Sunday, October 27, 2024

Financial Update : Optimism on the horizon, but it's so hard to make things work this year

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 Before I begin, here's a link to a video I made with Budget Babe. Please support her YouTube channel. Today, I will provide a personal ...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

Is financial literacy considered cultural capital ?

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  I will see whether I can try to blog twice this week, as this discussion has some merit. I was told that in the mainstream press, someone ...
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Saturday, October 12, 2024

What am I struggling with in my business right now?

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  As I approach turning 50, I will reflect on some of the challenges I have been struggling with. I'd like to start with the most compli...
Saturday, October 05, 2024

Insights from my volunteering work at Raffles Institution in 2024

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  While I can still give pro bono financial seminars, I would do my best to present to any secondary school willing to have me. Even so, onl...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

Three guaranteed ways to make people hate your content in personal finance.

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  In the age of Social Media, there is no such thing as bad publicity.  If you say something positive, unless you are as cute as Moo Deng, t...
Sunday, September 22, 2024

What kind of mumbo jumbo is Financial Independence, Retire Meaningfully ?

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  What is particularly heartwarming for dividend investors who own banking stocks is that they have surged as interest rates decline. This s...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

Letter to Batch 35 of the Early Retirement Masterclass

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Dear Students of Batch 35, It's been a great honour and privilege to conduct a 5-Day Early Retirement Workshop for you. The markets ...
Friday, September 06, 2024

My Psychology of Spending

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  I've just completed  Money on Your Mind  by Vicky Reynal. It is one of the rare books that talks about money but does it from a comple...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

Rising against all challenges or floating through life?

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  What kind of life would you prefer to lead? One possibility is to lead a life of challenges and obstacles, then grow and become a better p...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Does being in GEP raise the odds of attaining FIRE?

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  Of all the reforms proposed by PM Wong in this year's National Day Rally, the changes to the GEP system are the most polarising. Some ...
Sunday, August 18, 2024

What is a PUA kind of workplace

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  Since leaving conventional employment over 10 years ago, I have been fascinated by modern developments and ideas about how local workplace...
Sunday, August 11, 2024

Re-evaluating everything about our lives.

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  This may be one of the most brutal National Day holidays I ever had to live through as I attended two wakes - one for a secondary school c...
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Sunday, August 04, 2024

Thinking about the state of humanities and social sciences education ( ex-economics )

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  Not too long ago, NUS revealed that their enrollment in the Arts and Social Sciences enrollment has dropped by about a third. You can read...
Sunday, July 28, 2024

Personal Update

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  It's time for another personal update, as my blog frequency has been down lately. a) Was down with stomach flu this week.  Last Sunday...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Do horny people find it harder to FIRE?

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  As younger Millenials and Gen Z begin their journeys towards financial independence, it becomes very useful and instructive to examine the...