US Stock Markets rallied past week to all time highs and stocks on Wall Street have soared to fresh record highs, but it’s not because the economy is flashing a big thumbs-up sign. It’s not. The economy is still expanding, to be sure, and sporadic worries about recession have faded again. Yet U.S. economic growth […]
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® […]
April 2019 . Easter vacation time for the kids is ongoing. A moment where I take a big envelope and put memories of the past year events, pictures, drawings of the kids and send it to our foster child in Nepal. I also add a tourist guide of cities where I have been this year. […]
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 […]
What has dominated the news yesterday and will dominate the news today ? The midterm elections in the USA is the number ONE news item in the world. But what do the midterm elections mean for the markets? Here a recent article from OppenheimerFunds caught my attention. This article has some interesting graphs I want […]
The last four months of the year, September to December, is a period where we always focus on what we can accomplish to finish the year with a good feeling. It’s always a very busy period. My calendar looks pretty full to be honest. I have travel booked until the week before Christmas. The kids […]
The summer vacation has ended for the kids and the VFB investors organization also kicks off his year end program. In July I had marked the date 3rd of September in my calendar. A presentation of the economist Bruno Verstraete caught my interest. There is a strong correlation between the economy and the stock market. […]
When you think of Valentine’s Day do you think of prison breaks, outlaw weddings, and martyrdom? Of course not! It’s a day about love, affection, roses, and chocolate. And yet those are the themes of Saint Valentine’s life. Saint Valentine was a Bishop with the fledgling Catholic Church in the ancient Roman Empire at a time when marriage […]
At the 4th of July, I read an interesting blog post of PIERRE HUYLENBROECK with the title “Become incredible RICH” on the Beleggersgids website. Pierre Huylenbroeck is the author of “Everyone investor’ and the publisher of Mister Market Magazine. (URL : www.mistermarket.be) He also wrote 4 books ‘De Reuzen van de Beurs’ (2000), ’40 Meesterwerken uit de Financiële […]
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. […]