Life is more than earning cash flow. My mother has finally left the hospital and recovery home. Now she is
Last week of November has kicked in and we are less than 4 weeks away from Christmas. Currently I am
On Friday 17th November, I had scheduled in my calendar for months a visit to Beleggersfair in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The
Do you know Tia Hellebaut ? She was a Belgian athlete who won a golden medal for Belgium in the
During the past months in 2017, I wrote several blogposts about financial behavior. Let's reflect on what are the top
During the past three days, I spend at an IT Technology conference in Barcelona. It is always an exciting and
Here's our October Dividend Income Report for my mom's portfolio. Did my mom travel in October ? No, she did
In our latest Blogpost "Sectorwatch & My Kids' Portfolio September Dividend Income Report" we wrote about the current bull market.
October 2017 is almost over and Halloween is the next major event for the kids. Shops in Belgium increasingly advertise
Do you correctly size your Emergency Fund?
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 […]
My Mom’s Portfolio : Dividend Income Report Out May 2017
Hi everyone, How are you doing? I am doing fine as I am now travelling home from China. I was for one week in the city Dalian, which is in the north of China . I am writing this blog post on the plane from Shanghai to Helsinki. From there, I fly back to Brussels. […]
Why I start LEARNING a NEW INVESTING STRATEGY : OPTIONS
During the past five years I invested a lot of free time reading different blogs and investment strategy books. Investing money and learning how to grow money is a passionate hobby besides all the other hobbies that I like to do. Growing your money should be a basic skill that everyone learns in his lifetime. […]
Do the financial literacy test like a 15 year old teenager ?
On friday 26th of May, an article in the financial newspaper De TIJD caught my interest. It had the title “Flemish student scores well in financial literacy”. As one of my goals of this blog is to teach everyone about personal finance, I was interested to read about the financial literacy and conclusions from this […]
My Kids’ Portfolio : Dividend Income Report Out April 2017
Hello again. May has already passed more than half. Time moves quickly. Moving quickly in the last week of May… Here’s the dividend income report of April 2017 for my kids’ portfolio! In april the family enjoyed 2 weeks Easter vacation. I took one week vacation to spend quality time with the kids. We had […]
Belgium Must-See : Visit to Comics Station – Antwerp
At the end of March, I read an interesting article about a brand new indoor theme park Comics Station Antwerp that would open its doors in the heart of the city of Antwerp in April. Located inside one of the most beautiful train stations in the world, Comics Station is a unique concept, the first of its kind in […]
VFB event – Financial Planning : what did we learn ?
Saturday 13th of May, we headed to Thomas More Hogeschool in Mechelen where the investors organization VFB organized a congress about Financial Planning. This congress caught my interest as it consisted of 4 presentations about 4 different financial planning topics. In an aula filled with around 100 people, Sven Sterckx, chairman of VFB opened the day […]
My Mom’s Portfolio : Dividend Income Report Out April 2017
Hi everyone, the first 2 weeks of May are already behind us. It’s amazing how time flies…here’s our 4th Dividend Income report for my mom’s portfolio Did my mom travel in April 2017 ? Yes, she did…She went for a weekend with friends to Blankenberge at the coast of Belgium. But during that weekend, someone […]
You know NOTHING about investing money if …..
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 […]
My Own Portfolio : Dividend Income Report Out April 2017
Goodmorning, afternoon or evening…whatever time zone you are in. This time we are in Poland while writing this blog post. A country I have seen develop at fast pace with new high ways, new logistic centers and fast growing IT companies. A lot of the infrastructure projects was paid with European money. If you want […]