Saturday, February 29, 2020

Why it never pays to carry balls in the office

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I got away with a hell of a presentation today, and this is one of the slides I shared with folks who attended my class preview today. ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Maybe we men should NOT give Singaporean Women what they want...

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The biggest incident I experience last week shows the multi-stage nature of the COVID-19 virus outbreak. First the markets reacted when ...
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Monday, February 24, 2020

MBA in a Nutshell #26 - Accounting and Finance : Other People's Money

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Other People's Money (OPM) or float basically means that savvy business people arrange to receive cash owe to them at the earliest oppor...
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Saturday, February 22, 2020

Personal Update

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It is time again for a personal update. a) Impact of COVID-19  The impact of COVID-19 has been very small in many retail investor port...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Which type of Charlatan are you ?

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I strongly recommend Ben Carlson's Don't Fall For It for any reader who is trying to become more streetwise. More importantly, as ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

MBA in a Nutshell #25 - Accounting and Finance : Internal Controls

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To safeguard assets, every organization needs to establish internal controls. Here is the list of widely-accepted forms of financial contr...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

What can we learn from Oscar winning movie Parasite ?

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English Literature in lower secondary school would be more interesting to me if my Literature teacher were to spend more time talking abou...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Happy Valentine's Day - On assortative mating and hypergamy

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I try to write something every Valentine's Day to update my understanding of the dating world. By now I am a dinosaur and have been out ...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

What can Private degree holders learn from Money Launderers

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Throughout my working life, I worked with private degree holders of all stripes, some good and some bad. There are bad local degree holders ...
Monday, February 10, 2020

MBA in a Nutshell #24 - Accounting and Finance : Creative Accounting

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This article highlights various approaches to accounting that can possibly lead to civil and criminal penalties. Because financial statement...
Saturday, February 08, 2020

Can you support a sugar baby using CPF payouts ?

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In Financial Blogger's Cinematic Universe, the topic that always sparks a reader's interest is CPF. Another topic that readers lik...
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Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Why are there so many jerks outside the private sector ?

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[ Update : The preview tonight is on and most tickets have already been taken. You can review the new format for my preview "Roads to...
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Monday, February 03, 2020

MBA in a Nutshell #23 - Accounting and Finance : Tax Reduction Considerations

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With the three accounting statements out of the way, it is now time to look at legal forms of tax reduction. a) Structure of the Organizat...
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Friday, January 31, 2020

Thoughts about the Wuhan outbreak

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Other than Wuhan, I am dealing with crisis that has nothing to do with the virus outbreak. I took a blood-test this morning and the result...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

MBA in a Nutshell #22 - Accounting and Finance : The Cash Flow Statement

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We're now moving onto the cash flow statement. A problem faced in assessing companies is that they can be profitable but lack cash flo...
Friday, January 24, 2020

Happy Year of the Rat 2020 to all Readers.

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I will be Malaysia in Chinese New Year so I thought I'd wish everyone earlier this year as I continue to find ways to use up the Ring...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

MBA in a Nutshell #21 - Accounting and Finance : The Income Statement

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Today we will meditate upon the Income Statement. The most important relationship within an income statement is simply : Gross income ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

On my latest trip to KL...

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I just came back recently from KL. The objective of my trip was to accompany my mum to visit relatives, do some shopping and eat local...
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Friday, January 17, 2020

Personal Update

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It's time for another personal update. a) No classes until end-March 2020. My next ERM is quite a while away on 28 March. This is to...