Anything revolving around my investments, how I make these investments, or how I make my investment choices fall under this category. It encompasses everything related to stocks, cryptocurrencies, real estate, or forex.
At the end of my robo investing update, I teased this post. Robo advisors automate the boring part, but AI supposedly goes further: it picks, it times, it trades for you. Whether AI investing in Belgium represents a true advancement in trading, just marketing, or even worse, a fast route to zero, that is what this post is about.
For all of my investing life in Belgium capital gains were tax-free. You bought, it went up, you sold, you kept the difference. you…
A few days ago, I dropped a comment on r/ValueInvesting about Microsoft (MSFT) and Adobe (ADBE), and the corresponding collective AI panic that was melting stock analysts’ brains. It seemed like I struck a chord, so I’m unpacking it in more detail here. The underlying point goes beyond just those three stocks.
When I first wrote about robo investing in Belgium in early 2022, nine providers were in the market. I looked at them all, compared fees, read the fine print, and then did absolutely nothing with it. Never opened an account, didn't bother with any of them.
With no quarterly report to speak of during all of 2022, it’s a bit silly to split up the past year now, especially since it would be challenging to find the exact numbers of my crypto positions; instead, I’ll be giving you a long-awaited update on my personal portfolio for the entirety of 2022!