Thoughts on the Singapore Budget 2020: Building Financial Resilience
I spend the majority of yesterday compiling this at my workplace and my boss thought it will benefit the readers over here as well. It …
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The Side Effect of Coronavirus – No-Pay Leaves and the Need for Life Red Teaming Exercises
I noticed fewer clients coming in during this period. An adviser told me a few clients have canceled their appointments coming in. This Coronavirus feels …
The Case for Investing Your CPF OA Monies & Endowus
My friends at Endowus Gregory and Sheng Shi asked me to make a comment about investing with CPF so this is my honest take. I …
Future Flat Sizes HDB BTO in Central Places May be Smaller
If we go by the recent HDB Built-to-Order trend, it might be the case that future central BTO will be smaller in sizes. I observed …
What We Can Learn from 147 Years of UK Home Affordability Data
What would drive residential price growth? If you were to ask me, that would be the wage growth in a country or a particular area. …
8.88% FD Interest! – This is how your parents came home from a bank with an unexpected investment.
My more financially savvy friends told me that among the stuff that really messed them off the most, it is when their parents go to …
When a Bond Gives Equity Like Returns…
Oxford University is planning to increase the size of their 100-year bond issuance. The Financial Times reported that the university successfully raised 750 million pounds …
FX Rates Offered By Standard Chartered Singapore Tightens to 0.30%
I updated roughly 1 month ago on my blog that through Standard Chartered Banking LiveFX, the exchange spread we get for currency conversion seems to …
3 Articles on Work and Life
Dan*, a partner at a major Boston law firm, was due at the office, but instead, he was curled on his bathroom floor, unshaven and …
Comparing Money-Weighted Returns Versus Time-Weighted Returns
MWRR/XIRR is a different way of measuring your returns compared to the traditional TWRR/CAGR. Both have their strengths and each has its weaknesses. There are …