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 […]
Vacation is starting tomorrow on the 1st of July and people have now more time to relax, read and enjoy some quality time with family and/or friends. At the end of June, I noticed an interesting article of Fredrik Arnold on Seekingalpha.com. Fredrik Arnold gives an insight on Warren Buffett’s Portfolio. If you see the chart […]
The elections campaign is in full speed in Belgium. And we only hear one message “let the rich people pay more taxes !”. One party talks about a wealth repository (with even your wine and books collection, how crazy can it get?) and the other party wants more than 12 billion ADDITIONAL taxes. In today’s […]
Investing money starts with informing yourself and learning how others do it. Two years ago I did meet a couple (Let’s call them Robert & Emma) at a bloggers meetup in Holland. This couple retired at the age of 30+ years old. Now this couple organizes yearly an event with the name FIWE (Financially Independent […]
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. […]
Past week was a busy week with two days Amsterdam and 2 days in London. On Thursday evening I enjoyed a business seminar and dinner with former PM David Cameron of the UK. In the meantime Mrs Dividendcake has been packing boxes all week long. So past wednesday there was no time for a midweek […]
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 […]