Today is a special day. Today is the day that all fathers in Belgium are celebrated. Americans celebrate Father’s Day on the third Sunday of every June. This holiday celebrates fathers and fatherhood in general, including father figures such as guardians and grandfathers. The occasion is marked by giving a gift to one’s father or spending […]
In June, Belgian working employees receive their vacation money as an extra to their regular salary. So hurray the extra money comes in our bank account…what can we do with this extra money ? Let’s list the 5 things you can do with this extra money and reflect back what we did with it. 1. […]
January is already behind us. For me it has been a very busy month full of business travel and personal matters to attend. This did not allow me to write a blogpost at each Wednesday or Sunday. I hope to turn this around in February. At the end of January I did fly to New […]
In our latest Blogpost “Sectorwatch & My Kids’ Portfolio September Dividend Income Report” we wrote about the current bull market. But we all know that the next financial crisis is probably around the corner—we just don’t know from where and when…right? In today’s blogpost I want to review the three biggest dangers or possible triggers […]
Vacation time has ended and back to work. Soccer season has also started and coaches are finetuning their strategy and execution plan with the (new) team that they now have. This week I am for business in a town called Lviv in Ukraine. A lovely town where local people also enjoy life the same way […]
On 19th July the news came out that the Belgian government considers a tax on investment accounts. When I read this news, I thought I was going to choke…and have a heart attack. “Do politicians have no common sense or brains about investing at all ?” was my first thought. Hereby I write a reflection […]
At the 4th of July, I read an interesting blog post of PIERRE HUYLENBROECK with the title “Become incredible RICH” on the Beleggersgids website. Pierre Huylenbroeck is the author of “Everyone investor’ and the publisher of Mister Market Magazine. (URL : www.mistermarket.be) He also wrote 4 books ‘De Reuzen van de Beurs’ (2000), ’40 Meesterwerken uit de Financiële […]
On a warm Monday evening 12th of June, I drove to Gent to attend an interesting evening where Bart Goemaere spoke about his favorite stocks. Honestly I never heard about Bart, nor about his investors’ magazine. Today many people ask which stocks to buy? Which ones are still undervalued after a strong bull market? Interesting […]
Belgian people are known within Europe as savings champions. In a survey about money at the end of March (see Blog post “Saving Belgian has no appetite for risk …Our reflection.” ) it was concluded that 67% of Belgians are saving money and 33% could not. The average amount is around 200 Euro. But does that […]
you don’t know the following 5 key insights about investing money in the stock market When you ask an investor what is the most important element of your portfolio, 95% will give you the WRONG answer. Most investors assume still that capital gains deliver the biggest return longterm. But in reality it is not capital […]