We are now at the halfway mark of 2019 – time flies! In this Q2 2019 portfolio update, we will look into portfolio updates and a brief commentary of the markets once again. The US-China trade rhetoric has bounced between opposite ends of the spectrum in recent months following the …
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It wasn’t too long ago that the industry saw its first retail private equity bonds opened up to retail investors. One year after Astrea IV was issued, Singaporeans are once again anticipating the launch of these bonds. But why? Singaporeans love income investing. From the recent surge in REIT prices, …
Long story short: if you’d like a simple, passive approach to portfolio investing, I think you’d like StashAway. Welcome to my StashAway review. This is a non-sponsored review of StashAway, a robo-advisor launched in Singapore in 2016. Not sure how to start with $10,000? Read this or read on! Robo-advisors: …
Interactive Brokers is one of my favourite online brokerages for buying overseas stocks. Its low cost, great platform and excellent FX rates means that I can build an overseas portfolio easily without paying too much commissions on local brokerages like Standard Chartered and DBS. A quick introduction Interactive Brokers (IB) …
You’ve probably heard it countless times – diversify your investments, don’t put all your eggs into one basket. Equity ETFs offer an excellent way to build a diversified portfolio of stocks. In Singapore, you might have probably heard of the STI, the index that tracks the performance of the top …
What gets measured gets managed. It isn’t surprising that I apply a bit of what I do professionally into my personal finances – analytics. In order to understand my spending habits, I decided to track my monthly expenses to derive some insights so that it can be managed! Background and …
The first three months of 2019 has seen global equities rebound significantly following last December’s sharp sell-off, driven by a less hawkish Fed and perceived progress made in trade talks between the United States and China. With geopolitical tensions and mixed economic data threatening to grind the decade-long bull run …
I feel that this question gets raised quite occasionally over the course of my university life and rightfully so, students are generally concerned about how to land their dream job. I have been through at least 20 interviews and landed offers for almost 75% of them over my entire life, …
This is an interesting topic that I was asked by a friend to share my thoughts on, and probably one that might be of interest to a wider pool of readers – hence I thought of penning some of my thoughts and analysis down in this post. Comparing apples and …
I previously blogged about the benefits and how to get started with Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB), which are a terrific way for Singaporeans to invest their money in – even aunties and uncles can beat inflation! Recently, there’s news that the government has plans to increase the deposit limit to …