I think I have figured it out (well, for us at least). I think I know what we need to do. The best balance in life is one of compromises. A little bit of both sides, combining the good and[…]
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Author: Team CF
Dutch couple (with kid) on a mission to become Financially Independent & Retire Early.
Looking at the bright side
Warning, the is not a financial post and filled with positive items. I’m only going to be looking at the bright side today. Read at your own risk and discretion, it might enhance your (long) weekend. Side effect might include[…]
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Blondes are Better Investors
Mrs CF is the avid reader in our household. However, sometimes Mr CF also reads a book. Yep, unpopular opinion, but I don’t really like reading books. Something with being an old millennial that never had the ability to focus.[…]
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Castles, Corona and Chaos
What shall I write about today? Let’s go with Castles, Corona and Chaos. Where our overall portfolio had another all-time high in February, at time of writing we are now down to May 2019 levels. Could have been worse, I[…]
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I’m a FIRE Failure
Yes, it’s true. I’m a scammer and I’m a FIRE Failure! How could it have gone so wrong?! One moment I decided to quit my job. The next moment I get a new job again. Why, oh why? What’s wrong[…]
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Get a pay increase for part-time work
How to get a pay increase for part-time work? It’s actually not that hard and it goes automatically in the Netherlands. The height of the pay increase does however depend on your income. How does this all work? Taxes! Those[…]
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FIRE Meetups
Not too long ago I let a bunch of you know that I was done with organising FIRE meetups. They are loads of fun, but if you have a program, food/drinks and more to organise, they are also very time[…]
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We reduced our mortgage by €98.212 in 41 months!
It’s amazing! We have lowered our mortgage by about €100.000 in just 3,5 years. How did we do this? What’s our secret? Here is an analysis how we reduced our mortgage by €98.212 in 41 months! The Secret We spent[…]
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2019 was the hottest year on record
No really, 2019 was the hottest year on record! We have never been this hot (and dry) and we loved every minute of it 🙂 I mean, it was HOT! Happy, Opportunity rich & Time rich. Who does not want[…]
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Wishing you a brilliant 2020!
Thank you all for (still) being (regular) readers of our little blog in the finance and early retirement corner of the interweb. As the year-end is closing in, it’s not a bad idea to quickly look back at an uneventful[…]
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Beer & Personal Finance
It’s been 345 days since I had my last beer (or any alcoholic beverage for that matter). Just 20 more days to go before I’m allowed the holy beverage once again 🙂 Despite the year going remarkably smooth and not[…]
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Dividend yield vs dividend growth
Dividend yield vs dividend growth, which one provides you with the biggest return? How did some example stocks do over the last decades and what are typical numbers? A short analyses today! A lot and a lot more Most dividend[…]
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How much do you need to retire in the Netherlands – 2020 update
It’s that time of year again for me to look forward and determine the new “early retirement numbers”. We do this for ourselves each year to find out what our new target wealth should be based on a 4% net[…]
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The perfect dividend portfolio
The perfect dividend portfolio (if such a thing exists), what would that look like? It depends on what you define as perfect. In this case I want to look at a portfolio that “perfectly” reflects the expenses it needs to[…]
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