Teaching kids financial literacy is something most parents don’t care about. They expect schools to take care of it. The blogpost today reflects on events that passed in our family during the past months. Several months ago our daughter asked 10 Euro for the purchase of 800 R$ Virtual Money in her game Bloxburg. At […]
Another month of checking in on our Mom’s portfolio. My mom decided NOT travel in August but she has a trip planned in September. More about that next month… In August one article from Alison Banney in Australia caught my attention. Three years ago only one in three retirees in Australia expected to outlive their […]
On the 14th of February of the year 2017, we launched our blog. I did chose Valentine’s day as my official launch day as it would be a day that I always remember. Today we are launching our new restyled homepage. Many people ask me why the name DividendCake. Dividend Cake is a contamination […]
The last week of August is moving on quickly and the last days of vacation time for the kids are running out. Monday is school time again. On the Dutch website Spaargids.be was an interesting article about how to teach your kids to save money. For most kids saving money is not an interesting topic […]
Recently I read on the blog website of ThePoorSwiss his reflection on “Emergency Fund – Do you really need one ?“. As a married couple, he has build up an emergency fund of around 13.000 Euro. His strategy is to reduce this emergency fund going forward. In the FIRE bloggers community there is lot of […]
Today we are writing our blog post from the city of Baltimore. Baltimore is a major city in Maryland with a long history as an important seaport. Fort McHenry, birthplace of the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” sits at the mouth of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Today, this harbor area offers shops, upscale crab shacks and […]
Summer vacation in Italy is over and we enjoyed a great family vacation. A blogpost about this vacation follows in the coming weeks with the highlights of our trip. So life picked up to normal pace. On Sunday mornings I love to start the morning with the Global and Australian Market Update of Garry Davis […]
Summer vacation and time to relax and discover Tuscany… One of the cities close to our vacation house is Lucca, a perfect example of a beautifully preserved Tuscan town. Our exploration of Lucca includes visits to the cathedral, San Martino, with important sculptures and San Michele in Foro with its close associations with the Puccini family – we […]
Our yearly summer vacation is coming soon and we saved each month to afford this relaxing time with the family. This is the triangle layer of our financial strategy where we save for an yearly objective ! Some families sell their furniture or put themselves in debt to go on vacation. Recently the global debt […]
Past months one date was marked in my calendar… Saturday 30th of June. Last year we did attend one of the Benelux FIRE meetings in Eindhoven organized by CheesyFinance. You can read the blogpost of last year event here. (Click “here” to take you to the blogpost) Last Saturday I drove to Utrecht, Netherlands to […]