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Money is one of the greatest tools we have to build a life we love. Whether you're seeking financial freedom or security, or simply want to have more peace of mind when it comes to money, learning how to use it wisely is essential. In this show you will to learn how to take control of your finances, start investing and put your money to work to serve you and others more effectively. You will learn from world-class personal finance experts as well as from Sebastien’s experience in reaching fi ...
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How to level up at work? Do you feel like you’re not fully using your potential at work? Or that you are not recognized and rewarded for the work you do? Have you ever wondered how to fast-track your career, climb the professional ladder, and earn more? Wherever you are in your career, there are ways for you to level up at work. This is what we dis…
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Could freelancing be the key to your financial freedom? Are you currently an employee thinking about becoming a freelancer? Or Have you recently started as a freelancer and are looking to level up? Compared to traditional employment and its many constraints, freelancing offers a flexible approach to work with the potential to make more money. But h…
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Are you looking to invest in Real Estate in Belgium? You’re exploring the potential for a first real estate investment, or you’re already made one or more investments. But you’re wondering what it takes to be successful with real estate? How to find good deals? What are the strategies that improve investment returns? What are the key elements to pa…
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Are you a business owner looking to optimize your investments? Your business is making money and you’re paying yourself, but you still have money in the company. Should you open a pension plan? take it out and invest as an individual, or invest as a company? How can you take money effectively out of your company? How can you optimize your investmen…
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Over the last 20 years, the stock market went up by 500%!! * 1000 euros invested 20 years ago could have become 6000 today. That’s insane. But you know what’s even crazier… and very sad… The vast majority of investors only got a tiny piece of this growth. In fact, the average investor investing in the stock market barely managed to get 100% return …
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What are the best stock index ETFs for investors in Belgium? What are the most diversified, cost-effective, tax-efficient, high performance ETFs that we can invest in from Belgium? In this episode, we cover: The FIRE Belgium ETF selection checklist - to help you pick the best ETFs How to practically check each of those criteria for an ETF (using IW…
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How to pick the right stock index ETF? How to find the best index funds for investors based in Belgium? What are the key criteria to select the perfect low-cost stock ETF, optimized for Belgian taxes ? In Belgium, the investing world is mostly controlled by banks and powerful lobbies. But good investing is not as complicated as what the industry wa…
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Research shows that investors underperform the market by 3 to 4% on average each year! That’s half of the returns of the market! And this is due to investment biases and mistakes many investors make. In this episode with Thomas Laureys, we talk about the 4 most common mistakes and biases that prevent investors from getting good investment returns. …
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How to invest better than private banks? Tim was a private banker and fully convinced active fund manager for more than 10 years. One day he decided to compare private bank funds to index funds. After seeing the difference in costs and performance, he could never turn back. In this episode, we discuss: How to invest better than private banks How pr…
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Jasper Vekeman is a financial journalist who is passionate about sustainable investing. He is the co-founder of Duurzaam Beleggen Academy (https://duurzaambeleggen.academy/), where he teaches sustainable investing, and he is the Editor in Chief for the magazine of the Vlaamse Federatie van Beleggers (VFB) I recently attended the 2nd Belgian Impact …
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JL Collins, author of the international best seller “The Simple Path to Wealth” also known as the godfather of financial independence is back on the FIRE Belgium Show to discuss his new book “PATHFINDERS: Extraordinary Stories of People Like You on the Quest for Financial Independence—And How to Join Them" In this episode, we discuss: How to invest…
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What are the best brokers for investors in Belgium?Which ones are the cheapest?Which ones are the safest?Which ones are the easiest to use?In this episode, we analyse the top 10 brokers in Belgium, with all the pros and cons!It's a long episode because it's a deep dive into all things investment brokers. We share all our knowledge on how they work …
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I know an investor who had to pay 70,000 euros in penalty fees because he was investing with the wrong broker. And his portfolio was worth less than 50,000 euros. The broker you pick is a crucial part of your investment strategy. Getting the wrong broker could be very costly. In this episode, we explain: - why the cheapest broker is not always the …
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As you probably know I am a huge proponent of index investing, because of its simplicity and its effectiveness to bring regular people the market returns they deserve. But how does this simple investing approach work? How can index investing be implemented by people like you and me? And how can it help us build financial security and reach financia…
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Kristy and Bryce retired with a million dollars in their early 30's and they have been traveling the world since! Their story is incredible and because the way they achieved is so simple, they are an example that many of us can follow. In fact my own journey to FIRE is very similar to theirs! No real estate, simple saving and investing with index f…
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What if I told you that real estate investing can be easy? What if I told you that to be a successful real estate investor, you don’t need to become an expert entrepreneur with a vast network and be willing to get up at 5 AM to fix the plumbing for unhappy tenants? Today you will learn about a new way of investing in real estate, one where you can …
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I can’t say it enough: I am so blessed to have been able to reach financial independence at 33. Since then I’ve been able to enjoy life in an unimaginable way with my wife and my 2 sons. But what made it possible? What did I have that enabled me to get to financial independence? I didn’t build a unicorn tech business, I didn’t get super lucky with …
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I get asked a lot how I managed to reach FI at 33 years old. Recently, someone I respect a lot asked me on LinkedIn: “How on earth did you retire at 33??” So that is what I explain in this episode! Here is what you will learn: My (lack off) money-knowledge background growing up in a regular middle-class family How going into debt and making stupid …
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How do you invest during bear markets? This is an extremely important question for any index investor, and any investor in general of course. And this is a very relevant question today because the stock market is down 20% in the US and about 10% globally today compared to the beginning of the year. Following COVID and now with the war in Ukraine, t…
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Right, so now that we know what financial independence is (see previous episode), how do we get there? What do you need to do? If you’re just discovering the FIRE movement or simply want to take control of your finances to build more security in your life, this episode is for you. In this episode you will learn: How you already have some financial …
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Financial independence… is this a scam? That’s probably how I would have reacted to those words 12-13 years ago… but after learning what it is and having achieved financial independence, I have now become a big proponent of it. And that is because financial independence is in fact something most people aspire to… but rarely really think about serio…
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Welcome to the FIRE Belgium Show! I am so excited to finally release this podcast. It’s a project I have been wanting to do for a long time! In this first short episode you will learn: - What this show is about - Why I started this podcast - What you can expect going forward Thank you for listening! I am very happy you’ve decided to join me on this…
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