The elections campaign is in full speed in Belgium. And we only hear one message “let the rich people pay more taxes !”. One party talks about a wealth repository (with even your wine and books collection, how crazy can it get?) and the other party wants more than 12 billion ADDITIONAL taxes. In today’s […]
Investing money starts with informing yourself and learning how others do it. Two years ago I did meet a couple (Let’s call them Robert & Emma) at a bloggers meetup in Holland. This couple retired at the age of 30+ years old. Now this couple organizes yearly an event with the name FIWE (Financially Independent […]
Good morning from the sky above the Atlantic Ocean. Sunday morning and we listen to Garry Davis “Global and Australian Stock Market Update 28/4/19” with a review of the US Market All Time Highs. We are still in Bull Market but markets can change quickly. Tactics are critical in the coming months. Be prepared to […]
First of all I hope you all enjoyed a great Easter weekend. In Belgium it was summer time with 24+ degrees Celsius. Past week I spend few days in Rotterdam in a technology conference. Technology is rapidly changing the world and the job landscape… it is amazing to discover and to be part of it. […]
April 2019 . Easter vacation time for the kids is ongoing. A moment where I take a big envelope and put memories of the past year events, pictures, drawings of the kids and send it to our foster child in Nepal. I also add a tourist guide of cities where I have been this year. […]
Sunday morning and I am writing this blog post on a plane… Internet is available for 20$ on a plane and my experience with Internet on planes has been very positive. In the past two weeks, two articles in the financial newspaper caught my attention. The first article on Moneytalk talked about the fact that […]
Just got back from another busy week in the USA where I got to experience snow again. Swiping the snow from the car with a snow brush, wasn’t something I expected to do anymore this year after leaving Belgium in spring weather with 18 degrees. In Canada they got last week 25 cm of snow. […]
Sunday morning and within one week February 2019 is already gone. Have you ever dreamed about a political career ? If you see the salaries that those politicians get, does that make you dream ? Politics isn’t always seen as a money-making career. After all, politicians serve in positions of public service. Nobody goes in […]
At the end of last year during Christmas break, I read an interesting article about the Number 1 reason Americans are so stressed out. An article from editor Catey Hill on the website Marketwatch.com (see link below) Money causing Stress ? Catey states that money is the biggest source of stress for Americans and research […]
If you have read our Financial and Travel Objectives of 2019, you know that our goal for this year is to earn 15.000$ passive income. In order to achieve this result, I have been plotting out different strategies to reach to that goal. Basically an action plan that I will start implementing during the next […]