Wednesday, November 29, 2023

When do you give up your dreams for pleasure?

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  Collectively as a movement, we are getting better at the nuts and bolts of retirement planning. We are getting close to being able to bala...
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Monday, November 27, 2023

But people do enjoy spending their money !

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In the rush to come up with sustainable ways to spend down your retirement assets, we often run into the problem where the thought leadershi...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Is there Right and Wrong in Personal Finance?

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As I continue to run into the rabbit hole of finance discussion groups on Telegram, I'm beginning to see a common phenomenon where usefu...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

Rich Dad, Poor Dad, or Ape dad?

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It's been quite a while since I had a conversation about Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. The book had an enormous influence on G...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Are Financial Influencers spending too little for their own good?

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 "If you are spending, you are doing something wrong in this life" - Kyith Ng of Investment Moats fame I caught Kyith making these...
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Why distilling common sense is not enough for investors

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You might be wondering why I am reading so quickly. Sometime in September 2023, Amazon stopped selling The Economist on the Kindle and I...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

The New China Playbook

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  If you have been a subscriber to The Economist , you will have noticed how biased their reporting is in China. Almost all the news feature...
Monday, November 06, 2023

The FIRE Journey requires cultivation of Inner Strength (neigong)

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  In case anyone is wondering Ji Yong's beloved epic Return of the Condor Heroes has just been translated into English and is available ...
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...