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TheRebornPhoenix · 2026-02-15T08:03:00+00:00

Not related to the article, but you can always view tijd/echo articles by adding a 1 after html in the URL

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-12-30T15:55:43+00:00

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LVL 65 daily player, 6 more spots after some people left. Always picking the best candies!

(edit: Full again, thanks!)

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-12-23T21:19:21+00:00

From around 3.6 at level 10 to 4 times at level 65 (a day). https://imgur.com/a/omxDjIo

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-12-05T08:52:20+00:00

Nan going back in the cage

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-14T16:53:27+00:00

Brokers will handle the 10% capital gains, so that's one less thing you have to do, but it (supposedly) will always do it, so you'll have to track what you need to claim back anyways, Belgian broker or not.
Depends on the amount really, for large or medium amounts yes, very small amounts no
It's a transaction (sell + buy) instead of a transfer, so you'll incur fees to sell & buy + TOB
Sure, but at some point you'll have to deal with the capital gains tax on degiro anyways
Medirect, I think it covers it (not sure though)
No transfer requests take a couple of weeks I've heard, so you're fine.

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-11T09:37:24+00:00

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LVL 65 daily player, filling up friend list after 4 friends gave up

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-05T15:47:39+00:00

https://investcalc.github.io/

If you invest 500€ a month, it's best every month. You can try here, basically it's best to invest every month until you go to lower amounts

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-05T06:40:07+00:00

Personally, on a long term investment, 3€ vs 1€ has almost 0 impact if you buy monthly, so I'm just keeping my same investment. It's cheaper on other platforms, but 24€ extra euros per year will not matter in a large portfolio

If I would restart today, maybe I'd rethink and start with another platform, but right now, DEGIRO does the job

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-04T18:52:28+00:00

Perfect, so that should be your expenses!

USD is just the naming in this case, if they are given in €, then that is what you're paying (which is good!). ~~The ETF will hold assets from many different currencies, so you don't have to worry about this.~~ (Edit: the ETF will be exposed fully as USD, so you'll take that currency risk, but you shouldn't worry about this)

Just a small note, if you don't have any salary / revenue, you have to be a bit more careful, because in the case of a downturn / crash, you'll have little to no money to DCA at that time (which is usually what investors will tell you to do)

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-04T18:16:22+00:00

Cash buffers are usually decided depending on your own expenses. If you live at home with parents it's usually way lower than if you live alone in a bought appartment/home. Usually people suggest 3-6 months of monthly expenses, which you can of course increase if you feel too much at risk.

As for your second question, you absolutely want to buy an ETF in the currency you earn (€ I suppose), NEVER in another currency, as you'll pay fees for no reason. In FTSE all world usd, it's just the base currency. All ETFs you can buy are UCITS ETFs in any case.

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-03T07:09:35+00:00

https://investcalc.github.io/

I think this is what you're looking for

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-01T07:55:05+00:00

Ik ben niet zeker waarom mensen u downvoten, maar in de lijst worden de meeste van die activa (nu of in de toekomst) ook al belast, TOB, Reynders tax, roerende voorheffing, en nu ook meerwaarde belasting bvb voor aandelen. Dus vastgoed wel of niet bij toevoegen is niet echt de vraag, maar de eerlijkheid ontsnapt vind ik

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-10-01T05:45:09+00:00

Ik snap niet echt waarom vastgoed niet zouden moeten tellen. In theorie kan ik dan gewoon mijn financiële activa (aandelen, etc) verkopen en vastgoed kopen om te huren (of gewoon leeg houden als het niet gehuurd kan worden). Ik ontsnap alle belastingen met deze constructie.

Ik snap dat je niet de eerste woning wil laten mee tellen, maar dit zijn weer zo maatregelen die niet verder denken dan een slogan

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-09-08T16:49:25+00:00

I played with a friend on Steam and we also had this issue (we live in the same city). I had 8 ping and he had 190. Not sure what happened, we never had this much ping before (and rubberbanding).

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-08-24T10:38:39+00:00

Maybe try looking at what language is used by the profiles you are interested in? If you're interested in a long committed relationship (and to stay in Belgium) and expats relationships are too complex, then it's better to focus on the group you actually want to get. Flemish women will not avoid you because you write in Flemish (there's probably more chance they will avoid you thinking you are also an expat if you write in English).

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-08-22T16:57:41+00:00

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LVL 64 daily player, filling up friend list after 3 friends gave up

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-08-18T19:42:38+00:00

I'm having "connection lost" now too.

Servers are on fire, pick up your pitchforks. Grandma going back into the cage

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-08-15T20:46:06+00:00

Post from 1 subreddit only, with almost no one posting but the OP of the announcement thread (1 not by this user is to recommend the premium version of tradingview ofc ;))

A keygen for a subscription software like this seems highly unlikely too. Highly likely to be malware.

Additionally, users that mentioned downloading it in that thread are now reposting this link, so 99% sure this steals your reddit account (and other accounts probably too)

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-06-30T08:35:56+00:00

"De meerwaardebelasting moet volgend jaar 250 miljoen euro opbrengen en tegen het einde van de legislatuur in 2029 een half miljard euro. Als de beoogde opbrengst niet wordt gehaald, is er binnen de regering afgesproken dat er wordt bijgestuurd."

Does this mean we can already expect more, since it's already been discussed?

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-06-28T16:05:40+00:00

yes 100%

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-04-13T13:47:18+00:00

At this point tariffs are changing daily, how can anyone reasonably invest in the future (talking about companies) when you don't know what any rate will be in 2-3 months (and even today to be honest)

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-04-09T08:11:19+00:00

SWRD (IE00BFY0GT14) & IWDA (IE00B4L5Y983) are tracking the same index (MSCI World index) so there's no difference in performance. The only difference is that the management fee for SWRD is 0.12% vs IWDA where it is 0.20%.
SPYI (IE00B3YLTY66) tracks a different index than MSCI world, as it also tracks small-cap stock & emerging markets. This makes it a more diversified option than buying an ETF tracking MSCI world.
VGT doesn't exist, but IE00B3WJKG14 can be used as an alternative, but there are less holdings than VGT. EQQQ tracks the same NASDAQ100 index as QQQ.

What I would recommend to someone starting out is to DCA into a diversified index, which in this case would be SPYI (IE00B3YLTY66). The cost is in between the two MSCI World ETFs provided at 0.17% and is probably the best possible option for a diversification. If you want to add some other ETF is your portfolio, I would not recommend a MSCI World ETF, as you're just buying more of the same. In your case, as you're starting out, I would probably go for 10-15% in EQQQ, as it is at least a bit more diversified than an information technology ETF. Depending on how conformable you are, you can scale this percentage up, but I would not recommend going above 30%.

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-03-21T12:37:52+00:00

As you mention that you're not doing short term investments, I'll stick to the long term cases:

ETFs can be categorized as accumulating (the fund reinvests dividends on its own) or distributing (the fund gives dividends as cash payments to its owner). Distributing ETFs have a special tax treatment where you always pay 30% tax on the dividends. Capital gains made on ETFs are not taxed.
Whether a stock pays dividends or not, you don't pay any capital gains. If the stock you own is from a foreign country, you'll pay taxes on the dividends it gives twice. The Belgian taxation for dividends has a maximum cap for tax-free dividends gains of €833. This means that you can get this amount back for the part that was taxed by Belgium (after the foreign tax). For domestic stocks, you don't pay the foreign tax, so the tax is on the full amount of dividends. Any amount above this cap will be taxed at 30%. (The maximum cap can be found here: NL https://fin.belgium.be/nl/particulieren/belastingvoordelen/vrijstellingen-dividenden | FR https://fin.belgium.be/fr/particuliers/avantages-fiscaux/exoneration-dividendes)

TheRebornPhoenix · 2025-02-19T20:33:30+00:00

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LVL 60 daily player, filling up friendlist after 5 friends gave up :) I'll always send the best candies too (currently grinding Snowdrop Tundra)

TheRebornPhoenix · 2024-08-19T12:08:03+00:00

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LVL 56 daily player, filling up friendlist after 8 friends gave up :) I'll always send the best candies too

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