Category: Investing

Investing is an essential part to building wealth. If you invest your savings in stock market or in another form of investment, you will greatly increase the speed at which your net worth increases.

Below, you can find all the articles from this blog about investing. Find out about Cash, Bonds and Stocks. There are also many articles about index funds which is the instrument I am using to invest! Find out why index funds are the best way to invest right now. And also why Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are great investments.

The Millionaire Next Door – Book Review

By Baptiste WichtFinancial Independence, Investing, Retirement

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy, is a book by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. This book is a study of millionaire households in the United States. In this post, you will find out precisely what this book is about and what I thought about it. I was lucky to find it very cheap on Kindle.

This book is one of the best personal finance books I have read. The authors have gone into a lot of effort to collect all the data from millionaires. And they have drawn some fascinating conclusions from this data.

I am still reading many new personal finance books. And so far, it has been a great ride. There are some great books about personal finance, investing, and frugality. It is just a bit sad that most of these books are missing any international content. They are made for the United States. However, a lot of their lessons can still be translated into Europe.

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Rich Dad Poor Dad – Learn how to get rich

By Baptiste WichtEarn, Investing

The most recent finance book I have read is “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki. This is my short review of the book. This book is very different from the others, in several ways. Generally, the personal finance community does not rate this book very high. In this post, I will give you my point of view about this book and tell you what it is all about.

As you will see, my point of view in this book is a bit varied. Some things are really good. But some things are really bad about this book. Let’s directly see what I am talking about.

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The Bogleheads Guide to Investing – Book Review

By Baptiste WichtInvesting

Here is another book review of an investing book. The BogleHeads Guide to Investing is the second book I read in my way to personal finance enlightenment. This book is written by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf.

This book is a complete guide about personal investing, how to save money, and how to invest it. I think it is an excellent book, well-written and full of excellent advice. The book is full of quotes from other financial figures and uses facts to support every argument.

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Goals for 2018 – Reaching for FI

By Baptiste WichtInvesting, Save

For the first year in my life, I am gonna try to set clear goals for this year! I have set up a nice spreadsheet for my goals for this year (credits to retirebyforty for the spreadsheets idea):

I have tried to not set goals that are too high but still strive for better than this year. Since it is the first year I am setting goals like this, I do not want to be over-optimistic. This is my first attempt at setting yearly goals, so maybe I will add new goals during the year, but I will not remove any goal nor downsize any goal.

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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing – Book Review

By Baptiste WichtInvesting

Since I started to pay closer attention to my finance, I have read a few books about investing and finance. I am going to review them on this blog. I am going to explain what the book is about and also what I liked about the book. And of course, what I did not like about it.

The first book I have read is “The little book of Common Sense Investing”, by John C. Bogle. It is coming from the founder and former CEO of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group. John Bogle is a great man and the creator of the first index fund. A lot of people in the Bogleheads community are recommending this book, so I decided to give it a try.

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How to Open a DEGIRO account and start trading

By Baptiste WichtInvesting

If you want to start investing in the stock market, you will need a broker account. DEGIRO is a good broker for European investors.

In this article, we see in detail how to open an account with DEGIRO. Once these steps are done, you will be ready to trade Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on DEGIRO.

DEGIRO is a very affordable broker for European investors. It is well priced and offers a great choice of investment products.

And remember: Investing involves risk of loss. Always do your research before you invest and know why you invest and what you invest in.

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