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Investment Strategies

How to combine funds into a portfolio that survives real life. This archive holds the allocation models — one-fund, three-fund, 60/40, core-satellite, couch potato — and the strategy guides for dividend income, factor tilts, rebalancing discipline and currency risk. The dividend shelf covers the funds and the mechanics: yield versus growth, withholding tax on distributions, and building an income stream from UCITS ETFs. The FIRE shelf runs from Coast FIRE viability by country to sequence-of-returns risk and European alternatives to the 4% rule. And because behaviour costs investors more than fees, the behavioural guides — panic-selling, recency bias, analysis paralysis — sit here too. Every strategy is expressed in UCITS funds a European can actually hold, with the tax angle referenced country by country.

Marrying with different portfolios: merging UCITS without triggering taxable events (2026)

Marrying with different portfolios: merging UCITS without triggering taxable events (2026) – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

Withdrawing dividends vs selling shares in retirement: tax-efficiency by EU country (2026)

Withdrawing dividends vs selling shares in retirement: tax-efficiency by EU country (2026) – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

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Alternatives to the 4% rule: Guyton-Klinger and variable-percentage withdrawal (2026)

Alternatives to the 4% rule: Guyton-Klinger and variable-percentage withdrawal (2026) – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

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Geographic arbitrage for EU FIRE: Portugal, Cyprus, Spain Beckham, Lithuania (2026)

Geographic arbitrage for EU FIRE: Portugal, Cyprus, Spain Beckham, Lithuania (2026) – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

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Coast FIRE in Europe: which countries make it viable (2026)

Coast FIRE in Europe: which countries make it viable (2026) – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

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Sequence-of-returns risk for European FIRE investors (2026)

Sequence-of-returns risk for European FIRE investors (2026) – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

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Snowball Analytics Review 2026: Portfolio & Dividend Tracker for European Investors

Snowball Analytics Review 2026: Portfolio & Dividend Tracker for European Investors – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

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Spain ETF tax 2026: capital gains, dividend tax, and the traspaso loophole

Spain ETF tax 2026: capital gains, dividend tax, and the traspaso loophole – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

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ETF Savings Plans: Automating Wealth Building

ETF Savings Plans: Automating Wealth Building – practical guide by Kestutis Balciunas.

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ETF Portfolio Rebalancing Strategy for European Investors

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