Inflation has shot up to the highest level since 1982 in Belgium and stood at a whopping 8.31% in March. On every 100 Euro we owned last year, we’ve lost over 8 Euros worth of purchasing power. Of course, Belgium is not alone, with many other countries’ citizens experiencing a much higher cost of living compared to just a few months ago. Should we be worried? And what can we do to protect our wealth and financial independence?
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The first half of the year is undeniably the preferred half for European dividend growth investors. Unlike their American counterparts, European companies don’t stick to a quarterly payout regime, but often pay a dividend once or at most twice a year. In the beginning of the year, our dividend incomes therefor shoot upwards, propelling our investor’s spirit even higher.
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The general economic, financial and monetary knowledge and skills in our society are, in my opinion, quite low. Our educational system don’t pay much attention to basic financial knowledge, at least here in Belgium, and for many families finance is one of those taboo topics that never really comes up at the dinner table. What happens, then, when a financial savvy person gets into a relationship with someone who is less so? Or even more extreme, someone striving for financial independence with someone who is clueless about it?
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The large amount of comments and feedback on my first post in five years had one large theme in common: “We want to see an update of the (dividend) portfolio, NMW, pronto!” Who am I, then, to refuse the wisdom and wishes of the crowd?
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When the British still ruled over the Indian subcontinent in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the British colonial government grew concerned over the amount of cobras in Delhi. From a preventative public health perspective the Raj, allegedly, decided to pay a bounty for every dead cobra. As you might guess, this strategy proved highly succesful and drastically reduced the population of the venomous snakes.
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