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Oct 6, 20216 min read

Should You Still Invest Your CPF-OA After 55?

My family likes to catch up on public holidays. Because Covid restricts the number of people in a home, it has been an interesting...

Jun 17, 20214 min read

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...

May 26, 20214 min read

Why You Should Be Cautious of Investments Promising MUCH MORE Than 10% (especially without context)

Recently I was confronted by a prospect who basically mocked me, saying that my benchmark of 8% was too low and he could get better...

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May 19, 20217 min read

A (Very) Small Peek Into Money Maverick's Personal Portfolio - The Problem with FIRE Pundits

I had a very enjoyable talk with a client recently. She wanted to pursue FIRE [Financial Independence Retire Early - the art of having...

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Apr 18, 20218 min read

Which Level Of The 10 Levels of Investing Are You At? Consider An Investment Specialist.

Otherwise known as: a) Why Someone Who Has Investment Experience Should Still Consider Using a Financial Consultant, or b) How I made my...

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Mar 17, 20216 min read

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...

Mar 3, 20215 min read

What People Keep Getting Wrong About Annualized Returns (and why they can't get 8%).

I ALWAYS get questions about 8% returns. Aside from being a lucky Chinese number, it also tends to be the most common illustration by...

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Dec 28, 20207 min read

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....

Dec 18, 20204 min read

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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Dec 10, 20204 min read

Why CPFIS Failed Before (and why it wont fail now)

Last week, I wrote an article on CPFIS Funds. As usual, some morons people were critical that past performance doesn't equal to future...