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MIFID II directive - Markets in Financial Instruments Directive

MiFID II Simpliﬁed For You: How EU better protects Retail Investors

The who, what, why of MiFID, Market in Financial Instruments Directive. Rules aiming to increases transparency in the European Union's financial market.

Investor jumping over pitfalls others have fallen in.

My top 4 investment mistakes & 4 more mistakes investors make

I screwed up more than once. Ever since I was allowed to hold an investment or trading account, I fell and got back up. I started in 2008 with Forex, and I moved to stocks over time. In this decade of trading both stocks and Forex, some of the errors I made happened more than once and cost me a pretty penny. Today, I want to share my 4 most significant lapses of judgment based on this experience.

What type of investor are you?

At the beginning of every year, I get a letter from the bank I have an investment portfolio with to review my investment and based on a questionnaire reevaluate what type of investor I am, i.e., my investment profile. Then based on the result we check what’s the most optimal way to invest my money.

In this July 3, 2018, photo, shoppers walk past sale signs in San Francisco

Crazy Sales Aren’t Always Better Deals: 5 tips

In Belgium, the shopping season is in full swing during two periods: December - January July- August These always dominate the main street till…

Portfolio update: new savings account & stock purchases

We are only the second week of January and I can already give a major update on my portfolio and milestones progress. This is in part due to the decline we saw at the end of 2018 and the opportunity it offered me to enter at a lower price for quite a few stocks.