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I know I haven’t been blogging much recently. To be honest, the number of things that have happened so far and might happen going forward is fascinating. There are many reasons why I have been rather MIA this month and I feel like running through them just out of interest. Work I have been tasked […]
Automated Investing for Mar 2018: S$1,300 Maybank Kim Eng Monthly Investment Plan Buy 28 units of SPDR STI ETF (SGX: ES3) Buy 27 units of Nikko AM STI ETF (SGX: G3B) Buy 98 units of Lion Phillip S REIT ETF (SGX: CLR) Buy 90 units of Nikko AM REIT ETF (SGX: CFA) Buy 67 units of […]
My performance bonus got credited today and I was excited to see the cash injection into my bank account balance! It was a tough week at work as I struggled to adjust to the new advisory portfolio with my insufficient technical knowledge that I am still building up on. Though I’m happy with the opportunity […]
I had my remuneration review outcome discussion with the head of my department on Fri. I could sense something was up when I went into work in the morning. The various heads of departments were quietly called into separate meetings with the head of my division for administrative matters. Soon after, it was announced that […]
Remember my post one and a half years ago about my friend making a claim against his employer and how difficult it was? Basically, a PMET with monthly basic salary of more than S$4,500 is not covered under the Singapore Employment Act and I was questioning the purpose of having a salary cap. In March […]
I have expressed interest before on investing in cryptocurrencies. But it requires an extensive level of time and effort to understand the underlying blockchain technologies. Being lazy resulted in me not pursuing cryptocurrencies as a form of alternative investments for my portfolio. However, I have continued to monitor the developments in this space at a high […]
It’s time for Singapore Tax Season 2018 – filing of individual income tax returns for YA2018 i.e. assessment for income earned and expenses incurred from Jan 2017 to Dec 2017. I like how most of the information is pre-filled in our income tax returns and we only have to provide additional expenses/claims data. It’s a relatively smooth and […]
There has been a few small dips in the equity markets and I took the opportunity to invest some of our cash. Not much, about S$1,500 of manual investments on top of our automatic investments. It’s good practice for how I will utilise our cash funds when the dips in the equity markets become bigger. […]
I reckon it’s a good time for me to do a quick review of our StashAway and Smartly Singapore robo-advisor accounts as well as the investing strategy with them so far. After all, it has been more than half a year since we started opening these accounts. We now have 1 x StashAway and 1x Smartly robo-advisor accounts […]
Automated Investing for Feb 2018: S$1,200 Maybank Kim Eng Monthly Investment Plan Buy 28 units of SPDR STI ETF (SGX: ES3) at S$3.42 per unit on 8 Feb 2018 Buy 28 units of Nikko AM STI ETF (SGX: G3B) at S$3.49 per unit on 8 Feb 2018 Buy 93 units of Lion Phillip S REIT ETF (SGX: CLR) at S$1.035 per […]
