Christmas and New Year were perfect times to relax and focus on 2020 objectives write up. The year 2020 kicked off quickly with the normal life rhythm of school for the kids and business objectives at work. This means also a lot of business travel. The first trip in 2020 was a business trip to […]
For many runners, the desire to do a marathon is about personal challenge. You might want to test your limits or prove that you can go the distance. Perhaps a friend has talked you into it. Maybe you’d like to lose weight, get healthier or raise awareness for a charity. Whatever your reason, hold on […]
A few times a year I try to slot in an investors or trading event where I can learn the latest economic insights and/or new investor strategies. VFB Trefpunt Leuven organized an interesting agenda “Fundamental Analysis” day full of different investing topics. More than 200 interested investors sacrificed their Saturday to attend this event. Below […]
The Formula 1 driver’s environment has changed considerably over the decades. The cockpit of a 21st century F1 car is now a high sided, high tech survival cell in which the driver has almost all the controls close to hand, on the steering wheel. Drivers call it their office, and indeed a Formula 1 cockpit is […]
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® […]
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 […]
First of all I hope you all enjoyed a great Easter weekend. In Belgium it was summer time with 24+ degrees Celsius. Past week I spend few days in Rotterdam in a technology conference. Technology is rapidly changing the world and the job landscape… it is amazing to discover and to be part of it. […]
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 […]
Two years. Twenty-four months. A hundred and four weeks. Exactly 730 days. That’s how long it’s been since this important thing …my personal finance and travel blog launched Reflecting back on 2 years of blogging Today marks the two years anniversary of Dividend Cake. In two years, a lot of life events occurred. I’ve given already […]