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Apartment progress: 50%; rough construction finally finished!

An update was long overdue, but until mid-August not much had really changed as they were still busy with rough construction. Because they continued working during the yearly Belgian construction leave, the construction company finished rough construction on the heavily delayed schedule.

Kinepolis Monumental In A Changing Industry: Why It’s (still) A Buy

One of the earliest individual stock purchases on my fight towards FIRE was Kinepolis (EBR: KIN). It’s one of many satellites in the core-satellite strategy I have built over the years, and after all the hype AMC received this year, I wrote this post to clarify why I held on to them for so long and will remain to do so.

Outdated content

Dear reader, please be aware that this post was originally written in 2021. Any information from that time is in 2026 outdated. Be aware when reading this post that most of not all of this does not apply to the company in 2026.

Quarterly Portfolio Report - growing stack of coins

Quarterly Portfolio Report – Q2 2021

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Even though we are almost at the end of Q3, I still want to take the time to cover Q2 of 2021 if only to keep continuity.

With the pandemic in the West almost behind us, Q2 turned out to be pretty good investment-wise. I made nice gains even though I didn’t make any deposits to my investment accounts.

Can Office REITs still be successful investments?

Can Office REITs Like Cofinimmo Still Be Successful Invesments in 2021?

After writing up my yearly report last year, I realized my Cofinimmo investment isn’t moving as much as it did pre-corona. This made me wonder: are investments in office REITs (which Cofinimmo still is) in these remote working times still good? I looked into it and tried to figure it out.

Quarterly Portfolio Report – Q1 2021

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Q1 2021 ends much like last year’s Q1 ended in the middle of a pandemic. One full year of the corona pandemic; crazy to think a year ago, it all started.

Now with the first quarter of 2021 finished, it’s time to take another look at my portfolio and see how it faired during these challenging times. Did my portfolio continue to rocket to the moon, or did it orbit a bit and crash back down?