Thursday, September 30, 2021

Are FInancial Advisors playing their own Squid Game in Singapore ?

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  A few days ago, Ivann Fok of Pyinvesting.com beeped me on Messenger and told me that I should watch the Squid Game, he thinks there's ...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

You should prepare for your professional decline

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I spent the greater part of my morning adding Fractal Market Analysis into my Early Retirement Masterclass Web App. Even as I've automat...
Sunday, September 26, 2021

Why guys with Cultural Capital can be extremely dangerous

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I was going about my business when drama finally arrived in the Singapore Literature space. For folks in the Financial Wu Lin who may not un...
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Friday, September 24, 2021

Dating Lessons from Red Roulette

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  The books shown above was strongly recommended to me to my pals on the finance chat groups. However, I initially wanted to restrain myself...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Machine-Age Humanities

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  With the closure of Yale-NUS, we managed to witness a round of whining from liberal arts majors from that institution. Even though I was a...
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Monday, September 20, 2021

Some highlights from presentation to RI Sec 4 students

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This is the second time I am presenting to RI secondary 4 students who are taking a gap semester with a finance specialisation.  Before you ...
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Friday, September 17, 2021

Understanding Elitism in Singapore

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This is supposed to be a busy pro-bono month for me as I ramp up my schedule to do some non-profit work and have been busy working on my nex...
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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Come for my ERM Community Event Q32021 on 16th September 2021

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Ok, as I'm 95% done with my slides, I should be able to share details on the next ERM community event.  Date/Time : 16th September 2021 ...
Wednesday, September 08, 2021

Does Singapore feel cheap ?

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  I've been busy preparing for the next community session where I will do some thinking about China, so I've been using the book The...
Friday, September 03, 2021

ERM Community Event for Q32021 - this time it’s all about China

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The time is ripe for ERM to take a clear objective stand on China.  One sign that is unmistakeable is that I was having lunch with another D...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

The moral dilemma of educating Mr. Shitcoin

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  I’ve finally found an interesting puzzle for readers to solve.  Mr. Shitcoin is a friend of a friend, and his case study is very interesti...
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Saturday, August 28, 2021

Letter to Batch 22 of the Early Retirement Masterclass

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Dear Students of Batch 22, It’s been a great honour and privilege to be able to conduct a 2-Day Early Retirement Workshop for you. This ...
Friday, August 27, 2021

Should internet marketers behave with more class ?

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I'm in the middle of conducting my class, so I don't expect to be blogging, but a very large financial education provider which is a...
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Sunday, August 22, 2021

Robo-Advisors versus Financial Advisors

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  I was thinking about the panel I had with The Artist Formerly Known as Money Maverick or Luke Ho, and he mentioned an interesting tidbit a...
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Thursday, August 19, 2021

The Great Resignation

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While China is busy contending with the "Lying Flat" movement, where young people are rebelling against their work culture, the US...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Singapore as the Kryptonian Red Sun Theory

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  One day idea shared with me in the Lothlorien chat group is the idea that Singaporeans are like Kryptonians who are constantly under the R...
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Saturday, August 14, 2021

The Future of Finance is Female !

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  One area I'm focused on is to make my program more diverse and gender-inclusive. But I can see how hard it is given that my program do...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Maybe we will be better off with a more authoritarian regime

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Ok, something more interesting to share on National Day week.  Maybe I’m slowly becoming a cranky uncle, but I’m beginning to miss the old d...
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Monday, August 09, 2021

Happy National Day everyone !

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  Happy National Day Readers. I was initially planning an article on retiring overseas but Seedly beat me to the punch. You can read their e...
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Saturday, August 07, 2021

Philosophers who inspire the FIRE movement

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Something short for this weekend, with the Lying Flat movement gaining traction and possibly fuelling the FIRE movement, it is time to revie...