As I mentioned in my last post, the Money Hacker family moved from Ireland to Canada in June 2023. At that time we had assets in both Canada and Ireland. This post will go through how we decided to centralise and invest our money in Canada and what we invested in. Asset shift Before we … Read more
In this post I answer the question, is it better to invest in small amounts regularly or in larger lump sums to reduce transaction charges. I’ve been asked this question a few times and decided to analyse a number of scenarios to sense check my answer. Scenario 1: Invest 200€/month in average growth year Invest … Read more
A while back I did a post on all I’d learned to date on investing in Canada. This post will summarise how to invest in Ireland. Investing your hard earned money can be scary! I read up on investing extensively for 2 years before I took the plunge. I suffered from something called analysis paralysis. … Read more
Here is a list of Irish based tools I use to save and manage money. I will try to keep this up to date with things I use, as and if they change. Some, but not all, of the below tools include affiliate links where I will get a small commission if you sign up. … Read more
A good ol’ pro and con list of many of the investment options in Ireland including real rates of return after inflation, taxes and fees.
Knowing where your money will work hardest for you is a tough call but hopefully this post makes the decision a little easier when it comes to pensions vs self directed investments.
In this post, Meagan outlines the make-up of her Canadian ETF portfolio and explains why she chose a split of Global (VVL), Developed Europe (VE), Canada (VCE), S&P500 (VFV) and Emerging Markets (VEE) ETFs.