This week’s articles and my reflections on them are detailed below. And as usual, any feedback would be warmly welcomed. (To understand the genesis behind this weekly…
Category: Expenses
To understand the genesis behind this weekly series, click here. ==================== The Market Is Crashing! What Should You Do? As I am writing this article, the Straits Times Index has dipped below the critical 3,000 mark. The market has dropped close to 20% even though a high of 3540 was achieved as recent as April 2015. Honestly, I feel the pain. With a $200,000 portfolio, it does hurt to see the value decrease by $1-$2k almost on a daily basis for the past couple of weeks. But it really doesn’t make sense to “Buy High, Sell Low” right? In these times, instead of allowing ourselves to become emotional and sell everything to stop the pain, one should try to access his/her rational mind. Yes, I am…
July’s expenses spiked up slightly and came in at close to $4,000. Even though the fixed expenses have been recently updated and lowered. The main…
As most followers of this blog knows, we record our monthly expenses almost religiously. I have little doubt that this is the best way for us to…
Last month was a pretty special month as the Mrs and I actually spent 2 weeks together almost 24/7. She was enjoying her sabbatical and…
The total expenses for May broke $6,000. WOW. Perhaps I shouldn’t be so flabbergasted because that might be what many middle income DINKs are spending…
April is another frugal month as we went under $3,300 for the month! If we include March’s expenses, it’s actually two consecutive months of low expenses. Way…
It’s actually been quite a while since we went under $3,500 for our monthly expenses and I am quite pleased to report that we did…
This post is probably at least 3 months late. 😳 But well, better late than never? Earlier in the year, I promised to produce a…
Opps…this is at least a week late, judging by the dates of previous expenditure updates. 😳 I have really been swarmed with work, so much…