The past weeks have been quiet on our blog. When it’s quite on our blog, remember…I am working on something BIG !! Since January 2020, we have been working on the startup of our new company Dividend Cake. Today I am informing you about the progress of our new startup. Why are we starting a […]
The New Year brings us all a fresh start – a clean slate – a new chapter of our life waiting to be lived out. A new year holds great promise for everyone. This is finally the new year that we will focus on a major breakthrough… this is the year that we focus on […]
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 […]
Sunday morning and I am writing this blog post on a plane… Internet is available for 20$ on a plane and my experience with Internet on planes has been very positive. In the past two weeks, two articles in the financial newspaper caught my attention. The first article on Moneytalk talked about the fact that […]
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 […]
January is behind us and it has been a crazy month. It was a real rollercoaster due to business travel. I did spend one week in Shanghai, came home for 3 days and spend another week in Pennsylvania, USA ending with 2 days in New York city. Below you can find two nice pictures that […]
A few weeks ago I read the blog post “Planning for a Great New Year? Start with Self-Reflection Before Setting Goals” of Keith Rosen. In this blog post, Keith states that most people set the wrong goals and never take time to celebrate their successes over the prior year. Before you begin your goal-setting mission, you need […]
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 […]