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 […]
I was a pretentious jackass when I was 20 years old. For example, I thought that lip-syncing to Mark Ronson’s “Ooh Wee” (complete with rap hand gestures) in Phuture made me look really cool. I still cringe when I think about it. Fast forward 10 years: I’m a little more mature, a little more stable and I no
“When all is said and done, we cannot but marvel at what Mr Lee had done for Singapore. We owe him much. What is the secret of Mr Lee’s success? It is his self-discipline, a life guided by a deep foundation in ethical and moral principles, devotion to his country and a deep love for
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
Talking about investing is kind of like playing poker: It can tell you a loooot about a person. For example, whenever I talk to random people about investing, I’ll usually get responses like: “Yeah, I should really get started on investing” “I invest on-and-off, sometimes I’ll read the papers and buy stocks that are undervalued” “Right now
A particularly difficult restaurant customer was complaining non-stop about the temperature. First, he asked the waiter to turn up the air-conditioning because it was too hot. Then, he asked the waiter to turn down the air-conditioning because it was too cold. This happened every 20 minutes. Every time, the customer would complain and the waiter
Ok, you psychos – Since it’s CNY, I know about 89.2% of you are thinking of gambling and buying 4D/TOTO. There’s just something about this festive period that brings out our inner God of Gamblers. Every year, hundreds of otherwise sensible, rational citizens take out our wallets and throw money at cards, majong tiles and yes, lottery tickets. So let’s
So I had my first live radio interview on Kiss 92’s morning show with Maddy, Jason and Arnold today: It’s stressful speaking live on radio! To those who heard me on air this morning, I’m sorry if I sounded like I was talking a mile a minute – that happens when I get excited. Okay, so I admit: I was
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.
