Savings Rate December 2016 December, and for that matter the whole of 2016, was fantastic from a savings rate perspective. We had a record month from the income side of things, and an average month in terms of expenses. This[…]
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A journey of a Dutch Family with one kid to Financial Independence and Retire Early or "FIRE".
Real Estate Report – December 2016 and 2017 Forecast
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Team CF wishes you and your family great prosperity and health through frugal living and good investing. Real Estate Report – December 2016 and 2017 Forecast Now, on to business. In this case the business or Real Estate.[…]
Read moreSomething with smoke…
Yes, yes, I did not do it again……. I was so close to spend two shares of RDSA, but the Force is strong in this one 😉 Something with smoke… It might finally be another frugal New Years Eve this time[…]
Read moreWhat cars have you driven?
Please prepare for a completely non-financial, non-educational, non-frugal, non-useful but hopefully still entertaining exercise about cars. I (Mr. CF) still like cars, albeit have not been focusing on them as much as I used to (i.e. since starting with the[…]
Read moreMerry Christmas!
It’s have been a great year and we are happy and proud that we could share it with you! Christmas is upon as and we will be enjoying a couple of nice days with fiends and family, good food, laughter,[…]
Read moreNovember 2016 Cheesy Index
November was amazing for the Cheesy Index as it rose to a record 55.5%. So far this year, the Cheesy Index went up 8%. I’m speechless, that is really good progress. But why? For November it was mainly due to[…]
Read moreThe Tricycle
This grown man has bought himself a tricycle (with the blessing of Mrs. CF!) .… what on earth was I thinking? Anyhow, it looks like this (yes, the flames make it go faster ;-): The Tricycle – What is it?[…]
Read moreWisdom comes with age, unfortunately……
Wisdom comes with age, unfortunately…… “Wisdom comes with age” is an commonly used phrase, which is absolutely true for most things. You have to live life, make mistakes and learn from them to get better at everything you do. The[…]
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Crowdfunding – Overview, Yields and Defaults
Crowdfunding – Overview, Yields and Defaults Where are we, what have we done and are we doing ok? All that in todays post. Crowdfunding with Geldvoorelkaar.nl As part of our diversified portfolio we currently also invest into crowdfunding projects. The[…]
Read moreNovember 2016 Dividend Update
Another relatively steady, but good, month on the dividend side of our investments. We purchased some RDSA (100 shares) and AH (150 shares in two batches) in November, plus ongoing DRIPs for about 10 different companies, which added anywhere between 1-4 shares each. We currently own 10.222 share[…]
Read moreSavings Rate November 2016
November was an amazing month from a savings rate perspective. Mainly because of the 4 week payment period in combination with the final payment of Mr. CF previous employer. Because of this we actually had a record month when looking at[…]
Read moreReal Estate Report – November 2016
As promised in the post on our Real Estate investments, we will be posting monthly “Real Estate Reports” going forward which will be showing all the good, the bad and the ugly. Considering this is the first post, we will have[…]
Read moreBand-Aids
Have you every realized that we as humans are extremely good at not solving the core problem (i.e. the root cause), but rather stick Band-Aids on it? Band-Aids What make this really bad is that we do this with almost[…]
Read moreFIRED-UP Meeting – Antwerp Edition
As noted by Amber Tree Leaves earlier this week, we are planning another FIRED-UP meeting in early 2017. Considering the success of the last one (see some posts/comments here, here and here), we are really looking forward to continue with these[…]
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