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Quarterly Portfolio Report – Q2 2020
July 15, 2020
Quarter two was just as much of a thrill ride as Q1 but in reverse. We went from a bear market to new highs in a matter of weeks instead of months or years. The question is though, is this move sustainable? For the moment the sharp recovery results in an excellent recovery of my portfolio across the board.
My monthly Savings Rate report: June 2020
July 9, 2020
After a live-changing May, June was a lot less crazy. That is not to say that nothing happened in June. I actually invested quite a bit in the site. These investments made my SR drop but thanks to my holiday pay, I was able to keep the damage to a minimum.
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15Jul 20
Quarterly Portfolio Report – Q2 2020
Quarter two was just as much of a thrill ride as Q1 but in reverse. We went from a bear market to new highs in a matter of weeks instead of months or years. The question is though, is this move sustainable? For the moment the sharp recovery results in an excellent recovery of my portfolio across the board.
09Jul 20
My monthly Savings Rate report: June 2020
After a live-changing May, June was a lot less crazy. That is not to say that nothing happened in June. I actually invested quite a bit in the site. These investments made my SR drop but thanks to my holiday pay, I was able to keep the damage to a minimum.
07Jul 20
Paying too much taxes? My Belgian pay slip explained
In 2020 Belgium is still the country with the highest average income tax and tax wedge in the world (OECD, 2020a). I'm willing to bet Americans' blood would boil seeing my payslip at the end of the month. 52.2% of…
27Jun 20
Side hustling in Belgium: 6 jobs providing additional income
In recent years, the Belgian government made it easier to make an extra income through a side hustle. In 2015 it introduced a new form of unlimited untaxed income albeit with stringent measures: Flexi-jobs. Later, in 2018, it introduced another form of untaxed income with a limit of 6,340 EUR. It is this last form that the Constitutional Court has annulled. But what does this mean for people that want to still earn something extra?
