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In a recent blog on the CPF, to those who would like to see my CPF numbers, I appealed for patience.
I was waiting for the pie (chart).
Well, the pie is fresh out of the (CPF) oven!
I have been maxing out the CPF Annual Contribution Limit by…
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In a few days from now, my year will be over.
We will be going from year of the “oink, oink” to year of the “squeak, squeak”.
Good bye to Piggy.
Welcome to Ratty!
Yes, AK is not a rat.
AK is a pig.
Unless we are Chinese, saying that we…
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Older readers will remember an older blog of mine which asked
“How to have peace of mind as an investor?”
In that blog, I suggested that we should
“Eat bread with ink slowly.”
Using mnemonics, it stood for:
1. Emergency fund.
2….
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When we use our CPF-OA money to purchase a property, we must be aware of the opportunity cost that comes with the decision.
When we use our CPF-OA money to purchase a property, we are losing out on interest payments made by the government to us….
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Remember the blog I published two years ago in January 2018?
Which blog?
This blog:
8 years AAA bond with 2.5% and 4% coupon!
I was referring to a AAA rated sovereign bond.
Know where to find such a bond?
Pause.
Pause.
Pause.
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There are people who think that CPF is not real money.
Therefore, the interest earned by CPF savings is just a lot of smoke.
Well, I think the people saying that are the ones who are producing lots of smoke.
Cough, cough.
Don’t stand too…
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Once every three months, my calculator gets more work than usual.
Yes, another three months have gone by and this is another quarterly passive income update.
As usual, I will share some of my thoughts on some of my investments before I share my…
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I shared in a recent blog on the possibility of withdrawing my CPF savings from age 55.
I also shared that my plan is really to let my CPF savings grow and to enjoy a monthly income from CPF LIFE from age 65.
See:
Withdrawing CPF savings: How…
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Although I hope I wouldn’t have to do it, if things should go terribly wrong, I might have to withdraw some savings from my CPF account in future.
So, I will have a newly created Retirement Account (RA) at age 55.
Funds will be taken from from…
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ASSI is 10 years old.
Time flies, doesn’t it?
If someone had told me 10 years ago what ASSI would become today, I would not have believed him.
Worse, I would imagine that he was from some SEO outfit trying to sell me some package of services….
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