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What are the best brokers for investors in Belgium?
Which ones are the cheapest?
Which ones are the safest?
Which ones are the easiest to use?

In this episode, we analyse the top 10 brokers in Belgium, with all the pros and cons!

It's a long episode because it's a deep dive into all things investment brokers. We share all our knowledge on how they work and how to pick the best one for your situation and your preference.

And at the end of the episode we tell which brokers we prefer and why!

You can find the FIRE Belgium Broker Comparison Table on the FIRE Belgium website, https://firebelgium.com/brokers

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Brokers are an important part of index investing. But it's only one part of the system you need to setup.

You also need to understand taxes, pick the right ETFs, determine your asset allocation, build your personal investment plan, and then figure out all the practical stuff.

It can feel overwhelming.

And to help you I invite you to watch the Free Workshop on Index Investing for Beginners: https://firebelgium.com/investingwork...

In the workshop you will learn:
- What makes index investing the best way to invest for the long term
- How to get better results than banks and professional fund managers and protect yourself during market crashes
- How to invest well with 100 euros (you don’t need much to get started!) in less than 5 minutes a month
- How to get started with index investing Belgium in just a few weeks – my practical roadmap to learn everything you need to know and start investing with confidence.

Watch the workshop on demand here: https://firebelgium.com/investingwork...

And if you want quick responses to your questions, Toon (who is the special guest on this episode) and myself are also available for 1-on-1 consultation calls. You will find those details on https://firebelgium.com/1on1

I know an investor who had to pay 70,000 euros in penalty fees because he was investing with the wrong broker. And his portfolio was worth less than 50,000 euros.

The broker you pick is a crucial part of your investment strategy. Getting the wrong broker could be very costly.

In this episode, we explain:

- why the cheapest broker is not always the best (it rarely is)

- the 4 key criteria for broker selection

- how you can select the perfect broker

- how to avoid beginner’s mistakes

You can also check the article on the same topic here: https://firebelgium.com/how-to-pick-your-broker/ 

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►► Index investing for beginners: create passive income from the stock market, without paying high fees to banks or advisors, taking unnecessary risks or spending all day analyzing the markets. Free Workshop → https://firebelgium.com/investingworkshop/

📝 Download the Beginner's Guide to Index Investing: https://bit.ly/FIREBGuide

🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑Join the Belgium Financial Independence Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FIREBelgium/

As you probably know I am a huge proponent of index investing, because of its simplicity and its effectiveness to bring regular people the market returns they deserve.

 

But how does this simple investing approach work? 

 

How can index investing be implemented by people like you and me? 

 

And how can it help us build financial security and reach financial independence?

 

That is what we're discussing in this incredible interview with JL Collins. 

 

This is an interview from 2 years ago, but it's so good that I decided to release it on the podcast too.

 

JL Collins is the author of The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich Free Life (https://www.thesimplepathtowealth.com/) and the blogger behind of the famous Stock Series on https://jlcollinsnh.com. He is also known as the Godfather of Financial Independence!

 

In this interview, JL tells us about his experience as an index investor, the power of index investing and how to get started! He also shares his approach to FU Money and financial independence. 

Don’t miss it! 

 

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►► Free Workshop on Index Investing for Beginners in Belgium: create passive income from the stock market, without paying high fees to banks or advisors, taking unnecessary risks or spending all day analyzing the markets. Free Workshop → https://firebelgium.com/investingworkshop



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Kristy and Bryce retired with a million dollars in their early 30's and they have been traveling the world since!

Their story is incredible and because the way they achieved is so simple, they are an example that many of us can follow.

In fact my own journey to FIRE is very similar to theirs! No real estate, simple saving and investing with index funds. Nothing complicated, nothing that you cannot do too.

In this interview, you will learn about


Why buying a house can be the worst financial decision if you're pursuing financial independence
How to plan to financial independence
How to use geoarbitrage and save money while traveling the world
How powerful and effective index investing can be
And how simple it is for anyone to implement

This is one of the most amazing and funniest interviews I have had the chance to do. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Make sure you get a copy of Kristy and Bryce's book Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required and read their blog Millennial Revolution - Stop Working. Start Living.



►► Index investing for beginners: create passive income from the stock market, without paying high fees to banks or advisors, taking unnecessary risks or spending all day analyzing the markets. Free Workshop → https://firebelgium.com/investingworkshop/

📝 Download the Beginner's Guide to Index Investing: https://bit.ly/FIREBGuide

🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑Join the Belgium Financial Independence Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FIREBelgium/

What if I told you that real estate investing can be easy?

What if I told you that to be a successful real estate investor, you don’t need to become an expert entrepreneur with a vast network and be willing to get up at 5 AM to fix the plumbing for unhappy tenants?

Today you will learn about a new way of investing in real estate, one where you can start with just a hundred euros, diversify across multiple properties, and benefit from short term rental higher profitability without having to do all the work.

In this episode, we dive into all the details of how that is possible, the pros, the cons and the limitations in this fascinating interview with François Kiescoms, the Founder of Scargo.

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Find Scargo online:

https://www.clubscargo.com

https://www.linkedin.com/company/club-scargo

https://www.facebook.com/clubscargo

https://www.instagram.com/clubscargo/

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►► Index investing for beginners: create passive income from the stock market, without paying high fees to banks or advisors, taking unnecessary risks or spending all day analyzing the markets. Free Workshop → https://firebelgium.com/investingworkshop/

📝 Download the Beginner's Guide to Index Investing: https://bit.ly/FIREBGuide

🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑Join the Belgium Financial Independence Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FIREBelgium/

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I can’t say it enough: I am so blessed to have been able to reach financial independence at 33. Since then I’ve been able to enjoy life in an unimaginable way with my wife and my 2 sons.

But what made it possible? What did I have that enabled me to get to financial independence?

I didn’t build a unicorn tech business, I didn’t get super lucky with individual stocks or crypto and I didn’t get any big inheritance.

In fact, I started from 0 at 26 and was even in debt, with no accommodation, no social security and no pension. And my investment strategy is replicable by anyone because it’s super simple. What I am saying is that it is not rocket science, but there are important factors that made a big difference.

In this episode, we explore the 5 things that helped me reach financial independence!

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►► Index investing for beginners: create passive income from the stock market, without paying high fees to banks or advisors, taking unnecessary risks or spending all day analyzing the markets. Free Workshop → https://firebelgium.com/investingworkshop/

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📝 Download the Beginner's Guide to Index Investing: https://bit.ly/FIREBGuide

🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑Join the Belgium Financial Independence Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FIREBelgium/

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