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NTUC Income Gro Capital Ease (CSN5): Guaranteed Capital + Returns of 1.85% p.a. and SRS Approved
If you’re looking for a short-term 2-year savings plan with guaranteed capital and returns of 1.85% p.a., act fast! This product is also SRS-approved.NTUC Income will be launching another limited tranche product on 23 June. The application is on a first-come,...
Principle #6: Put Science and Academic Research on Your Side
When it comes to food, what is good for our health seldom taste or sound exciting. Think bitter gourd. On the contrary, food that whets our appetite is usually high in salt or sugar content which when not consumed in moderation, results in many different health issues...
Build An Ark, Don’t Predict The Rain
My son is named Noah, after the biblical prophet who built an ark out of faith. One of Warren Buffett’s lesser-known quotes is based on Noah’s story: “Predicting the rain doesn’t count; building arks does.” Buffett was giving advice about running businesses, but the...
Investing Principle #5: Know the Difference between Advisers and Salespeople
You’re now convinced that you need to work with a financial adviser, but whom should you work with? Finding an adviser you trust can be tricky. In Singapore, many consumers think that financial advisers are salespeople who are mainly interested in selling products....
Investing Principle #4: Investing Is Hard – Get Help From A Trusted Advisor
When you are physically unwell When you feel unwell, you have two options. You can either see a doctor; or You can self-medicate In the first case, you are assured of the right diagnosis and are prescribed proper medication, follow-ups, and an MC. In the second case,...
Investing Principle #3: Invest For The Long Term
The Market Always Recovers Over the past century, we have seen numerous bear markets and recessions. In recent decades we had gone through the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, dot.com bubble in 2000 and Global Financial Crisis in 2008. Yet markets have always...
Investing Principle #2: Start Investing As Early As You Can
When you think about the span of your life, you can easily break it up into three parts. We spend a third of our lives growing up, another third maturing into various responsibilities and the final third of our lives in retirement. Given that Singapore has one of the...
Economic Results are bad and would probably get worse. Should I still invest?
The longest global expansion on record has officially ended this quarter. US GDP shrank 4.8% in Q1 while two of Europe’s largest powers, France and Spain also saw their economies contract 5.8% and 5.2% respectively. With most economies seeing their worst contraction...
Financial Planning via MoneyOwl: A Compass For Your Retirement
Its ‘lifestyle’ financial planning approach starts from a client’s current assets and shows what this means for his future. By Genevieve Cua A comprehensive personal financial plan is akin to a sturdy compass for your future financial health. But most people may not...
Investing Principle #1: Always Start With A Plan
Have you ever experienced travelling overseas without a plan, and ended up not visiting the attractions you had wanted to go? While going on a holiday without a plan may result in wasted time and a few missed attractions at best, investing without a plan could mean...
What Will Happen To My Insurance Policies If My Insurer Goes Bankrupt?
Regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), all life insurers operating in Singapore have stringent capital requirements to comply and adhere to. It requires them to have financial resources at least equal or more than the total of their underwriting and...
How Can I COVID-Proof My Financial Plans?
With the circuit breaker measures extended till 1 June, checking for daily updates on a number of COVID-19 cases has become a norm for many of us working from home. If you are waiting for the daily updates and are scanning your device for something, here’s something...
