarter of Americans have no retirement […]