Growing your tree of prosperity

Growing your Tree of Prosperity is an introductory investment guide written specifically for Singaporeans who wish to take their first step towards financial independence.

Thursday, May 31, 2018

BIGScribe Investors Exchange 2018 is about F.U. Money !

I'd like to see BIGScribe Investors Exchange as the Wrestlemania of Singapore Investing. You can book your tickets for this event...

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Describing a problem well does not mean that you have a solution.

The Art of the Good Life is taking a break this week as I am blogging from my parent's home and recovering from a nasty bout of food poi...

Sunday, May 27, 2018

What Feminists Want

I made a promise to myself that I will not start criticising an author before I read her work. This is what Inequality Looks Like by Te...

Friday, May 25, 2018

Quantamental Investing and the Piotroski F-Score

I don't have much to talk about because I'll be spending the weekend in NLB to crank up more backtests for my next talk which is...

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #24 : The Spiral of Self-pity

Another short one, There are three unproductive ways that we can deal with negative events. a) Do nothing. b) Complain c) Engage ...

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Feasibility of Bond Margin Financing

[ Feedback for this article is fast and furious ! Some concerns raised is whether investment grade bonds with a short duration can even...

Friday, May 18, 2018

People fail because they major in minor things.

The last article where I spoke about the complexity of Singapore life attracted some amount of constructive criticism from bloggers like La ...

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #23 : The "Good Death" Fallacy

Short post because I'm not feeling good ( sprained my back ) and it's been a long night. The "Good Death" Fallacy is...

Sunday, May 13, 2018

How hypergamy and rise of involuntary celibates affect our personal finances.

The recently Toronto attacks by a single man on women illustrates the danger of involuntary celibates to our modern society. If you have...

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Why invoking Warren Buffett may be bad for the retail investor.

While Warren Buffett is over-represented in investment literature, the willingness of many gurus and trainers to channel him goes beyond...

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #22 : Life Stories are Lies !

The world of RPGs is split between two broad player types. I belong to "Murderhobo" category. I create powerful PCs whose sole...

Sunday, May 06, 2018

How would Thanos manage his personal finances ?

I'm quite sure most readers have watched Infinity War by now. In my opinion, the Mad Titan Thanos can be a great role model for folks...

Tuesday, May 01, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #21 : The Memory Bank

This chapter gets you to consider the value of an experience as compared to the value of a memory. Suppose you have a fantastic experience...

Sunday, April 29, 2018

What is your Samuelson Number ?

Since we are in the topic of the Kelly Criterion and leveraged portfolios can be justified, let's about Samuelson numbers. In the ...

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Applying the Kelly Criterion as a middle ground between a War-Chest and a Leveraged Portfolio.

This week has been really rough for tech manufacturing and income stocks. But what really saved my portfolio was my margin account w...

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #20 : Your Two Selves

[ My pal 15 Hour Work Week has also started a regular series on this Rolf Dobelli book as well ! I read his blog here because he has a ...

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Cryptocurrencies are DOOMED !

Given that cryptocurrencies are going through a minor recovery of sorts, it is time to have an update on cryptocurrency investing. Apr...

Thursday, April 19, 2018

You can choose your reality.

When I was single, I thought of wanting to join SDU, so I consulted an engineering classmate who frequently attended these SDU events, h...

Monday, April 16, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #19 : The Smaller Meaning of Life

The larger meaning of life are questions relating to what you re are and how you fit in into the Grand Scheme of the Universe. These are que...

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Managing your Attentional Capital or Focus

Today I went over to Starhub to re-contract my mobile phone into a SIM only contract. By doing that I resolve a painful problem I have b...

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