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 […]
Hi everyone ! In our 2017 Objectives Setting blogpost, we said that we wanted to do three finance lessons for the kids. My son and my girlfriend’s son are 12. My daughter is eight. You can’t start early enough with teaching kids how to deal with money. In below roadmap, you clearly see how you […]
Being rich…what does it mean to you? Or do you want to be wealthy? Being rich has different meanings for different people. You can perfectly be rich without having any money. But it is definitely harder to pay for your education and enjoy life without money. During my career I travelled in more than 20 […]
Recently I got the question from a student: “I’m in my early 20s and want to get a head start on financial success, but I don’t want to make mistakes that could prevent me from achieving my goal. What do you suggest?” Below are five financial mistakes with the capacity to seriously undermine your economic […]
Several months ago I purchased the book “Beleggen voor (je) kinderen. The author is Wilfriend Voorspoels, who has more than 30 years of experience as an investor. We purchased the book to learn about specific insights that we could apply in our investing strategy for our kids. Book Review with Personal remarks A savings account […]
Financial education is IMPORTANT! If you read my biography in About me, you know that we invest time each year in our financial education. This also means sacrificing a Saturday or an evening instead of being with the family. One of those activities to learn about stock investing is to attend conferences organized by VFB, […]
Many people are afraid, are not interested, nor want to spend the time to manage their money. They rather prefer spend time on hobbies, spending money and are happy that they have enough money to cover their monthly expenses. They consider managing their money difficult and rather leave it up to the bank to store […]
Inflation – why you get poorer without realizing it. Imagine you want to buy flowers every week for your loved one and visit her by train. The train ticket costs 10 euro. However in july 2016 the Belgian inflation rose with 2,28%. This means your train ticket is now 12,3 Euro. Life became more expensive […]
My goal is to become financially independent by the age of 67 , hopefully earlier— i.e., not necessarily fully retiring, but having the financial means to lessen the emphasis on working. My approach to the markets is a steady and methodical style of investing. I view investing as a marathon sport, not a sprint. I […]