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 […]
Time for another portfolio update ! Belgium is in lock down mode and I didn’t leave the house except for some basic grocery needs for the past 2 weeks. It is very important that everyone in the family stays healthy and safe and don’t get infected by this deadly COVID-19 virus as it makes no […]
For the past 4 years we have been investing money and generating cash flow for my mom’s portfolio. In total this has generated more than 6.000$ cash using dividend stocks and ETFs while writing puts with the cash balance. In December my mom had a lot of bills to pay and she requested me to […]
Life is more than earning cash flow. My mother has finally left the hospital and recovery home. Now she is back home. It’s those moments in life you realize there are sometimes other priorities than earning cash flow and writing a blog post. I hope you understand why my blog post writing past weeks has […]
Past weeks my time has been very limited due to business travel and family activities. It’s time for another update of our own portfolio and a quick look at the markets while sharing my opinion. This update is written in New Orleans, USA. The past weeks have been dominated by the central banks. Mario Draghi […]
Vacation time is finished and tomorrow school starts again for the kids. My mom spend a nice vacation in Tirol (Austria) Blog posts about the past vacations including the honeymoon will soon be published. Now it’s time to focus again on our yearly objectives for each of our portfolios. So back to the stock and […]
Time is moving fast as we are already heading into the last 3 weeks of the summer vacation here in Belgium. Sunday morning is always the time to start the day with a Market Update from Garry Davis in Australia. Past week was a volatile week due the currency devaluation of the Chinese yuan within […]
Last Friday was again a special day with NFP news. The stock market got bad news because the june jobs growth in the USA was stronger than expected. Today a strong jobs report means the economy is doing better than expected. The Fed should be increasing rates but gave the impression that a rate cut […]
Good morning everyone. We are at a historic moment where the stock markets in the US reach all time highs. It’s amazing how central banks are manipulating the monetary system and want to intervene with interest rate cuts. Junk bonds surge to new high. Long term yield curve steepens means the growth is accelerating. The […]
This week I am in the USA and the way Americans manage money always strikes me. They use credit cards to pay their bills, they have credit scores for debt, etc… On the 13th of June, I read this article on the website of World Economic Forum 1. A quarter of Americans have no retirement […]