Saturday, February 25, 2017

The joys of being temporarily Malaysian.

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With the ringgit at an all-time low, I went into Malaysia for a few hours with my mum during my mid-term exams. We did not venture far into ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Equity Management #3 : The Dividend Discount model is overrated

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One of the fundamental building blocks taught in the CFA is the dividend discount model or DDM. In Chapter 4 of the Equity Management book, ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

The Singaporeans you will meet in the Economy of the Future.

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Perhaps it is time for a semi-serious look into the four kinds of Singaporeans you will meet in the future.  I call this is new 4P model ...
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Sunday, February 19, 2017

CFE post : How SMU can fit into the future economy.

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Yay ! Mid-terms are over. Today, I wanted to combine several posts into one. Of recent note, SMU has been on the radar of social media a...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Equity Management #2 : What strategies are the real deal when investing in stocks ?

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[ This article is based on Chapter 3 of Equity Management by Jacobs and Levy ] It is not easy to tell who is the real deal when they about...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Valentine's Day : A Celebration of the Ordinary and of Loneliness.

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This Valentine's Day is a good one for internal reflection. I had morning classes and had front seat rows to observe LLB Law studen...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Quick Personal Update : End of CNY

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Just like that CNY is over. I am hunkering down for a week of 3 mid-term exams and my blogging will slow over the next few days. a) Person...
Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Equity Management #1 : Ten investment insights which matter

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I thought I should look for a more advanced book after reviewing Tim Feriss' Tools for Titans and have settle on Jacobs and Levy's ...
Saturday, February 04, 2017

Chinese New Year as Life Audit.

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Today is the 7th day of Chinese New Year and I would to talk about family visits between relatives. Exchanging notes with my younger cl...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Channel 8 Rant : Why be a Good man when you can be a Great man !

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A Happy New Year to all the readers of this blog. I've been silent this new year prior to writing this article because I don't...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Modern trends in self-help and personal improvement

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I started reading self-help books sometime during my JC years, quite a while before Robert Kiyosaki incited me to really take possession of ...
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Monday, January 23, 2017

Tools for Titans #45 : The Last One !

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All good things must come to an end. This is the last segment on this blog on Tools for Titans. I am only going to do the wealthy section ...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Tools for Titans #44 : The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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Peter Diamandis has been named one of the World's 50 greatest leaders by Forbes Magazine. He is interested in space travel and human lon...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

Tool for Titans #43 :The problem with plans.

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Scott Belsky is an entrepreneur, author and investor. a) The problem with plans. Right off the bat, Scott talks about the limitations le...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Tools for Titans #42 : Inspiration is for amateurs.

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Justin Boreta is the founding member of Glitch Mob. I have no fricking idea who this guy is. If you are a fan of his music, please share w...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Tools for Titans #41 : What are their incentives ?

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Mike Shinoda is one of the two vocalists of Linkin Park. There is only one major learning from this section of the book. When we engage ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Tools for Titans #40 : Reject the norms of your time.

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This segment is about Neil Strauss. He is the author of the pick-up book The Game . If I were to read The Game in my 20s, Neil might have t...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Tools for Titans #39 : Gut Investing.

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At least according to Tim Ferriss, Kevin Rose is the best stock picker in the start-up world. Compared to the other sections of the book, th...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Personal finances when transitioning from single-hood to being married.

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Ok, today's article is to simply tie up a loose end from the talk. We failed to address the question directly from a question in the aud...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Tools for Titans #38 : The value of "I Don't Understand"

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Luis Von Ahn is a computer science professor and the CEO of Duolingo, one of the more efficient ways to pick up a new language. His sectio...