Time for another update in our Smartphone Challenge ! Recently I received an email from a lady (50+ years old) who discovered my blog and the FIRE movement. She argues that it will be tough to retire early at her age. Nothing is impossible. Just believe in yourself and develop the skills required to retire […]
In past month, my own portfolio and my kids portfolio was confronted with an ETF reverse stock split. As I assume that most of my blog readers don’t know what a reverse stock split is, I want to educate my blog readers on the pros and cons of a reverse stock split. Later on I […]
We are one month further in our Smartphone Challenge ! We keep on executing FOCUS, FOCUS and FOCUS. Focus means Follow One Course Until Successful. But it can also mean something else. Read below. Why did I pick a picture of archery for this blog post ? Archery has been a vital part of civilization […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s been two weeks since I wrote a blog post but I did this with a great reason ! The word is FOCUS, FOCUS and FOCUS. Focus also means Follow One Course Until Successful. Besides the busy times at work, I have been focussing on my Smartphone challenge the last two weeks. Mid february I […]
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 […]
Today we give you a new update on our Smartphone Challenge. We will try to give you a monthly or 6 weeks recurring update. Mid february I wrote about the 3000$ Smartphone Challenge. Then I wrote a blog post about “How to earn money on a plane“, which could be life changing for many people… […]
If you have read our “3000$ Smartphone Challenge” blog post, you know that I want to achieve 3000$ by trading forex on my smartphone. As part of my learning process, I attended a bootcamp of top trader Stevenson Lindor. During my next business travel, I wanted to execute what I learned and test if I […]
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 […]