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There has been a few placements, non-renounceable rights issues and acquisitions by REITs that I cannot get through all (well by my own standards). But I thought I will just do the Cromwell European REIT one. After the burnout work in the office in the past 2 weeks, I really do not feel like doing […]
I have been single for a large part of my life. And if you are doing some planning for your finances going forward, some aspects that you will think about as a single will be whether there are things that I didn’t realize I need, just because I am single. There are some things that […]
Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick’s Animal Spirits have become a great podcast to listen to. If you are the sort that wants a short 30 minute entertaining take on what are some of the best financial data points out there, and discussion on some of the latest articles that they have read (they read a […]
One of the key challenges for advisers is that they have to juggle communicating with their clients, yet not boring them with too much of the financial planning details. Communicating with clients is just as important with the financial figures behind. If you do not do well with the former, you do not get the […]
Last year around the same time, in early June, Azalea Capital issued their Astrea IV bond. What was significant was that this was the first bond that Azalea Capital open a specific tranche that retail investors are able to purchase with smaller denomination. The reception for Azalea IV was very good. And so now, 1 […]
There are two ways of measuring wealth. I didn’t realize this explicitly. I did note this implicitly. The American Method of Measuring Wealth The first way is the American method. In United States, when they refer to wealth, you tend to hear someone say, “He has a net worth of $1,500,000.” What she means is […]
It is the mid week, a holiday and my willpower is weak. Work has been rather busy recently, and would get more busy. Now I finally understand what some of my readers are feeling when they say it is difficult to put in the work to learn stock investing. You come home and you do […]
Here is a higher yielding, safe way to save your money that you have no idea when you will need to use it, or your emergency fund. The July 2019’s SSB bonds yield an interest rate of 2.16%/yr for the next 10 years. You can apply through ATM or Internet Banking via the three banks […]
A week ago, a team of researchers from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy released their research on working with a few focus group to determine the household budgets necessary for older people to meet their living needs. This was developed based on their Minimum Income Standards (MIS) methodology. So we see this share […]
Scott Galloway is out with his new book, and in a smashing podcast, he brings up a tale about his father and his close friend: What is the definition of rich? When your Passive Income is Greater than Your Burn. Those of you who are ages younger than 40 to 50 years old, you […]
