If you read my blog, that’s because you are already serious about investing. You have a solid knowledge of the financial markets and you appreciate my input. But you may be struggling finding value in this overpriced market. You might even think the stock market is going to crash in 2018… So what are you going to do? Are you going to sell some and stay home for a while or are you going to invest more money? Is so, which are your favorite stocks? On January 3rd and 4th, I hosted 4 webinars about …
Webinar: What Will Happen On the Stock Market in 2018?
I hope you had a great time with your friends and family and that you took some time off to enjoy the spirits of the Holidays. After spending one year on the road and celebrating Xmas on a beach, it was fun to jump in a snowball fight with my three kids this year! I particularly appreciate this time of the year as I always take a pause and think about what is coming up next year. Besides my personal reflections about my goals, I also do a deep review of the stock market and review which …
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Don’t Speculate and Wait for the Facts
Sometimes it will be too late, but better be late than sorry… Last week, I experienced another premiere as a financial author; I got my first live interview on a Cheddar TV, a live streaming financial news network. All I can say is wow… this moves fast! I recently started to do live webinars (you can register to my newsletter if you want to know when I do them), but being interviewed is a whole different ball game. The difference? You don’t control where the discussion goes. At least, not when …
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What is the Importance of Past Data in Your Investment Process?
On Tuesday, I explained how I intend to grow a 192K portfolio into 1 million before I retire. After over a decade spent in working, researching and investing in the stock market, I feel well confident that I can make it happen. A fellow blogger, Dividend Geek, pointed out a very interesting question: How we use past data to predict future (without taking into account macroeconomic trend, e.g. AMZN) baffles me. While we picking dividend growers, are we not again relying on past data? Past …
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Growing 192K to $1M; This is How a Former Private Banker Does It
Summary #1 At the age of 36, I have $192,430 invested for my retirement. #2 I plan to reach the iconic million dollar value by the age of 59. #3 This article is not about more raw calculation numbers, you can do that. #4 This article is about how I will manage my assets to get there while sleeping at night. *you might want to print or bookmark this article as it is over 2,700 words of wisdom ;-) If you have been following me for a few months, you already know that I quit my job this …
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Investing is like Cooking – An Investing Guide for a Good Recipe
I like to describe myself as a man of many passions. In fact, I rarely do something if I’m not passionate about it. My passions include (but are not limited to!) investing and cooking. I just love my Fridays and Saturdays when I have the time to cook a good meal and accompany it with some music and a delicious bottle of wine. Interestingly enough, there are a lot of lessons to learn from cooking that can be applied to investing. Today, I want to use this analogy a little bit further to simplify …
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