After a great start of 2018 in Curaçao, the normal life rhythm picked up again with school for the kids and business objectives at work. Last week we spend 4 days in the USA where the snow kicked in with beautiful landscapes as a result. See below picture. 2017 was the year where we launched […]
First of all I want to wish you and your family a merry Christmas ! Enjoy the family time with your beloved ones. Christmas period is the time in which people spend money to buy presents for family and friends. An European survey revealed that 1 out of 4 Belgian families spends more money than […]
Last week of November has kicked in and we are less than 4 weeks away from Christmas. Currently I am in Pennsylvania, USA. As I wake up each morning around 3 am, I can read the Wallstreet Journal after spending 1 hour in the gym. Did you see the headline of the Business & Finance […]
Do you know Tia Hellebaut ? She was a Belgian athlete who won a golden medal for Belgium in the Olympics in China. She did an amazing job high jumping more than 2m high… her hard work and focus on food, sports and her objectives always inspired me to work hard towards my own objectives. […]
October 2017 is almost over and Halloween is the next major event for the kids. Shops in Belgium increasingly advertise to stimulate families to buy spooky goodies and costumes. There are now also scary Halloween night walking tours with candles and Halloween parties at schools. In the meantime we keep an eye on the stock […]
Mid October already…only 9 weeks to Christmas. Time flies… In September Financial Education was again in the Belgian news. There is a clear need for financial literacy education. The Flemish government has been discussing for several years now and still nothing has been put in the educational programme of kids. An analysis of the university […]
September 2017 has passed. We visited yesterday the Day of the Stock Tips, a conference for investors searching for new (buy) opportunities in the stock market. A blogpost about what we learned that day, follows shortly. Now we keep on following the stock markets and what might create any volatility in the stock market. North-Korea […]
August has been a rollercoaster. It was a rollercoaster for my personal life and for my finances. The first week of August was relaxing with our vacation in France. The rollercoaster we visited is the ZEUS rollercoaster in Parc Astérix. At the end of August my friends, family, myself and kids took a flight to Colombia […]
Today is the last day of August 2017. Tomorrow kids go back to school…today they are playing their favorite game Roblox again ! While our August dividends have been transferred to our bank account, we spend one special week in Colombia. Keep an eye on our blog page in September and you will find out […]
On the 18th of August I read on the website UitinVlaanderen that the investment club Bull’s Eye Society hosted an event for the occasion of its 10th birthday. The club invited Sven Sterckx, chairman of the Belgian League for Investors (VFB) to talk about “Saving and Investing your money”. As I was available that evening, I […]