Awesome, man. I've used KDE on and off for almost 15 years on the desktop. Now I'm on macOS due to iOS development, but still have a soft spot for the Linux desktop.

you have 50K in CD and 7k in 3 ETFs? 25K absolutely cash (in a savings account) 25K in a CD 10K in 3 ETFs why do you maintain such a large cash position? Main emotional reason, I'm a bit of a nervous guy ;D I've always worked for the man, very stable job and all that. I started contracting a couple...

Some time ago, a forum member asked me how my European PP was doing. Since I owe so much to this forum, here's a little update. First of all, I'm in the experimental phase because until recently, I was still saving. I'm a contractor and this means no social security in The Netherlands. Since I have ...

Please note that I'm relatively new to investing. and cash rarely delivers a "real, inflation adjusted" return of any significance, Looking at this article: https://portfoliocharts.com/2017/05/12/understanding-cash-will-make-you-a-better-and-happier-investor/ I believe the author (username...

Congratulations on the launch! Very sleek logo.

It's a good one, thanks for posting about it. I'm only just starting in my investment journey, but ever since, I haven't really worried. Part of it, is that the PP prescribes a nice fat wad of cash. While other investors are worrying about how much they should keep cash, I can just stick to the 25% ...

Well, it's all in his signature on this forum, right? He no longer controls the domain, so I don't see the problem.

Well, it all depends on the numbers, on your risk appetite, and very importantly, on any partner's taste in this regard. Let me sketch my circumstances, and perhaps we can draw some parallels for yours. I own a house, its current worth is 350k. Over the years, I've moved money towards the principal ...

Absolutely true. So here's the $500 question. Knowing this (and what man could possibly NOT know this by now), why do men so willingly enter into this situation? I think it's because changing this requires a prenup. This is not the default situation. People are often unwilling to change the default...

I'm from Europe (The Netherlands), and the culture around marriage is definitely different. About half of my friends and acquaintances get married, the other half lives together. Of those who married, they often took their time; half of those married after their first or second child. There are fina...

Ah, for just one forum I wasn't able to do that either. However doesn't Feedly include filtering or some such?

If you have an RSS reader, I think you can subscribe to the following URL:
feed.php?mode=topics

Thomas Hoog wrote:Yep Dutch

Another Dutchie here. Thanks for your valuable posts!

If I understand correctly t's 2,50 euro a year for each exchange? I choose those ETF's because they were lower cost than most other comparable ETF's. I read some of the discussions about eurozone bonds and for me the combined duration of a LT bond etf and a savings account still seems reasonable to...

I'm using DeGiro (custody account) for now. Great, I have an account there as well. Any reason why you're using GZUR and not PHAU? The reason I use PHAU is that it's listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, so you don't pay the yearly fees for keeping a fund on a foreign exchange. As for bonds, I use iSha...

WhiteElephant wrote:Long-time lurker here from the Netherlands.

Another Dutchie here Belated welcome

Which broker do you use?

My understanding of Harry Browne's PP is that it is crucial to have a Long Term Bond without any credit risk. Therefore I bought the 2046 Bund after a lot of hesitation given yield is so low. The idea is that your long term bond should offer you deflation risk protection while excluding any credit ...

This has happened before, right? I find this hugely interesting, especially with the recent very successful Iraqi bond sale.

Has anyone here invested in risky state bonds, as part of their variable portfolio? If so, why?

A column on the MoneyWeek website is titled: Bond bubble? What bond bubble? By John Stepek Quote from the article: "Iraq has issued $1bn-worth of five-year debt. The deal was seven times oversubscribed. In other words, investors were queueing around the block to buy this stuff. So much so that ...

A few things to think about Great pointers which I didn't consider. As for point 3, yes that's something. However I feel somehow "caught" because I'm reading pretty horrible things in the news, and here on the forums as well. This stuff just drives me nuts: European bonds rebound as ECB o...

So Kbg posted about an article in a previous topic , and it got a follow-up named How to Play US Treasury ETFs in an Era of Rising Rates . I found it very interesting. I've been setting up an EU PP, and bought iShares Euro Government Bond 15-30yr UCITS ETF (IBGL) and it hasn't been sitting well with...

That's great. It has gotten a bit quieter around here lately, and I mostly lurk these days as well (sorry, Mr. Leavy, I'm sure you miss my religion posts), but there are still a great many smart folks hanging out in these parts. Offtopic, but have you noticed that Tyler from Portfolio Charts has re...

Mark Leavy wrote: How do I invest?

Hal wrote:

europeanwizard wrote:Do you guys actively trade on gold? Maybe as part of your variable portfolio?

Try this site for some ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/user/belangp/videos

Thanks, looks interesting!

Do you guys actively trade on gold? Maybe as part of your variable portfolio?