Even in this small island Singapore, the amount of credit cards available to one is staggering. For instance, UOB alone provides up to 16 types of…
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…
I shall admit it. I take a lot of pride in the quality of our Ministers in the Singapore Cabinet. As a junior policy officer…
The STI Index dropped close to 3% on Wednesday, one of the biggest one-day falls I have seen since I started investing in stocks. Even…
As I begin planning how my 168 hours are going to be spent every week, I realised that I spend alot of my time on the local financial…
As a blogger, I have been quite lucky. I have received many positive comments about my ideology and writing and even in my more downbeat…
The Jubilee Weekend is finally here and since this is still by and large a personal finance/investment blog, there’s no better time to take a look…
This post has been a long time coming. In fact, ever since I read SMOL’s take on blogging for hobby versus blogging as a business almost…
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…
Origins Almost exactly 2 years ago, on 28th July 2013, the first post of this blog was published. Stumbling upon Mr Money Mustache and Early…