When thinking about the right picture for this blog post, I searched on Google for "The New Normal" and let
Monopoly is a game of luck, strategy, and people skills. No strategy will guarantee you a win; that’s one of the
Your valuables are important to you. Make sure you keep them safe from fire, theft and a myriad of other
If you have read our "3000$ Smartphone Challenge" blog post, you know that I want to achieve 3000$ by trading
At the end of last year during Christmas break, I read an interesting article about the Number 1 reason Americans
How to grow your 10.000 Euro Competition – 2018 Update
On the news TV Channel VTM Financial expert Paul D’Hoore gave his yearly advice on what people should do with 10.000 Euro. He consulted 6 financial institutions to check how they would invest 10.000 euro. His advice to invest your money in 2018 was as follows in stocks, bonds, savings account, capital protection funds, real […]
Reflection on 2018 Goals
After a relaxing start of 2019, the normal life rhythm picked up again with school for the kids and business objectives at work. This means also business travel. The first trip in 2019 is a business trip to Shanghai. I was the first time in Shanghai in 2006. Now 13 years later I am back […]
Financial Education Class 7 & 8 : Earn, Save & Invest
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 […]
New Year 2019 Wishes !
Dear DividendCake followers, we are little more than 1 day away from starting a new year 2019 ! 2018 has been quite a year from a personal and financial perspective. Allow me to reflect in this New Year Wishes Blog post and give you my opinion about three things : The 2019 global economy outlook […]
City Break Report : Christmas in Düsseldorf, Germany
In the week of the 18th of December we spend the week in Pennsylvania, USA for business, my last business travel of the year 2018. At that moment, I had no real plans for Christmas celebration. A colleague gave me the idea to spend the Christmas weekend in the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Düsseldorf is a city […]
Financial Education Class 6 : Cash Flow – Manage your Money !
Are you giving your kids or teenagers a financial literacy class or do you expect the schools to take care of that objective? The school educational system is failing….no doubt. Our teenage sons will get no financial literacy courses in the next 2 years. That is one of the reasons why we started our blog […]
Should You Buy A House Or Rent and Invest?
When it comes to buying vs. renting a house, there is always a passionate debate about which makes the most financial sense. Recently I read in an Investors Facebook group an interesting calculation making the comparison between buying a house or renting and investing. The author Jim S. made a comparison between buying a house […]
Sector Watch & My Kids Portfolio : Passive Income Report Update 2018
Past week Saint-Nicolas did pass the house with chocolates and other goodies. Little kids always look forward to the night of the 6th of December when this holy man brings toys and delicious chocolates. A tradition that still prevails for kids in the Netherlands and Belgium. Our kids are already teenagers and didn’t ask a […]
Investors Event : Finance Avenue 2018 Brussels
Past month we travelled to London to learn about the investing behaviour of English Investors at the London Investor Show. On Friday 9th of November we travelled to Amsterdam to visit the Beleggersfair to learn about the investing behavior of Dutch investors. Two weeks ago it was time to learn about the investing behaviour of the […]
My Own Portfolio : My Passive Income Report Out October 2018
Twenty five thousand Euro. Have you ever seen such a bank note ? No? Neither did I but I did choose this blogpost picture because of an important milestone. Read on…you will quickly understand. With the markets falling, press is writing many articles to scare the investors. Falling stock markets is always hot news in […]