The FIRE Belgium Show
Episodes
How to Build Wealth in Belgium (Thomas Guenter’s Real Strategy) [030]
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How Do You Actually Build Wealth in Belgium? Without Overcomplicating It or Leaving Money on the Table?This is the main question we discussed with Th...
New tax on capital gains in Belgium: how will it work? With Pieter van der Velden [029]
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the 1st of January, a new tax will impact all investors in Belgium. But how does it work? What do we know about this tax right now?This is what we ...
How to Invest in ETFs in Belgium in 2025 (full guide) [028]
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most Belgians are leaving thousands of euros on the table every single year. Why? Because they’re still stuck in savings accounts or paying high f...
How to optimize your pension as self-employed in Belgium? - with Karel Van den Eynde, Public Affairs Manager at Liantis [027]
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How to optimize your pension as self-employed in Belgium? In this session from Money Week 2025, I speak with Karel Van den Eynde, Public Affairs Manag...
Everything you need to know about Pillar 2 Pension Funds in Belgium - with Ann Verlinden, CEO of PensioPlus [026]
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know where your pension money is going? It’s your money, you should know!In this episode, I speak to Ann Verlinden, CEO of PensioPlus, the Be...
How BAD are Belgian Pensions, compared to other EU pensions? - with Sébastien Commain, BETTER Finance [025]
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will you afford to retire? How good (bad?) is the Belgian Pension System, compared to other systems in Europe? This is the second talk of Belgium Mo...
What is wrong with the Belgian pension system? Is it broken? - with Pierre Devolder, Emeritus Professor UCL [024]
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is wrong with the Belgian pension system? Is it broken?With rising life-expectancy, shrinking working force, budget deficit and erosion of trust ...
Best Brokers in Belgium 2025 [023]
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the best brokers for investors in Belgium?Which ones are the cheapest?Which ones are the safest?Which ones handle all Belgian taxes?Which one...
How to level up at work and earn more? [022]
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How to level up at work? Do you feel like you’re not fully using your potential at work? Or that you are not recognized and rewarded for the work yo...
How to make more money as a freelancer [021]
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Could freelancing be the key to your financial freedom? Are you currently an employee thinking about becoming a freelancer? Or Have you recently star...
How Joris Van Briel got 60% annual return on his first real estate investment [020]
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you looking to invest in Real Estate in Belgium? You’re exploring the potential for a first real estate investment, or you’re already made on...
Investing for Business Owners - with Tim Nijsmans [019]
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a business owner looking to optimize your investments? Your business is making money and you’re paying yourself, but you still have money in...
The evidence banks don’t want you to know: Active vs Index Investing in Belgium [018]
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last 20 years, the stock market went up by 500%!! * 1000 euros invested 20 years ago could have become 6000 today. That’s insane. But you k...
Top 5 index ETFs for Investors in Belgium [017]
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are the best stock index ETFs for investors in Belgium? What are the most diversified, cost-effective, tax-efficient, high performance ETFs that ...
How to select the perfect ETF (for investors in Belgium) [016]
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How to pick the right stock index ETF? How to find the best index funds for investors based in Belgium? What are the key criteria to select the perfec...
4 BIG investing mistakes to AVOID (and how behavioral finance can help us) with Thomas Laureys [015]
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Research shows that investors underperform the market by 3 to 4% on average each year! That’s half of the returns of the market! And this is due...
How to invest better than private banks with Tim Nijsmans [014]
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How to invest better than private banks? Tim was a private banker and fully convinced active fund manager for more than 10 years. One day he decide...
Sustainable Investing with Jasper Vekeman [013]
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jasper Vekeman is a financial journalist who is passionate about sustainable investing. He is the co-founder of Duurzaam Beleggen Academy (https://duu...
JL Collins: “Don’t make these investment mistakes” (new book: PATHFINDERS) [012]
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
JL Collins, author of the international best seller “The Simple Path to Wealth” also known as the godfather of financial independence is back on t...
Best brokers for investors in Belgium 2023 [011]
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
How to pick your broker? (Investing from Belgium) [010]
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 5...
JL Collins on index investing for financial independence (The Simple Path to Wealth) [009]
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 retu...
Retired at 31, without buying a house! With Kristy and Bryce from Millennial Revolution [008]
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 becaus...
Easiest way to invest in real estate? with François Kiesecoms from Scargo [007]
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The 5 things that helped me reach financial independence at 33 [006]
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 unim...
Retiring at 33: From broke to FI in 7 years [005]
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I get asked a lot how I managed to reach FI at 33 years old. Recently, someone I respect a lot asked me on LinkedIn: “How on earth did you retire at...
How to invest in a bear market? With Rick Ferri, host of the Bogleheads on Investing Podcast [004]
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you invest during bear markets? This is an extremely important question for any index investor, and any investor in general of course. And this...
How To Start With Financial Independence [003]
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Right, so now that we know what financial independence is (see previous episode), how do we get there? What do you need to do? If you’re just discov...
What Is Financial Independence? [002]
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Financial independence… is this a scam? That’s probably how I would have reacted to those words 12-13 years ago… but after learning what it is a...
Welcome to the FIRE Belgium Show [001]
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the FIRE Belgium Show! I am so excited to finally release this podcast. It’s a project I have been wanting to do for a long time! In this...