Let’s take a closer look at the differences, advantages and disadvantages of ETF investing vs Stock picking for the average investor like you and me! If you don’t know what an ETF is exactly, you can take a look at this previous post I made. ETFs Advantages ETFs are a great way to get into investing. You don’t have to know the ins and outs of the stock market. It… Read More »ETF Investing vs Stock picking
Good day everyone! Are you thinking about investing? Have you just started? These are some questions you should ask yourself before investing your hard-earned money! What is my investing time horizon? Are you investing for the short-, medium- or long-term? This is something you will have to think about. I will always advocate for long term investing since you can not really know what most investments will do in the… Read More »Questions to Ask Yourself Before Investing
The last couple of days, even weeks, have not been a pleasant ride at all. The Corona virus outbreak has impacted the financial market. Supply chains got interrupted due to factories being closed. Big companies like Apple and Microsoft have already announced that their first quarter results will be impacted. Oil is down drastically as well because of demand plunging. Russia and Saudi Arabia have started a price war as… Read More »What To Do During a Market Downturn
The chances are quite high you are reading this post using one of the most popular browsers like Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Opera… Nothing wrong with that, but what if I told you that there is a way to earn some beer money while browsing the internet! Now that I have got your attention, let me introduce you to the Brave browser! What is the Brave browser? We live in a… Read More »Brave – Earn Money Browsing
In this post I am going to show you my auto invest strategy. I think that by using this strategy you will get the best diversification which will diminish your risk exposure. The more diversified you are across good loan originators the less it will hurt when one of the lending companies would default. You’ll first have to start by selecting the loan originators you want to invest in. I… Read More »The Best Auto Invest Strategy on Mintos
Hello, in this post I will be going through my rules when picking loan originators. With this I want to lessen the risks I am exposed to while still retaining the high returns. Of course we still want a decent list of companies since diversification is a big part of de-risking the portfolio. I will try and keep my list up to date as regularly as possible! LAST UPDATE: 15/01/2020… Read More »The Best Loan Originators on Mintos
Hello, In this post i’m going to try and make a case for why you should start Bitcoin investing. Before I start of I want to say the following important things. Even though at the time of writing this post I have approximately 15% of my portfolio, I do not recommend this. My goal is to get this percentage down to around 5%, which is also what I would recommend… Read More »Why You Should Invest in Bitcoin
This was something that I started thinking about not to long ago. People close to me recently got a child and were telling me that they saved €25 each month for the newborn. In this post I will show you the difference between just putting this money in a savings account or investing it in a simple ETF portfolio which frankly is just as easy in my opinion. Savings account… Read More »Investing vs Saving for Your (Grand)Child
Hello everyone. I will show the ETF portfolio that I want to build over time. In my eyes, the purpose of an ETF portfolio is that it needs to be simple. This is also its main strength. You don’t have to spend hours and hours researching different companies and you’ll probably beat most of the investors that do! If you are not really sure about what an ETF is exactly… Read More »The Best ETF Portfolio