First of all, apologies for the lack of posting as I just came back from my trip from Taiwan which my friends and I did our main objective of the trip which is to cycle. During our time there, we also witness a nice fireworks display and we also walked around a few of the…
The Great Singapore Sale Stock Market Is Here Again
Every two to three years, we seemed to have a variety of the Great Singapore Sale in the stock market that are back and enticing investor’s appetite to invest into the market. With the STI index now down close to 20% from the recent peak, it appears to have given the cash investors another test…
Why You Should Try Out Purchasing Your Stuff From IUIGA?
Following my last week’s article on some of the savings strategies I used for buying groceries, I’ll be sharing another of our favorite savings tips when it comes to buying some of our furnitures & fittings and lifestyle products. About a year ago, my wife chanced upon a website called IUIGA, an online platform portal that…
What Happens to F.I.R.E When A Recession Strikes?
In the eyes of the world, F.I.R.E means not actively working which means you don’t get any sorts of income and have to depend on living off your passive income in order to survive. Many people that I know who’ve achieved F.I.R.E are either invested in: High Credit Rating Bonds – This applies to those…
What People Misunderstood About My Combo Savings Strategy
When my recent article got published on Yahoo Money Matters (Link Here if you are interested), there were many attacks remarks on the comments section and also on the social media and hardwarezone forum in particular to the way I save on things. They think that by being able to get to where I am today, I…
What Would You Do For 10% Raise In Salary?
I stumbled upon this article (Link Here) which they gathered about 1,200 Americans people to survey what would these people give up in order to get a 10% immediate raise in their salary. The question is of course, hypothetical in nature and by no means reflects an opinion which we might personally have it ourselves…
$750K – Third Milestone Target Reached!!!
As part of a larger picture to keep track of my financial independence journey, I had planted a few checkpoint to stop and check if I needed to amend any of my strategy and also to give myself a pat on the back for the small achievement each time a milestone is completed. This is…
First Month of My New Work
This is a continuation of a follow up post which I blogged earlier in the month (See here). The end of working hours today means I managed to complete the first full month cycle at my new work environment. My body clock has started to adjust to the earlier timing I had to wake up…
M1 – Potential GO Dejavu ?
By now, you would have probably heard the news buzzing around surrounding the potential buyout for M1 takeover with two of its largest shareholder Keppel T&T which owns 19.3% and SPH which owns 13.5% dealing with a potential buyer on the cards. There’s not much details on the news that have been shared and I…
Investing Action Is Minimal Activity
One of the important traits of a successful investor is being able to gather information and do sufficient research on the company he is eyeing for, wait patiently on the sideline and execute when value emerges from that opportunity. For many successful investors, investing action is a minimal activity. They would spend hundreds of hours…