Stocks Archives - Fight to FIRE

Owning stock in the good and the bad times

Would you consider those that invest in stocks to be out of their mind?

Investors provide companies with important funding, but don’t get any guaranty in return. There is no guaranty on profit, and if things go south, investors can lose all of their cash. This is the primary reason stocks are considered risk capital.

How to get started with (stock) investing

The markets run day and night, worldwide. Every second the prices change, driven by a never-ending stream of news and the millions of decisions of all kinds of investors. Millions of dollars and euros exchange virtual hands every second.

Are Emerging Markets worth your money?

Whenever you request guidance on how to invest to reach FIRE, you will often receive the comment you should invest in Emerging Markets e.g. through IWDA + EMIM. But should you?

Never too young to invest

I received an interesting newsletter recently from a(n) (online) bank I'm a customer with. According to a Febelfin survey of 1000 young people between 16 and 30 years old, it appears that over 1/5th of them started investing, including a quarter of them during the corona crisis.

Should you be investing in water: the new gold?

We use it every day for a wide variety of purposes. It’s used for drinking, washing, rinsing, showering, etc. A lot of it is consumed for food and other goods, some of which require it in vast quantities. In short, we cannot do without it. I’m talking about water of course. But should you invest in it?

Should you invest in a garage?

Garage boxes are known as a carefree real estate investment with a high return.

JAT: China’s FAANGs

the US has FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google(Alphabet). China has JAT (JD.com, Alibaba, and Tencent). These Chinese Internet stocks are benefiting from an extra dynamic, got trashed just as well, and recover just as much.

Aedifica Vs Cofinimmo: A Comprehensive Comparison

Cofinimmo vs Aedifica: Which Belgian healthcare REIT is better?

The health care sector is at the center of the Corona pandemic. Especially in Belgium where during the first wave, elderly care centers got hit hard. Luckily, after a bit of delay, the situation stabilized and the worst was over. It also didn't impact the rental payments too much as both healthcare REITs Aedifica and Cofinimmo kept receiving rent. So, both healthcare REITs seem to be solid amidst this continuing chaos but are either one of them better than the other?

Belgian REIT Cofinimmo is getting even better

My favorite individual stocks in my core-satellite portfolio are my Belgian REITs. Aedifica and Cofinimmo are solid companies that focus on a sector in real estate that is still growing: (health) care. Where Aedifica already has over 60% in care property, allowing it to reduce its withholding tax from 30% to 15%, Cofinimmo is now nearing that threshold.

Time-Weighted Return Vs Money-Weighted Return

TWR vs MWR: calculating the benefits of deposit and withdrawal

Time-Weighted Return (TWR) and Money-Weighted Return (MWR) are excellent metrics to analyze your portfolio’s performance. But they tend to be misunderstood. I want to unravel this today by using my own portfolio and the multiple deposits I did over the course of a couple of months.