When thinking about the right picture for this blog post, I searched on Google for “The New Normal” and let it show me what picture would be appropriate for this blog post. One picture showed wild waves of the sea and this made me think… Yes, the current stock markets have been wild waves the […]
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 […]
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 ? […]
Vacation is time is a perfect time to write a blog post. This time we discuss Tax Liberation Day or Tax Freedom Day and why you should take your financial future in your own hands. 1. Tax Freedom Day Tax Freedom Day is very controversy concept that leaves no room for discussion. Tax Freedom Day® […]
Monopoly is a game of luck, strategy, and people skills. No strategy will guarantee you a win; that’s one of the reasons Monopoly is so interesting. In any given game, a newcomer, even a child can beat a lifetime champion. To win monopoly, you need to bankrupt all of your opponents before they can do the same […]
Your valuables are important to you. Make sure you keep them safe from fire, theft and a myriad of other potential disasters. Isn’t this the marketing slogan that banks use to sell safe deposit boxes available at their bank locations ? The box size you rent depends on the amount of valuables you need to protect. […]
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 […]
Dear DividendCake followers, we are little more than 1 day away from starting a new year 2019 ! 2018 has been quite a year from a personal and financial perspective. Allow me to reflect in this New Year Wishes Blog post and give you my opinion about three things : The 2019 global economy outlook […]
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 […]
Today’s blog post is about a recent event that occured in our family life. The loyal followers of our blog know that last year in August we got married in South-America. If you missed the blog post, you can click the link below of the 9th September. New Lifetime Milestone : Married In that blog […]