Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Equity Management #14 : Starting positions of my leveraged account.

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This is going to be a short post. Following up on my previous post, I have managed to set up a margin trading account with Maybank Kim Eng...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Discourse on Avocado sandwiches betrays Gen-X's own financial insecurity.

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Every generation likes to poke fun at the generation which succeeds them.  Baby Boomers were particularly cruel to Gen-X when we were gr...
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Friday, May 26, 2017

On scarcity, $10,000-a-month internships and capping graduates to 30% of the Singapore population.

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Given that I turned down five-figure a month job to carry on with my $500 a month internship, I thought I should share my perspective on $10...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Equity Management #13 : How to think about leverage.

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We are at Chapter 27 of the book even though this is the 13th installation of the series. For the reader's sanity (and mine), I have ski...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Some insights from Psychology - More loose ends from the previous talk.

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There is one loose-end from the last talk. Apparently, my presentation slides were not the latest version which I sent to the company admi...
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Saturday, May 20, 2017

JD Aftermath #6 : LLBs

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Interactions with LLBs are the fundamental difference between SMU and NUS's approach towards legal education for mid-career professi...
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Friday, May 19, 2017

Personal thoughts after last night's talk on Stress-free investing

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Ok, I've finally recovered from last night's talk. Let's talk about what happened last night from my perspective. Last night, ...
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Sunday, May 14, 2017

Personal Update - Turned down monthly 5-figure job to pursue my legal ambitions.

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If you google the word "decision" and you will know that the roots came from an old Latin word which literally means "to ...
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Saturday, May 13, 2017

JD Aftermath #5 : On Foreign Students

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And I am not done !  Today I will do an article on foreign students and tomorrow I will talk about LLBs. My JD experience would not h...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Equity Management #12 : Enhanced Active Equity Strategies 130-30 Portfolio.

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If you can imagine a long-short market neutral portfolio, it would be quite easy to imagine a 130-30 portfolio. The first step is to find ...
Sunday, May 07, 2017

JD Aftermath #4 : Generation Y Lower Division ( 20-something year olds )

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A lot of what I'm going to say about 20-something year olds might be coloured because of the ridiculous generation gap between myself an...
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Saturday, May 06, 2017

JD Aftermath #3 : Generation Y - Upper Division ( 30-somethings )

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My post for today is about who the JD course should really be intended for - 30-something folks who have a wealth of experience who want som...
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Friday, May 05, 2017

JD Aftermath #2 : Folks you will meet at the course - Generation X.

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By the time I can write this, I feel a lot better. My grades are finalised and I managed to just squeeze north of the equivalent of an honou...
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Thursday, May 04, 2017

Equity Management #11 : Alpha Transport with Derivatives

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First, a short personal update, I am still acclimatising myself to a 9 to 6 routine and struggling with a 6.5 hour daily sleep cycle so I am...
Monday, May 01, 2017

Quick Personal Update : Leisure Phail !

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I don't really have anything substantial to share today and some readers from SMU Law School may be eagerly awaiting for my "kiss a...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

Next Talk : Investing with Less Stress. ( 18th May 2017 )

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Ok, it's time to start promoting our next talk again and this time round, we're happy to say that we're back to talking abo...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Equity Management #10 : Example on how a market neutral portfolio is constructed.

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This is for the benefit of some readers who want more information on market neutral portfolios. Right now, I still have no idea how a reta...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Random musings about Bangkok.

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This is not a lifestyle blog but I spent the last 3 days in Bangkok in a fairly intense but fun trip. Here are some random thoughts from m...
Friday, April 21, 2017

My JD aftermath #1 : Was it worth it ?

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Ok, I've got sometime to blog before I head to Bangkok over the weekend for some serious shopping and eating. A couple of days after m...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Equity Management #9 : Long-short equity investing.

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For the next few years, I will be stretching myself beyond the usual yield investing which has been instrumental in allowing me to reach thi...
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