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Guides on tracking your money privately across Europe: comparisons, security and practical guides.
2026-07-29
Krosos now speaks MCP, so Claude, Cursor and most AI assistants can read your net worth, holdings and tax estimate from your own ledger, on a read-only token you control.
Read article →2026-07-28
The 4% rule is stated before tax. We ran one European portfolio under Belgian, German and French capital gains rules: the answers land nearly three years apart.
Read article →2026-07-27
Belgium now taxes capital gains at 10%, with a €10,000 yearly exemption and every cost basis reset to its 31 December 2025 value. The arithmetic, with examples.
Read article →2026-07-24
Our FIRE calculator runs entirely in your browser, no signup and nothing stored. See how it works out your FI number, retirement date and Monte Carlo survival rate.
Read article →2026-06-14
A fair comparison of the main net-worth trackers for European investors (Kubera, Finary, Monarch, Portfolio Performance, spreadsheets and Krosos) and how to choose.
Read article →2026-06-14
An honest Krosos vs Finary comparison for European investors, covering coverage, crypto, the freemium-vs-flat-price trade-off, and the difference between a shared cloud and your own database.
Read article →2026-06-14
An honest Krosos vs Kubera comparison for European investors, covering net-worth coverage, privacy model, crypto support and price. Where each wins, and who should pick which.
Read article →2026-06-14
An honest Krosos vs Monarch comparison for European users. Why a best-in-class US budgeting app struggles with EU banks, crypto and privacy, and when to pick which.
Read article →2026-06-14
A spreadsheet is the honest free baseline. Where it breaks down for European investors with stocks, property and crypto, and when €60 a year is worth paying.
Read article →2026-06-13
Your money is scattered across a couple of banks, a broker, and some exchanges and wallets. Here's how to pull all of it into one honest net-worth number.
Read article →2026-06-12
Linking a crypto exchange to a tracker feels risky. Here's exactly what a read-only API key can and can't do, and how to connect one safely.
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