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January 2021- Mrs. MP is no longer frustrated with our couple budget!
- The blog celebrates its 7th anniversary 🎉 (with a new project for 2021!)
- Why do I stay with VIAC for my Swiss third pillar invested in stocks? (vs. Frankly or Finpension) (Quick answer #1)
- Lower your Swiss rent if your city has a low vacancy rate
- My comments about Zak after 1 year of experience (4 positive, 4 negative)
- Net worth and savings rate update October 2020: CHF 523'486.11 (+CHF 758.91)
- My Swiss health insurance and supplementary health insurance for 2021
- My book "Free by 40 in Switzerland" is now available
- MP Investments' Portfolio — Performance Report #1
- Interview with the Daubasses team (incl. promo offer until 30.11.2020)
- Review Cashback Swiss credit card (incl. bonus CHF 40)
- Pants down! MP family's 2019 Swiss spendings!
- Net worth and savings rate update September 2020: CHF 522'727.20 (+CHF 5'359.43)
- Buy or rent in Switzerland, THE answer!
- Net worth and savings rate update July 2020: CHF 502'531.65 (+CHF 22'352.78)
- We're half-a-millionaire! 🎉 (CHF 501'215.32 to be exact)
- Net worth and savings rate update June 2020: CHF 480'178.87 (+CHF 18'074.80)
- Best Swiss car insurance for 2020 (with CHF 100 bonus for you!)
- Mathieu makes CHF 1'000/month of additional income by sharing his professional knowledge (Swiss side hustle #1)
- Best credit card in Switzerland for 2020
- A summer break (but studious with 3 projects)
- Net worth and savings rate update May 2020: CHF 462'104.07 (+CHF 17'897.10)
- From pasta rationing to a 25% monthly savings rate (Your Story #2)
- "How to make extra money on top of my salary through a side hustle in Switzerland?" — Introducing the new series
- FIRE calculation (aka Financial Independence/Retire Early)
- Net worth and savings rate update April 2020: CHF 444'206.97 (+CHF 29'397.95)
- The 4 ways to create a budget
- Estate tax treaty US-Switzerland: the final answer about the VT ETF (with the MP family as concrete example)
- From poverty to more than 50% savings rate with long time reader "1000000CHF" (Your Story #1)
- Net worth and savings rate update March 2020: CHF 414'809.02 (-CHF 11'654.40)
- Best free Swiss online bank 2020
- How to compute my savings rate in Switzerland? (and why it's the key figure of the FIRE movement)
- Introducing the new series "Your story"
- Cut your own hair: freedom and frugality (CHF 4'740 more in 10 years)!
- Net worth and savings rate update February 2020: CHF 426'463.42 (+CHF 879.80)
- How would I invest CHF 10'000 in the stock market if I started today? (stock market coronavirus crash or not!)
- Journal of my journey towards Financial Independence in Switzerland (#3)
- Challenge March 2020: between CHF 1'500 and CHF 15'000 more savings in 10 years?
- Experiment: How to open a Mintos account and invest 1'000€ in peer to peer lending in 8 minutes (~10% wished return)
- My Swiss tax deductions for 2019
- How to override the Zak payment amount limit (CHF 5'000 per day and CHF 10'000 per week)?
- Poll: are you aiming for financial independence or simply creating options for your future self?
- Net worth and savings rate update January 2020: CHF 425'583.62 (+CHF 9'530.20)
- Reader case study: second pillar pension or capital for François?
- How to value investing (10%+ expected return)
- Blogger Savings Rate Index 2019
- The blog turns 6 🎉 (and what a growth!)
- Net worth and savings rate update December 2019: CHF 416'053.42 (+CHF 8'188.95)
- Ask the readers: Commento or Discourse to replace Disqus (blog comments' system)?
- Switch of online broker, my Swiss experience from Cornèrtrader to DEGIRO
- Ask the readers: your frugal good plan for winter sports in Switzerland (including my 6 tips)?
- Net worth and savings rate update November 2019: CHF 407'864.47 (+CHF 12'727.34)
- Journal of my journey towards Financial Independence in Switzerland (#2)
- Net worth and savings rate update October 2019: CHF 395'137.13 (+CHF 12'019.91)
- eBill on Zak only arrives at the beginning of 2020... (and what I plan to do)
- DEGIRO account opening tutorial
- Best unlimited home and mobile internet subscription for Switzerland and abroad (between CHF 84 and CHF 105 for a couple, or between CHF 42 and CHF 64 for one person)
- Ask the readers: should I invest in P2P lending?
- Net worth and savings rate update September 2019: CHF 383'117.22 (+CHF 4'590.42)
- Complete checklist to switch from your current Swiss bank to Zak
- What is frugalism?
- How to onboard your partner on a common budget and on the financial independence dream | Step 4 — The great leap
- Net worth and savings rate update August 2019: CHF 378'526.80 (+CHF 5'565.35)
- Ask the readers: switch from Cornèrtrader to DEGIRO?
- Pants down! MP family's 2018 spendings!
- How to onboard your partner on a common budget and on the financial independence dream | Step 3 — Setting up a real budget with YNAB
- Interactive Brokers and Brexit, should you worry?
- We signed for our first multi-family rental building! (abroad)
- Blogger Savings Rate Index 2018
- Eat healthy and frugally in Switzerland (for less than CHF 3 per meal only!)
- Ask the readers: how many CHF do you spend on groceries a month?
- Coming soon: Financially free by 40, in Switzerland - the book
- The blog turns 5! (including teaser of my new projects for 2019)
- The impact of my education on my money — Step 2: from 8 to 13 years old
- How to onboard your partner on a common budget and on the financial independence dream | Step 2 — Pro rata spendings and joint account
- Reader case study: which frugal Swiss health insurance should David choose for 2019?
- The MP family's net worth five years after our debut towards financial independence
- Our rent as homeowner in Switzerland
- How to onboard your partner on a common budget and on the financial independence dream | Step 1 - Our relationship debuts
- What ETF portfolio to build in 2018 as a Swiss Mustachian?
- How to onboard your partner on a common budget (and on the financial independence dream) | Intro
- Ask the readers: do you plan to reach financial independence? If yes, by when?
- Best online brokers for Swiss Mustachian investors in 2018
- My weekly schedule when I'm financially independent
- I hate ads (my blog and the forum too!)
- How to save more than 70% of your income? — an interview with Oliver from Frugalisten.de
- How to open a VIAC third pillar and transfer an existing 3a account to it (and other exclusive infos)
- Is VIAC the (new) best third pillar for Swiss Mustachians?
- How to setup your window mosquito nets yourself (and save CHF 3'500!)
- 10 gift ideas for kids — other than toys!
- Experiment: cryptocurrencies as a Swiss investor
- Apple shopping ban for 6 years
- Is DEGIRO a good broker choice as a Swiss Mustachian investor?
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 11 - Enjoy!
- Amber Tree Leaves' Learnings from FinCon Masters London 2017
- The Power of Waking Up At 5am, Every Day
- The best third pillar in Switzerland: which, where, how, and how much to buy it
- 7 life lessons from "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things"
- Win your free pass to FinCon Masters London 2017
- "How to fill your tax declaration in Vaud Canton with VaudTax" guide, step 3
- The Cars of Personal Finance Bloggers
- "How to fill your tax declaration in Vaud Canton with VaudTax" guide, step 2
- "How to fill your tax declaration in Vaud Canton with VaudTax" guide, step 1
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 10 - The move
- How to save 300 euros on your delayed European flight
- How to buy the VT ETF (in USD) on Interactive Brokers
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 9 - Workshops phase, fun or nightmare?
- Retrospective of my 12 goals of 2016
- How to teach scarcity to your kids with Mario Run
- Blogger Savings Rate Index 2016
- 3 Years Blog Anniversary
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 8 - Signature & Champagne
- Be Grateful
- Ultimate Swiss residential and mobile unlimited internet setup
- It is all about the variable
- Establishing a Bogleheads three-fund portfolio as a Swiss investor
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 7 - Contracts finalization
- Best broker with cheapest fees for an ETF portfolio as a Swiss investor
- Announcing the MP Forum for the Swiss FIRE Community
- Ask the readers: in which Swiss bank can I buy the "Swisscanto LLP 3 Index 45 R" third pillar with the lowest commission fees?
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 6 - Negotiate
- 3 pitfalls to avoid on your way to become paperless
- My writing passion
- Show me your numbers! Interview with J. Money from BudgetsAreSexy.com
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 5 - Visit your money men again
- I stopped to invest into the stock market. It sucked anyway!
- "Show me your numbers!" interview series
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 4 - The Visit
- MP's household Swiss salary revealed!
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 3 - The Research
- Grocery shopping for two weeks in 30 minutes, with fun, and cheaper
- "How to buy my first home in Switzerland" guide | Step 2 - Define the "What"
- Location Independence Lifestyle, an interview with Benoît from Novo-monde
- Have you ever broken your toilet?
- Financially Alert in the "Richest Blogger Single Advice" series
- 3 concrete action points from the book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing" (by Marie Kondo)
- Mr. 1500 in the "Richest Blogger Single Advice" series
- The most frugal way to travel 300 kms in Europe (when you don't own a car)
- Why an American would spend his holidays in Switzerland? - with Paula Pant (AffordAnything.com)
- Root of Good in the "Richest Blogger Single Advice" series
- 6 concrete action points from the book "The ONE Thing"
- RetiredAt50 in the "Richest Blogger Single Advice" series
- Savings rate for June 2015
- We signed for our new home in Switzerland!!!
- Introducing the "Richest Blogger Single Advice" series
- We are (close to) buying our first home in Switzerland!!!
- 9 concrete action points from the book "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less"
- Savings rate for April 2015
- Going paperless - first step into minimalism
- My Millionaire todo list
- My 2015 goals - Q1 update
- Savings rate for March 2015
- Maximize the profitability of your commute
- How to calculate my net worth
- Home office, a taste of early retirement
- Savings rate for February 2015
- Lower your rent in one mail
- The two secret acronyms that made me rich in one year
- Savings rate for January 2015
- The best place to exchange foreign currency
- My goals for 2015
- My ETF investment portfolio for 2015
- Retrospective of my fourteen goals of 2014
- Savings rate for December 2014
- Save money on your Swiss bank account and credit card fees!
- Savings rate for November 2014
- Exclusive interview with Bartosz Burclaf, CEO of MoneyVane