Gold Part 3: mines
This is the third and final part on investing in gold (& Silver), the sequel of part two here. Gold and gold (silver,..) mines move in a correlated manner; Gold up, mines up. The main distictions are: Mines usually make a profit and pay a dividend. Physical gold obviously does not. A mine can be…
Gold & Silver Part 2: ETF
The first post on gold presented the options to purchase gold and silver as a physical metal to keep at home or at the bank (vault). See here. Gold as an ETF It is a lot easier to have a record in your investment account compared to buying the shiny yellow stuff and keeping it…
The 80% pension income fake promise
Employees and self-employed can save for their retirement in a group insurance fund or in an IPT / EIP. The contributions to this fund can be subtracted from the company (employer) profits. Our dear belgian government has put a limit on the contributions. They decided on “the 80 % rule”. The 80 % rule “the…
Book review: The contrarian investor’s 13 – Benj Gallander
Penguin Canada, 2002-2004 Gallander is a Canadian author of a stock investment newsletter. He is often appearing in the media (Bloomberg, the globe,..) to express his views on the stock market. Just Google his name or youtube him. He seems to be a contrarian person by character. He likes to be cynical about the general…