One of the side effects of being a personal finance blogger is that relatives love asking me for financial advice. This Chinese New Year, …
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The Myth of the Successful Money Manager
I love to laugh at the fancy ads that fund management companies take out on the MRT. They'll say things like "Hey, we're superdamnawesome at …
Why Big Market Drops Don’t Scare Me
As you know, I love making fun of people who get overly stressed about tiny things. Don’t we all know someone like that? For example: the …
A Singaporean Guide to Home Buying Fees and Charges
Check out this infographic from iMoney.sg. A lot of people tend to look back at how much their home prices have appreciated and brag, "Hey …
The Surprising Truth About How Singaporeans Get Rich
Discovered a surprising fact from a Forbes blog post, titled Singaporeans Are The Fastest In The World To Become Millionaires: While the …
Why You Won’t Win If You Don’t Lose
So I was having a coffee after lunch, telling lame jokes and showing my colleagues stupid movie trailer parodies on YouTube. A friend and I …
But Where Do I Start?
Every month, I get dozens of emails asking me how to get started in investing or in personal finance in general. Check it out: First of …
Passive Investing: Why It Rocks When You’re Young
My second MoneySmart guestpost is up! This time, I talk about three reasons why passive investing is the PERFECT strategy for young, …
The Most Effective Way to Research Your Investments (Plus the Launch of my Delicious Account!)
Singapore’s been encased in a shroud of haze for the past week. Because I’m a total wuss when it comes to poisonous airborne particles, I …