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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...

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...

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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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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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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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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4 CPFIS-OA Funds With 7% Historical Annualized Returns Or Higher

A few days ago, I got a message from my client. The client was curious as to his own investment returns, so he checked, sent me back a...

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Why Investors Chose The Singapore Market (And Why They Should Give Up)

Also: How My 2019 Clients Outperformed The Straits Times Index by Over 75% YTD (and counting) ...by the way, people seem to really like...

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Investment Context: Defining a Genius and an Idiot

Context is important before you randomly select investments from something you read online, like silly reviews.