Explain the power of compounding to your kid using magic
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Explain the power of compounding to your kid using magic

Explaining personal finance to kids can be very challenging, especially when it comes to the logic around compounding. Here’s a simple way to explain the power of compounding with your kids. Here’s how the conversation would be like between me and my imaginary son, Tom. Mickey: Tom, what would you rather have, $100,000 or a…

3 things I learnt about myself from Seedly’s recent event
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3 things I learnt about myself from Seedly’s recent event

Seedly is probably the only company that is able to organize a finance event in Singapore that managed to get people in their 20-30s to show up for a 6-hour long event, and make them pay $30 to attend. On a lovely Saturday morning, I joined the bunch of lovely folks from Seedly at their exclusive…

Making final payment for my Cambodia property investment – The Bridge

Making final payment for my Cambodia property investment – The Bridge

In December last year, I received a letter from Oxley WorldBridge, the property developer for The Bridge. In the letter, it was mentioned that my Cambodia property is completing ahead of time and they attached a payment notice for final payment. That means it’s time for me to pay up the remaining 50% of the…

Why I chose AutoWealth to set up my first Robo-Advisor investment account

Why I chose AutoWealth to set up my first Robo-Advisor investment account

A number of robo-advisory startups have sprouted in Singapore in the last 2 years. They provide financial advice or portfolio management online with moderate to minimal human intervention in exchange for lower management fees. Most of the decision making is based on mathematical rules or algorithms. I’ve been monitoring startups like AutoWealth, StashAway and Smartly who…

Automating the investing process with OCBC BCIP and POSB Invest-Saver

Automating the investing process with OCBC BCIP and POSB Invest-Saver

Do you believe in dollar cost averaging or lump sum investment? Over the past few years, I’m a firm believer on the former. But do I practice what I preach? That’s a whole different story. The ammunition is there but no bullets were fired While I’m consistently socking money away in my investment war chest,…

Donald Trump is now the President of the United States! So what?
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Donald Trump is now the President of the United States! So what?

Unless you’ve been hiding in North Korea, you’ve probably know a little about the US presidential election that Donald Trump has been campaigning for a long time now. Most of the information probably revolves around the crap he spews every time they put a mike in front of him. What some of my friends consider…