Bootcamp 2025 Hub

The Bootcamp 2025 Hub (this Module) is part of the Index Investing Bootcamp 2025, which will run in January and February 2025.


The Bootcamp is a 6-week program with weekly group coaching and accountability sessions, that will run in January and February 2025.


It’s the best way to take control of your investing in 2025 and make sure your money is working hard and smart for you.


Together with a group of committed participants and experienced coaches, you will follow a fixed calendar to make progress on your investing and we will solve your problems together during the weekly sessions.


The goal is that by the end of the bootcamp, everyone will have their Personal Investment Plan (PIP) completed and their investments done.


The Bootcamp also includes free access to the Private In-Person Mastermind Event for index investors.



The Index Investing Bootcamp 2025 includes:

- The Index Investing Online Course

- The Bootcamp 2025 Hub (this Module)

- The Bonus Pack

- The Accelerator Pack


If you join before the 19 of December 2024, you get a discount on the Bootcamp Hub and you get the Bonus Pack and Accelerator Pack for free.


The Index Investing Online Course includes all the lessons, knowledge and tools to get started with index investing.


The Bootcamp Hub is where all the "live stuff" happens: 6-week group coaching and private in-person mastermind event.


Group coaching

  • Welcome session on 19/12 at 8 PM (optional)

  • 6 weekly online group coaching and accountability sessions:

    • Mon 06/01 at 8 PM

    • Mon 13/01 at 8 PM

    • Mon 20/01 at 8 PM

    • Mon 27/01 at 8 PM

    • Mon 03/02 at 8 PM

    • Mon 10/02 at 8 PM

  • 6-Week Bootcamp Progress Roadmap and Calendar

  • Challenges and Rewards (to help you make progress)

  • Ongoing Chat Support (for the duration of the Bootcamp, and throughout 2025 if needed)


Private In-Person Mastermind Event

In addition, the Bootcamp also includes free access to the Private In-Person Mastermind Event for index investors, which will take place in May or June 2025, in Brussels.


This event will be open only to established index investors.

The exact content is still TBD, but here is the plan:

  • Focus on solving the ongoing challenges of index investors

  • Meet like-minded long-term index investors

  • Review and reinforce individual PIPs

  • Advanced interview with investing expert (still TBD)

2 years ago we had Rick Ferry, investment author and president of the Bogleheads Center for Financial Literacy, as a guest. You can see the recording here.


Here is also the video of the event. This year it will be something similar, but even better :-)

Video: Private Event Overview

"A true mastermind for index investors"

Setup your automated wealth building system

And benefit from the power of the stock market, without the fear of a market crash, taking unnecessary risks, spending all day analyzing the markets or paying high fees to banks or advisors.


The ultimate program to get started in 6 weeks, designed for very beginners and busy people.

Become a confident index investor in just 6 weeks!

Here is a high-level view we will cover during those weeks. 


Note that we will aim for each of these tasks will be completed by the date on the roadmap.


Week 1: Personal Finance Overview and Asset Allocation

  • Full Personal Finance Overview, using the Personal Finance Tracker Tool

  • Full intro to investing, risks, asset classes and personal risk assessment => Personal Asset Allocation

  • Start of Personal Investment Plan (PIP)


Week 2: Brokers

  • How to select your broker account

  • Full broker comparison

  • How to open and manage your broker account


Week 3: Stock ETFs

  • Full review of stock index ETFs (how they work, taxes, etc.)

  • Selection criteria

  • Stock index ETFs comparison and selection


Week 4: Bonds and portfolio

  • Full review of bond index ETFs (and other fixed income assets)

  • Selection criteria

  • Bond index ETFs comparison and selection

  • Building your portfolio


Week 5: Your investing activated

  • How to make transactions (full step-by-step with demo)

  • How to manage your portfolio

  • Finalizing your Personal Investment Plan (PIP)


Week 6: Review and long-term success

  • Fine-tuning PIP and personal investment system

  • Preparing for long-term success (emotions, hard times, etc.)

What past students are saying...

“We joined the course because all the information that you find online is very much geared to the US market and we needed a way to do it from Belgium. This course does just that, in an easy package which you can implement in little time. Looking through taxes, brokers and ETFs would have been a lot of work and it's especially difficult because it can be very overwhelming.”

Designer and coach

Marcia

“The main benefit from the course for me is that I know that I am working towards something, that I will have a good pension and will be financially stable, and I am doing so without putting much time into it; index investing is very time-efficient. I just live my daily life while being more secure about my finances. That's the biggest benefit for me.”

Startup employee and full-time dad

Loic

“My biggest take-away from this course is how simple and easy it is to take control over your own finances. You can do it from your couch. This is important because I am a full time working person. With this strategy it only takes 5 minutes per month and that’s it. ”

Corporate advisor

Ruth

Your instructors: Sébastien & Toon

In the past 9 years, Sebastien has helped thousands of people take better control of their finances, through simple common-sense index investing. He has reached financial independence at 33 years old and now spends most his time with his family, building the FIRE Belgium community and helping people to start with index investing. He has been featured in numerous Belgian media, including in the RTBF, Le Soir, De Morgen, Het Laatste Nieuws, RTL TVI, Het Nieuwsblad and Le Vif Weekend. Sebastien is here to help you take control of your finances, invest better, build financial security and freedom so that you can be more, live more and give more.

Sebastien Aguilar

Founder and instructor

Your instructors: Sébastien & Toon

Toon is een fervent liefhebber van personal finance. Hij heeft deelgenomen aan tientallen meetups van FIRE Belgium waar hij honderden mensen heeft geholpen om de belangrijkste concepten van persoonlijke financiën en beleggen beter te begrijpen, waaronder indexfondsen en vastgoed. Toon sloot zich aan bij FIRE Belgium om de Nederlandstalige cursus "Indexbeleggen" te ontwikkelen en zijn ervaring op het gebied van persoonlijke financiën ten dienste te stellen van de community.

Toon Cuypers

Coach

As seen in...

Index investing in a nutshell

  • Outperforms professional investment managers

    Built upon decades of academic research, index investing consistently outperforms the vast majority of professional fund managers, year after year, after year... the data doesn't lie.

  • Most passive and effective wealth building

    Index investing is the most passive and reliable way to benefit from the stock market over the long term and can be implemented by anyone.

  • Take back control of your finances

    Build by individual investors for individual investors, index investing has been refined by the community so that it benefits you the most. You learn, you invest, you take back control.

Bootcamp "live sessions" only

This is an add-on to the Index Investing Online Course

Start now and learn how to invest in just 6 weeks!

What past students say about the value...

“With hindsight I would have easily paid even 1000 euros for this course because the returns will be there in no time, and then long term it will definitely be more than the price of the course, and in parallel peace of mind that I am now properly managing my finances in a structured way for the long term.”

Corporate advisor

Ruth

“I have already retrieved that amount multiple times after investing only for less than a year now. Even if the course would cost a thousand euros or more, I think that is easily recouped by the value you get out of it, especially thinking in the long-term when you consider the gains you get over multiple years from index investing. I think the course is great value for money.”

Analyst

David M.

“What you will learn in the course is that the sooner you get into the markets, the more benefit you will have out of it, depending of course on the amount of money you invest and for how long. But you will see it probably growing faster than on your savings accounts or with a bank investment. So you will earn the course price back quite quickly.”

Programmer

Yannick

My personal 30-day money back guarantee

Don’t forget: it’s completely risk free


I’ve packed a lot into the Index Investing Online Course because not only do I want you to get the investment returns that you deserve but also because I want to guarantee that you don’t fail.


And to make it a no-brainer deal for you I’m giving you a 30 day 100% money-back guarantee with your purchase of the Index Investing Online Course today.


That’s right: Go through the course, check out the bonuses, follow the steps, put in the work, and if you don’t love it in the first 30 days of your purchase, send me an email and I’ll refund you immediately. 


If Index Investing Online Course doesn’t work for you, I’d rather not take your money. Instead use it somewhere that works better for you.


No risk for you, all the risk is on me. 

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"The returns will be there in no time"

Ruth, Corporate Advisor

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Index Investing Bootcamp 2025

    2. Bootcamp structure (& links to join the sessions)

    3. The 6-Week Bootcamp Progress Roadmap

    1. Welcome Session 19/12/2025

    2. Week 1

    3. Week 2

    4. Week 3

    5. Week 4

    6. Week 5

    7. Week 6

    1. How to join the chat support for 2025

    1. Free Access to the event

About this course

  • €397,00
  • 12 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Hi, I am Sebastien Aguilar

I have helped hundreds of people get started with index investing. I am here to help you too.

I am the founder of FIREBelgium.com where I lead and facilitate the activities of the Financial Independence community in Belgium. I have been investing in index funds since 2013 and it has completely changed my life. The security and freedom it provides has allowed me to make time in my life for wat is really important to me today: my family. The concepts behind index investing are simple and powerful and I believe everyone can benefit from it. This is why I have been sharing my knowledge on this topic since 2015. My talks and events have helped thousands of people so far, and I hope that this course will allow me to help even more people more effectively, including you!
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Learn Index Investing with Sebastien Aguilar
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"Instant recipe to start investing in ETFs"

Petra, Architect

Feedback from past students of this course

Here is what they say

“We loved working with Sebastien because of the knowledge, experience, and passion he shares during his course. His pays attention to his students and their challenges and he is very genuine. We really recommend the course for anyone starting their journey with investing or financial independence and feels overwhelmed. This course is clear, and very well structured. It has all the essential information for anybody who wants to pursue FI by investing in ETFs. It offers an easy step by step plan to follow and start immediately. ”

Tom and Angela

“The course with Sebastien solved that problem for me as he explained very clearly what ETFs were available, which ones were optimal for investors in Belgium, including sustainable options. He also explained how taxes work and how we can best handle that as well as the other costs involved in investing. Thanks to this course, I have now opened my brokerage account and I have started investing in ETFs. I already feel the benefits of taking control of my investing. Financial independence is a good prospect. I feel more confident about the future and more free!”

Cynthia

“The tangible benefits for me are a very precious gain of time and a concentration of information available in an efficient and entertaining way. Indeed, I managed in few weeks to built an additional retirement project from scratch to reality. This is also a big emotional relief to know that this investment plan is now in place, that my savings do not loose value anymore and that my retirement plan is in a good shape. I can now enjoy more or focused on other personal projects. ”

Laurent

“The course gave me an instant recipe for investing in stock and bond index ETFs, that is easy to follow. Week by week, step by step, learning what I need to know so that I can invest on my own.”

Architect

Petra

“The course is designed so that after six weeks you are an ETF index investor. I went from zero knowledge about what to do with my money to having my investment plan developed and implemented, with my ETFs, my asset allocation and my brokerage account.”

Lisa

“One of the main things that convinced me to enroll in the course was the credibility of Sebastien as a teacher. A lot of instructors, especially in money-related topics, are trying to convince you and sell their amazing lifestyle and Sebastien did not. He was very clear in his explanation and very diplomatic and not pushy, so that was a big yes for me.”

Designer

Laurens

Where is the money going

Thanks to FIRE Belgium Academy and the Index Investing Online Course, we've been able to help over 400 people establish their automated evidence-based investing system.


As I don't need to pay myself, the ressources from the course have allowed me to:

1. Improve the results of the course participants

2. Help more people

3. Avoid personal burn-out :-)


Here is how the resources of FIRE Belgium Academy are allocated:




The team includes 

- Toon Cuypers: Index Investing Expert and Dutch Instructor

- Reme Mancera: Online Business Operations 

- Lindsay Connolly: Operations & Strategy

- Ricardo Urdaneta: Video Podcast 

- Diana Nyanzi: Admin Support

- and many other amazing freelancers


The Reserves are what allows us to re-invest in the course and expand our reach so that we can help more people.

Minimum requirements

To benefit from the course

  • Living and paying taxes in Belgium (except American citizens)

  • No expensive debt 

  • Saving 250 € or more per month (starting from 0)
    Or
  • Existing fund of 5,000 € or more

  • Money not needed in the short term (10 years)

Why I am doing this

To be completely honest, I don't really need to do this. 

I am blessed to have discovered this knowledge and way of thinking early in my life and to have built an unique and amazing life with my wife. 

We don't need to work. 

We live from our balanced portfolio of index funds. And we've built our plan so that it is safe even in the case of the worst market crash of the history of financial markets.


I am not paying myself from this business right now, and I run it mostly in my spare time, when the kids are sleeping.


But when you don't need to work, you can ask questions such as "What will I do now? What gives me purpose and meaning?"


And to me, the answer has always involved having a positive impact around me. That is what has driven my choice of studies (sustainability and energy management) and my career, always seeking to scale my impact through my work.



And impact is what is driving me now.

I am doing this because I want to have an impact at multiple levels:

1. Index investing and personal finance

2. Index investing and the financial industry

3. Financial Independence

4. Effective Altruism


Index Investing and Personal Finance

The impact index investing and financial independence have had on my life and on my family is hard to overstate. We benefit from full financial security, freedom and confidence.

And that is something invaluable that unlocks so many aspects of our lives.

And I want you to benefit from it too. Because it will change your life too. And the lives of the people around you.

The impact of index investing on a personal level is incredible and I want as many people as possible to benefit from it.

Index Investing and the Financial Industry

While financial education can have a tremendous impact on the lives of the people who can get it, to me that is just the beginning.


My personal experience with the financial industry and my experience helping people who have deeply hurt by it makes me furious. It's unjust and it has to change. 


Financial education is the first step, but real change needs to take place at the system level, either bottom-up as I have started doing or top-down. I am hoping we can change the standards of the financial service industry so that everyone can benefit from the simple power of index investing. 

And we really need to stop paying insane fees to financial sales people that add very little value to their clients.

Financial Independence

Financial independence is a great goal to have, and it's also an amazing title for attracting people's attention. But financial independence, just like money, is just a tool. A tool to make our lives better and to make the lives of people around us better.

To me financial independence isn't only that far-away goal of not depending on a job income anymore. To me it is the journey that starts today. For every euro that you save and invest, it's a little more power that you gain over your own life. With every euro, you build a bit more security and freedom, with in turns allow you to be more in control and lets you be your real self.

Money and financial independence to me are also tools to make the world a better place.

I am hoping to build a movement of people seeking financial freedom and impact. I am hoping to find people who will join me in using their financial powers to help make the world a better place.

I write a lot about this on a separate blog called Impactivated.


Effective altruism

My research around what to do to have greater impact has led me to discover another incredible movement: effective altruism.


Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement focused on answering one question: How can we best help others?

Our resources are limited, so we have to use them wisely. Effective altruism is the project of:

  • Using evidence and reason to find the most promising causes to work on.
  • Taking action, by using our time and money to do the most good we can.

It is a movement that seeks to optimize for positive impact, using reason and evidence. Simply for the good of everyone. I invite you to explore.

I am as much a member of the effective altruism community a I am of the financial independence community.

In fact my ultimate ambitions lie within effective altruism, as that is where I will have the greatest impact.

My current work is simply a stepping stone towards that. I am building a community of financially aware people who know how to optimize their ressources for happiness and fulfillment. And part of that is impact.

I am also building a business that is committed to doing good. Through its services but also through its donation to high impact charities such as the Against Malaria Foundation (which one of the best options we have here from Belgium).

As such I have taken the Giving What We Can pledge and committed to donating at least 10% of any profit I make. The rest goes back into developing the resources for the community and pays for the platforms I use and the support I need to run all this.

So that's my personal reward. Not a salary or pay, but a donation to a high impact charity that is doing extremely important work for people who need help the most.

The beauty of all this is that you don't need to buy into my personal values and commitment to charity, all you need to do is benefit from the work I do helping you getting started with index investing. 

The positive impact you help me achieve is simply a bonus on top :-)