Mr. FightToFIRE

Why I don’t fly on a budget

June is here and the summer holidays are right around the corner, well, for most of us. Perfect time for a (small) family vacation. What better way to get away from the daily grind than to book a cheap flight to that beautiful city you’ve been planning to visit or some other nice destination away from everything that grinds your gears.

May dividends galore

Overview of my dividend payout up until May 2019

May 2019 was the month of the Belgian and European elections, it was also the month in which lots of Belgian companies paid out their dividends. Yeah!

Should I sell in May and go away?

The adage ‘Sell in May and go away, but buyback (or come back) by St Leger Day” or equivalents such as “Sell in May and go away, but be back in September”, is something that pops up every year in May. This is for the obvious reason that it’s about the month of May. I never really gave too much thought about what it really meant. I’d like to have a closer look and see if it can actually be beneficial to my return.

President Donald J. Trump signs the Section 232 Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum Imports. The start of a trade war?

The good, the bad and the ugly of trade wars

I can already see you thinking “what the hell does a trade war have to do with personal finance?!” It’s because it impacts every one of us. This has become even more obvious for us retail investors with the biggest indices giving away recent gains. The Dow, for example, is down 5% from its recent top.
It gives us ample opportunities to buy but because of the recent drops and “scary” headlines, some might become sheep that follow the herd while it’s actually time to become a wolf and devour some stock.

First financial milestone of 2019 reached!

April has just come to pass. It’s the month where Spring is in full swing and where we get lots of Easter chocolate. It also brought me my profit participation which is a cool €2,701. Thanks to this additional income I could transfer the last €7,000 needed to reach a financial milestone I set for myself.