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 ? […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to the first blogpost of 2019 ! We hope you enjoyed your New Year celebration. We relaxed our vacation until 7th of January. We are also working on new projects for 2019 ! Keep on following us ! Christmas vacation was the perfect time for giving three more classes financial literacy to the teenager […]
Are you giving your kids or teenagers a financial literacy class or do you expect the schools to take care of that objective? The school educational system is failing….no doubt. Our teenage sons will get no financial literacy courses in the next 2 years. That is one of the reasons why we started our blog […]
Are you giving your kids or teenagers a financial literacy class or do you expect the schools to take care of that objective? Last week I went to the info evenings of the schools of our sons. No financial literacy classes during the whole school year 2018 – 2019….NONE !! So the school educational system is […]
During last month of March, Wikifin (a government sponsored organization responsible for teaching the Belgian population financial literacy) organized “The week of the Money”. Each year research is done about the financial behavior of the Belgian population. This year the topic of the research was “Loans and credit…how is it used?” Key Findings 63% of […]
Are you giving your kids or teenagers a financial literacy class or do you expect the schools to take care of that objective? Maybe you need a financial education class as a parent… financial literacy education in schools is very limited and how to grow your money is definitely not part of the educational system. […]
Some time ago I read an article on the Belgian investors’ website Beleggersgids about Speculating versus Investing. As a result I read the discussion on the website Investopedia what other people think about it. Let’s reflect on the difference between three types of investing : Speculating, Investing and Trading. According to me, all three types […]
On the 18th of August I read on the website UitinVlaanderen that the investment club Bull’s Eye Society hosted an event for the occasion of its 10th birthday. The club invited Sven Sterckx, chairman of the Belgian League for Investors (VFB) to talk about “Saving and Investing your money”. As I was available that evening, I […]