Friday, November 03, 2023

Thoughts when $1 SGD is $3.50 MYR

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  I was fortunate this week that I was invited to take a short half-day trip to JB with a pal who is Malaysian Chinese, and someone who earn...
Wednesday, November 01, 2023

#14 The Missing BIllionaires - Can we invent a new form of FIRE from all this?

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  The Missing Billionaires by Victor Haghani and James White begins with a brilliant idea that with better financial decision-making tools,...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

#13 The Missing BIllionaires - Risk and Uncertainty

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  We've come to the last article on this streak. For this book, we are at Chapter 18 and the rest of the book delves into various esoter...
Monday, October 30, 2023

#12 The Missing Billionaires - About Options

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When markets run out of assets to be bullish on, my industry will resort to talking up options trading. This is natural as you can be profit...
Sunday, October 29, 2023

#11 The Missing Billionaires - Your personal inflation rate is not the inflation rate

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  We are onto Chapter 15 of the book. Almost 75% through! This is a compelling and insightful chapter that really blew my mind.  If an Ameri...
Saturday, October 28, 2023

#10 The Missing Billionaires - How theory meets practice for actual asset classes

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  We’re into chapter 14 of the book and this is its most practical chapter that everyone should just buy the book and read it and I really d...
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Friday, October 27, 2023

#9 The Missing Billionaires - Understanding your own risk tolerance and time preference as an investor

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  Suppose a demon comes up to you and forces you to play a game where you will toss a fair coin. If the coin comes up heads you gain 20% of ...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

#8 The Missing Billionaires - What mortal retirees really need

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  In the last article, we concluded that if you live forever and invest in a balanced portfolio, the prudent and long-term thing to do is to...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

#7 The Missing Billionaires - How to spend like you can live forever.

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[This series is a slow chapter-by-chapter review of the book  The Missing Billionaires  by James White and Victor Haghani. It's getting ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

#6 The Missing Billionaires - A better approach to retirement spending

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[This series is a slow chapter-by-chapter review of the book  The Missing Billionaires  by James White and Victor Haghani. It's getting ...
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Monday, October 23, 2023

#5 The Missing Billionaires - People are not robots

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[This series is a slow chapter-by-chapter review of the book  The Mission Billionaires  by James White and Victor Haghani. It's getting ...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

#4 The Missing Billionaires - The St Petersberg Paradox.

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[This series is a slow chapter-by-chapter review of the book The Mission Billionaires by James White and Victor Haghani. It's getting s...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

#3 The Missing Billionaires - What is the expected performance of an investment trainer?

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  Encountering this batch of trolls from the Dividends Investing discussion has raised an interesting philosophical question. If someone tea...
Friday, October 20, 2023

#2 The Missing Billionaires - How grown-ups discuss tech vs dividend stocks

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I've grown accustomed to trolls from many of my public appearances, so I always plan to engage them in public. This appearance on Money ...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

#1 The Missing Billionaires - The Merton Share

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  I’m going to start a new series on The Missing Billionaires by Haghani and White. This is a brilliant piece of work that fills a very imp...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Ok, just came back from Osaka

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  I just touched down from Osaka and looking forward to continuing the regular programming on this blog. We should be going back to some tec...
Sunday, October 08, 2023

Catch me on this week's Money Mind !

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  After touching down from Istanbul, I have been working with the Channel News Asia team on a dividends investing segment on Money Mind for ...