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.

Friday, January 29, 2021

Lessons from Gamestop

Quite a lot has happened over the past few days. If you've been living under a rock, here's what happened in a nutshell : Hedge fund...

Saturday, January 23, 2021

"Confucius is a bastard !" - How to fight off Singapore's Cultural Involution

I was brainstorming one of the worst titles an author could come up with for a philosophical piece of work with a friend and we settled on s...

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The Emperor's New Road

One of the more exciting opportunities for investors and enterprising young professionals is the Belt and Road Initiative and for yonks, i...

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Should Gen-Z just give up their private property ownership dreams ?

Before I start, I just want to say that I have no expertise in residential real estate investing. I got a EC about 6 years ago and sitting...

Friday, January 15, 2021

Is it wrong to bribe my kids with $100,000 to avoid a Polytechnic education and go JC ?

Polytechnic education has achieved leaps and bounds ever since Ong Ye Kung has been the Education Minister. The latest numbers show that up ...

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

What do we really pass down to our children?

I'm quite happy to read financial blogs from parents that occasionally share their parenting philosophy. In many cases, I can't say...

Sunday, January 10, 2021

For older folks "New Year, Old Me" is good enough

Apparently the mantra in January every year has always been "New Year, New Me". It's logical because when resolutions are made...

Friday, January 08, 2021

What I am doing in 2021 so far

Markets seem to be becoming more interesting with the Classic Capricorn effect appearing in the Singapore Stock Market in 2021. Nothing more...

Tuesday, January 05, 2021

An early retirement plan for blue-collar workers?

Someone on Seedly came out with an interesting plan to retire early for blue-collar workers or non-degree holders. I think the plan attracte...

Saturday, January 02, 2021

Geopolitical Alpha - How to think about investing in Malaysia

Geopolitical Alpha by Marko Papic is an ambitious piece of work that is possibly the first of its kind. It attempts to show investors how...

Friday, January 01, 2021

Nothing much to wish for in 2021

As the years roll and I am already 46 years old, I am finding it increasingly harder to set really hard resolutions or goals for myself. I h...

Thursday, December 31, 2020

What happened in 2020?

As today would be the last trading day of the year, Stocks Cafe will be summarising the results of 2020 for the ERM portfolio tonight, after...

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Personal Update #4 : What am I reading ?

I wanted to read something semi-serious so I noticed that Kinokuniya seems to be promoting this book entitled There's no such thing as...

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Personal Update #3 : Hobbies and Leisure

I was able to squeeze in a little bit of computer gaming this holiday season, which is quite unusual given my schedule. But I really wante...

Friday, December 25, 2020

Thoughts on my 46th Birthday.

I'm 46 years old today so that means its nine years before I get access to my CPF money! Before I talk about the upcoming year, I took...

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Personal Update #2 : Personal Finances

The second instalment of my personal update is on my Personal Finances. This will not be a detailed discussion of my investments as I prefer...

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Personal Update #1 : Learning Goals

After completing the Quantitative Finance class conducted by EDHED Business School, things rapidly went downhill for me as I tried to comp...

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Letter to Batch 18 of the Early Retirement Masterclass

Dear Students of Batch 18, It’s been a great honour and privilege to be able to conduct a 2-Day Early Retirement Workshop for you. The ...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Happiness and FIRE

When I made my first $100,000 and published my first book over a decade ago, the level of sophistication in self-help was not too high and...

Monday, December 14, 2020

Why guys get defensive when women accumulate $100,000 at a young age

It's almost a tradition or a cost of entry for a financial blogger to talk about how they attained their first $100,000 as some kind of ...

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