Here’s a cool fact I that read on Quora this week: Warren Buffett made 99% of his wealth after his 50th birthday. At first, this doesn’t seem to make any sense: Warren Buffett started investing at the age of eleven, yet he essentially made almost all his wealth after the age of 50. Were the first 39 years of […]
Sooooo apparently, the market crashed last week. I had no idea, because I was in the middle of my reservist training. Yep, I was sweating it out in an ulu camp in Pasir Ris, with no clue about what was happening in the outside world. Which is kiiiiind of like what my investing style is like. Unlike
¡Hola, I’m back! Didja miss me? My bad on being away for so long – the past 3 weeks were absolutely crazy for me. I had back-to-back events, overseas trips and meetings, and to top it all off, a bad case of food poisoning last week. But ahhhh, it’s good to be back. So earlier this
Poor Greece. Everyone is sees it as that irresponsible, bratty kid who borrowed money from the big boys, then stuck his middle finger at them and told them to go shove it. This week, I read this Quora answer on explaining the Greek crisis in layman terms. Check it out – It’s way better than
Let me just put it out there: Pitch Perfect 2 is an awesome movie. Sure, the plot was thin and the lines were cheesy. But admit it: you were bopping your head to those remixed songs during the movie, weren’t you? Embarrassing confession: Sometimes, I play the Pitch Perfect soundtrack when I get ready for work
Sooooo I wrote a post last week that sparked off a flurry of responses from both bloggers and readers alike. Who would’ve thought a post that I concocted in friggin’ Xin Wang would’ve gone semi-viral? First, let’s start off with the personal finance bloggers: Xeo Lye wrote about the different reasons for different age groups, and even zoomed in
Last week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore got together with a bunch of us – the good folks behind 15HWW, BigFatPurse, MoneySmart, Tradehaven, TurtleInvestor, and yours truly. Now, you have to understand that we’re personal finance bloggers. Which means that this session was way geekier than say, a Gushcloud meetup. For example, I think we spent about
If you’ve been checking out the Singapore personal finance blogosphere, you might know Alvin Chow, who writes at BigFatPurse.com. Alvin and I spoke at a couple of events together, and we’ve hung out a couple of times drinking beer/coffee and chatting about psychology and investing. So when I was in Dhoby Gaut last month, I texted him
Funny story that happened while I was speaking at the Personal Financial Investment Seminar last week. I was going through my presentation, calmly walking through the slides when… my voice gave way. So I went, “Investing is like a man walking a (super high voice that sounds like a little girl) DOG!” Yeah, that happened.
