Personal updates: Career and Money
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Personal updates: Career and Money

It’s been four months since I last updated my blog. That’s how boring personal finance can be when you build a system around your money. At the start of every month, a portion of my salary is systematically moved into saving goals and another portion gets transferred to AutoWealth to be invested in my investment…

3 things you can do if you want to earn a higher salary
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3 things you can do if you want to earn a higher salary

I rarely write about Facebook posts because I seldom get triggered by them to do something so this is one of the rare pokemons out there. There was a recent anonymous post that complained about how most post university jobs in Singapore can’t break through the $100,000 annual salary mark, even after 10 years of…

Investment portfolio updates: More free stocks and recognising cash in the portfolio

Investment portfolio updates: More free stocks and recognising cash in the portfolio

When I updated my investment portfolio page to reflect my latest portfolio holdings with details of how I intend to decumulate my portfolio when I retire, in a structured approach. That attracted quite a bit of attention, with many focused on how overweight my investment property is in my portfolio today. In reality, property investments…

How I am investing my time and money to learn about fintech and investing in 2021

How I am investing my time and money to learn about fintech and investing in 2021

We’re halfway through 2021 and I know some of us (I mean me) have not been focusing personal development to grow both our skills and knowledge. Personal development is important because we need to continue upgrading ourselves with new skills and capabilities, whether it’s to further our careers or to be better at our personal…

4 reasons why I am not making any ESG investments today

4 reasons why I am not making any ESG investments today

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has been a growing topic of discussion over the past year and we are seeing an increasing number of companies acknowledging the call for ESG reporting on top of their annual financial reports. Fund managers and institutional investments are also introducing investment products that incorporate ESG as an investment criteria….

The case for having a traditional life plan and a term life plan. Do you agree?

The case for having a traditional life plan and a term life plan. Do you agree?

My readers would know that I only have term life insurance in my insurance portfolio that are fuss free and simple monthly expenses paid to manage the risks of death or disability. It’s ultra light weight and does not take up too much of my monthly expenditure. Recently I had an interesting conversation with my…