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Ever wondered how to get started with stock investing? Afraid to take the first steps into the unknown? With this series you have a helpful guide that takes you from ‘Alpha’ to ‘Zcash’.

  1. 01How to Start Investing in Belgium: Where Compound Interest Actually Gets YouWondering how to start investing? The math behind compound interest shows why even a small amount, invested early, beats a savings account by a wide margin.
  2. 02Owning stock in the good and the bad timesThe 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.
  3. 03TINA: “There Is No Alternative” — Why Stocks Still Dominate Long-Term InvestingFor those looking to invest for the first time, it's essential to look at what happens if you put your money in a regular savings account. A lot of people do this for fear of losing all their money. However, most of the interest you earn is lost due to inflation.
  4. 04Robo Investing in Belgium in 2026: Innovative Evolution or Bland Banking Facelift?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.
  5. 05AI Investing: Genuine Next Step or Robo Advice With a 2026 Sticker?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.
  6. 06Never too young to investI 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.

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.

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