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Singapore millionaires: Figures in perspective
Number of millionaires in Singapore to surge 62% by 2025 to 437,000: Report (read here) To quote the above article: “Singapore may have 437,000 millionaires by 2025 compared with 270,000 in 2020, according to the bank’s 2021 Global Wealth Report.“ … Continue reading
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Is there a point in setting a personal financial milestone?
On 20 Feb 2020, I wrote in a blog post that I have reached my networth financial milestone. Prior to that post, on 29 April 2018, I highlighted that my ‘journey’ to reaching this milestone was facing some hiccups mainly … Continue reading
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Formulation of my investing strategy
Finance blogs When I have the time, I would like to read personal financial / investing related blogs. There is actually a finance blog-roll in one of my blog page. After some time, I can sort of get a feel … Continue reading
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Exchanging my cash for something of more value
Prior to reading about the term bitcoin or cryptocurrency, I seldom thought about the term fiat currency or fiat money. Well, money to me, is just …. money. Pieces of paper with numbers on them, which I can use to … Continue reading
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Thoughts on my Portfolio (June 2021)
My personal cash flow for the past few months has been tight. My parents needed more cash early this year. It is only in recent days or weeks that I have some spare cash to invest. Work wise, salary has … Continue reading
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What is like to be in Coast FI?
This will probably be a short post. I reckon I am just not in the mood to write a long post. It could be due to long period being stuck at home due to the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) measures. … Continue reading
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Mapletree Commercial Trust: Slow and Steady recovery
Yes, I know recently many others are talking about the proposed restructuring of SPH and its CEO Ng Yat Chung who took umbrage at a reporter’s question at the press briefing. Let’s take a break from SPH. Personally I feel … Continue reading
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The Age of Inflation Is Here.. What would I invest in?
The Warnings During last week’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, Warren Buffett mentioned: “We are seeing substantial inflation….We are raising prices. People are raising prices to us, and it’s being accepted.” Warren Buffett just sounded the alarm on inflation — … Continue reading
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Implementation of CPF SA Shielding Hack using FSMOne.com
I chanced upon Christopher Ng’s blog post below and it got me thinking. Frankly, it is the post’s title that first caught my attention (key word: Abomination… what a strong word to use). BTW, you might want to read the … Continue reading
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‘Tools’ I used to track my dividend & bond interest income
“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.” John D. Rockefeller I am sure many are way more advanced than me in tracking their dividend, but let me share a bit … Continue reading
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