I Made a Whole Life Plan MUCH More Cost-Effective than a Term Plan - Again? (Sort of)
2 years ago, I wrote this article. READ ALSO: I Made a Whole Life Plan MUCH 'Cheaper' (?) than a Term Plan Predictably, a butt hurt noob...
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INSURANCE
The Original Money Maverick
- Feb 25
- 7 min
Frequently Asked Questions About Financial Concerns, Issues, and Answers From Gay Clients
As a staunch Christian, I make no attempt to suggest that I am an ally or always have been an ally to LGBT groups. But as a Christian and...
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Money Maverick
- Nov 10, 2021
- 6 min
How Money Mavericks Developed 9 Streams of Income Before Turning 30 (and how to get started)
Talking about multiple income streams has been all the hype, I decided to write one to talk about our experiences. By 'Our', I refer to...
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Money Maverick
- Nov 3, 2021
- 8 min
Introducing The New Money Maverick: How I Got Here and What's Next
Hi everyone, I'm Seth. I hope I will be better known as Money Maverick. By now, I hope that everyone has watched the previous owner's...
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Money Maverick
- Oct 13, 2021
- 7 min
Can My Bank Empty My Account For My Housing Loan? Featuring the 'Backdating Property' Fraud Case
Our mum didn't hit her first career break until about 8 or 9 years back. I didn't understand a lot at the time, but Mum had a new name...
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Money Maverick
- Jul 21, 2021
- 5 min
Is There Still Hope For Whole Life Plans?
I was unable to write the last few weeks because I was swamped with inquiries and policy optimization before these projected changes. The...
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Money Maverick
- Jun 17, 2021
- 4 min
I Made a Whole Life Plan MUCH 'Cheaper' (?) than a Term Plan
I'm going to provide some potential evidence for why 'Term Insurance' only attitudes are frankly, ridiculous. Maybe its because the...
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Money Maverick
- May 5, 2021
- 6 min
All My Participating Policies Are DROPPING THEIR BONUSES: Why? [RBC2 and solutions]
MAYBE only older people would have noticed - especially the ones who frequent banks, but they could probably see that their policies have...
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Money Maverick
- Mar 17, 2021
- 6 min
How to Lose All Your Capital through P2P or Venture Capital(CoAssets, Gobear), 1M65 SG stocks, etc
In my attempt to behave myself whilst my reference check is being conducted, I've simply been doing business preparatory work. Being...
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Money Maverick
- Feb 10, 2021
- 7 min
Greedy Doctors, Overpaid Agents, or Kiasu Patients? What is Wrong with Integrated Plans? - Rebuttal
So this article came out recently, and it was even more annoying than Investment Moat's 'The True Reason to Choose Term Life Insurance...
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Money Maverick
- Jan 27, 2021
- 5 min
Is My Policy Affected By An Insurance Company Being Bought Over? (and other related questions)
A lil hullaboo was caused last year over Aviva's sale to SingLife - and a even bigger hullaboo was caused recently when a Financial...
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Money Maverick
- Dec 28, 2020
- 7 min
How I Manage My Christian Faith and My Love For Money [A Christmas Article on Financial Focus]
"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other....
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Money Maverick
- Dec 18, 2020
- 4 min
How a Great ILP Fund Fell - Fortress Fund A (A Review)
When I first joined the industry and realized how much I love investing, I was still a wide-eyed kid at the time. I didn't know back...
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Money Maverick
- Oct 28, 2020
- 5 min
How I Helped A '35 Year Old' Client Get $3000 Cheaper Insurance Than a 30 Year Old
How I helped a 35 year old pay $3000 for the same value of coverage as a 30 year old.
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Money Maverick
- Oct 7, 2020
- 5 min
INDIRECT LOSSES! How They Kill Your Dreams (And How Investing Will Save You)
Indirect Losses are an area which very few Financial Planners understand and account for. Learn about them here.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 30, 2020
- 5 min
The Complete Guide To Child Insurance! (in order of priority)
It can be very hard to be objective about Child Insurance. If you MUST buy - buy it in order of importance.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 16, 2020
- 5 min
Don't Jaywalk - Because Kids Are Watching! A Lesson in Employee Management And Investing
A short article on Employees and Investing before a technical article next month.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 9, 2020
- 4 min
Why Jamus Lim Would Suggest Going Into Debt to... Make Lots of Money? (with context)
A Short Write Up explaining the pros and cons more. Please seek a detailed consult from a licensed consultant such as Money Maverick.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 2, 2020
- 8 min
Why Insurance Agents (and Me!) Don't Like Serving Those With Pre-Existing Conditions, Part 1
And the Honest, Legitimate reasons behind it. [Hard Truth]
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Money Maverick
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
Assumptions Used/All Articles
The fact that I needed to create this at all to be compliant is sad.
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Money Maverick
- Jul 15, 2020
- 6 min
The RECESSION-PROOF PORTFOLIO REVEALED - and other articles I placed in the reject pile
Money Maverick's reject pile - including a Recession Proof Portfolio and other snazzy articles.
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Money Maverick
- Jun 3, 2020
- 6 min
How to Bag Yourself a Top Insurance Agent in Singapore (Version 2.0)
With Consultants dropping out of your life like flies, this could be a useful guide to nailing a good one.
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Money Maverick
- Mar 18, 2020
- 5 min
The Top Five Reasons People Don’t Buy Life Insurance – And Why They Should
Some Fundamental reasons why people don't believe in life insurance...and they might even make you a cynic, too!
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Money Maverick
- Jan 22, 2020
- 6 min
Money Maverick's 2019 Expenses
If you've ever wondered whether a Financial Consultant practiced what he preached or spent his commissions on Rolexes...
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Money Maverick
- Jan 2, 2020
- 6 min
Singapore Financial Consultants Share Their Reflections on 2019 and... Eh, you get it.
Sorry for not being influencer enough, lah.
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Money Maverick
- Dec 4, 2019
- 5 min
Why You SHOULD Purchase Life Insurance for Your (Young) Children
Your Child doesn't provide you an income, but you still need it. Here's why.
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Money Maverick
- Nov 20, 2019
- 4 min
How an Early Critical Illness Specialist Does a Comparison (Part II)
Choosing a CI policy is incredibly difficult.
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Money Maverick
- Nov 13, 2019
- 5 min
How an Early Critical Illness Specialist does a Comparison (Part 1)
Comparing something as complex as Critical Illness Insurance can be really difficult. Age, Gender, Values, Benefits.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 5 min
Some Things You Thought Wrongly About Insurance - That Could Cost You Thousands of Dollars More
A small mistake is an expensive mistake.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 7 min
How to Choose your Insurance Plan - and WHY you chose it
I had a very enjoyable time coming up with this particular article, even though I’m doubtful this will be a hit. A few weeks ago, the...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 6 min
The Newest Critical Illnesses in Singapore (and Critical Illness Coverage)
To my Dad: For whatever little interest you've helped me to reach with Science, I've used it on these articles. It’s July, and I’m fully...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 6 min
A Very Strong, Truly Unbiased article on why you should never DIY your mortgage
My Dope Article with Affiliate links has finally arrived.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 7 min
A Complete Guide to Buy Term Invest the Rest – And Then Some
I am writing this at 3.30am in the morning on a Wednesday. For those of you who didn’t know, Money Maverick releases an article, ideally...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 6 min
How to Choose a Participating Fund (and a good savings, retirement or insurance plan)
If you're going to compare around, do it right.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 6 min
The Highest Occurring Critical Illness - and it isn't Cancer
It's Number 36 on the list, and it will surprise you.
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 8 min
Without National Service, I Would Have Been Poor
Or: 'Why I think your National Service experience gives you opportunities to become richer than your peers.'
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 8 min
On Teaching Financial Literacy to Kids and Giving Back
It’s only coming to a 3-year period, but my investing methodology and principles can hardly be called unsuccessful – at least, for now. I...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 5 min
Maternity Insurance is an Absolutely Must – and Here’s Why
At the beginning of 2018, I signed an interesting woman – director level in her early 50s, with two kids. She was pleased with my work on...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 10 min
5 'Never' Rules I learnt from my biggest professional failures
It was yesterday. I was initially wrote a highly technical article with a comparison between an Early Critical Illness Insurance (ECI)...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 6 min
Shots Fired - March
I answer questions from clients, prospects and online 'PMs' about Early Critical Illness Insurance vs Multipay, why I Beat the Market and...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 8 min
Money Maverick vs Providend
Debating Active vs Passive management, Term vs Whole Life and more. The first time I heard the name Christopher Tan was not a good time....
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 8 min
The Credibility a Stage Lends You
A Personal Review on Seedly’s Finance Festival by Money Maverick Like almost a thousand people (sold out at 1200, so could be plus/minus)...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 5 min
My Financial Advisor Left Me, Why? What now?
Find the right one for you at Match.com. Uh, I mean - get a new one. ----- One of the fun things about writing again is figuring out what...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 5 min
5 services you didn't know (but should expect) from your Financial Consultant
Well specifically from me, at least. When people say, ‘Financial Consultant’, ‘Wealth Manager’, ‘Relationship Manager’, ‘Financial...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 5 min
6 Critical Illnesses You have ZERO coverage for - including Singapore's Top Killer (Part II)
Last week, I covered some of the ‘newer’ Critical Illnesses that were introduced to the Life Insurance Association’s framework in 2009....
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 5 min
6 Critical Illnesses You did not realise You have ZERO coverage for (Part I)
These are otherwise known as the 'Underrated Claimable Illnesses'. I’ve been picking up a few older clients lately. But even with my...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 4 min
Shots Fired - 06/11/18
Uncomfortable questions, even for a Maverick. I was at Reservist and it killed me not to be able to produce my own content or have more...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 3 min
The importance of Early Critical Illness insurance and Why CI plans 'failed'
ECI insurance has a pretty interesting history. A 2008 study showed that only 5% of people who had bought Critical Illness (CI) insurance...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 2 min
When it comes to Insurance, Prioritise your Early Critical Illness Plan
The way I see Early Critical (ECI) is that it's a way of evening out the odds. As tech advances, the average Singapore life expectancy...
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Money Maverick
- Sep 12, 2019
- 3 min
#FinancialFriday - Do you actually know why you are getting insurance?
How many insurance policies do you have? I've met many different types of clients throughout my career as a Financial Advisor (FA). One...
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