Stay Invested For The Long Term? Think Again.
Although it helps you capture the returns from the stock market, here are some things that you should take note of and not follow blindly.
Why Most Needs Can Be Covered By Term Insurance?
Mark is a good friend of mine. Some years back he had the opportunity of his life time to build his dream house on a piece of land given to him by his grandfather and he had a budget of $1 million. After many months of construction and renovation, it was finally completed. When Mark […]
To Do Well In Your Investments, Ignore Market Outlooks
A year ago, at about this time, market watchers were generally pessimistic about 2019. After all, just a month ago on Christmas Eve of 2018, markets (represented by MSCI World Index) fell by 11.76% as fears of an impending trade war between China and US grew. We started 2020 with similar sentiments. Besides having the […]
How Should Investors Respond To Trade Wars?
Many years ago, a foreigner made a joke about our army in front of me. He said our army is like boy scouts, only good for marching during National Day Parade because unlike other armies, we have never experience going into wars. Of course, being still an NSman, I was offended. I told him firmly […]
Can We Retire in Singapore?
A common question posed to me at conferences and panel discussions is: “Can we retire in Singapore?” It seems that many Singaporeans are worried that they can’t. Sometimes, foreign institutions and so-called experts add to the anxiety by mistakenly measuring Singapore’s system against their methods. In a 2017 report, The Global Savings Gap, the International […]
In A High-Tech World, The People Behind The Technology Matters
Dentist. Many people hate to visit one. I can’t say I love to visit dentists but I don’t loathe it. That is because I have a very experienced dentist who is very gentle, good at her work and extremely reassuring. Six days ago, I had my implant surgery done. Implant surgery is a pretty rough […]
Do Not Use Short Term Information to Make Long Term Decisions
People always tell me that the financial services industry is an exciting industry to be in. Every day, either in the papers, on TV, radio or on social media, analysts will predict what will happen to the markets. Even non-professionals join in this game of guessing. In the latest run-up to where the markets will […]
Term Insurance: The Sensible Way to Insure Yourself
About a month ago, I gave a talk at the Seedly Personal Finance Festival entitled “Insurance – Cutting Out the Fluff” to an audience of almost 1200 young people. In the talk, I shared about how most of our needs can be solved by using low cost term insurances and there is no need to […]
Can We Use The Yield Curve To Predict A Stock Market Crash?
Many investors enjoy predicting when the next stock market crash is going to occur. So anything that can apparently predict such a crash is often sought after by investors—much like adventurers used to search for the mythical Holy Grail. One stock crash indicator that has risen in popularity in recent years is known as the […]
