If you’re an expat starting to research how to buy a home in The Netherlands, you might feel overwhelmed by the amount of information, abbreviations, and terms you don’t understand. I want explain the differences
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This post will compare the benefits of first pillar pension to long-term investing in the stock market. The three pillar pension system works similarly in most countries: First pillar pension – state pension / social
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Most people pursuing FIRE are engineers of some sort. I’m not an exception. Many people “unable” to start pursuing FIRE “accuse” engineers of being able to pursue FIRE because of their “high paying” careers. Maximizing
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Some people got lucky and made millions. Some people were disciplined and got rich slowly. However, adopting certain principles can make us eliminate the factor of luck in business and in life. Maybe not completely
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In this post we will explain how capital gains tax and wealth tax work in The Netherlands. So let’s address the one that’s easier to cover first. Capital gains tax in the Netherlands The capital
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How to spend 100€? No, it’s not an instructional post… It’s a question. I’ve been struggling for a while trying to figure out what can I do with all this money. After a few unsuccessful
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This is a guest post by Linda Richardson. She summarizes some of the key points a person should address in order to switch from planning for retirement to planning for early retirement, as well as
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When presented with the idea of frugality, most consumers have an urgency to say sentences containing the phrase “enjoy life”. These include various variations of “I want to enjoy life”, or my favorite, “you should
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Yes. Both bonds and P2P lending are great ways of diversifying across asset classes and get a good ROI… Oh wait… That’s not the topic? I see, wrong title! Let me fix it right away.
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As I do in my life, I want to keep things structured on MonkWealth as well. That’s why before talking about the importance of negotiating a better package, I’d like to stress the motivation behind
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