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Personal Finance
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How to rebalance your portfolio for retirement
Building your portfolio is not a one-off event. Even if all your investments are passive, the portfolio has to be “tweaked” now and again, to...
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How to choose which CPF LIFE retirement plan is best for you
In the past, CPF retirement options were confusing. There used to be 12 different methods of getting your pension which only had subtle differences. This...
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5 things Singaporeans must have by the time they’re 50
“How much do I need to retire?” That’s the question that makes financial advisors and wealth managers sigh. It’s impossible to answer because it can...
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3 ways to make an extra $1,500 a month when you retire
When it comes to financial planning, small and specific goals are best. Aspiring to make $15,000 or $25,000 a month without working is all well...
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How hoarding money in the bank can destroy your retirement
Despite plenty of better options, many Singaporeans are still stuck with fixed deposits. Some of us are plagued with a “winning by not losing” mentality,...
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4 common budgeting strategies (that never work)
The best way to learn about budgeting is to eat food court Yong Tau Foo three weeks in a row. Because when you’re broke, that’s going...
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How to avoid paying your full credit card interest (even if you can’t pay back the full sum)
You really shouldn’t have any credit card interest. With just basic financial planning, you can ensure credit cards are only a mode of payment; not...
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Top 10 ways how billionaires actually make their money
Forbes 400 did a quick survey to find out how the 400 billionaires on their list actually made their money. Out of these 400, 127 inherited their billions (which...
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Budgeting comes second – and other habits of the rich
Everyone’s path to wealth is a little bit different. Usain Bolt can sprint his way to fame and fortune, but J.K. Rowling can’t. Then again,...
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6 affordable ways to invest for the average Singaporean
We get it, not everyone has $100,000 to sink into a well-diversified portfolio. But you have to start somewhere, or you’ll never be in that...
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How to buy shares in Malaysia and open a Malaysian brokerage account
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How to open a brokerage account in Singapore (and choose the right broker)
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How to start investing in Singapore: A practical guide for beginners (updated 2019)
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An open letter to our readers who want to win the game of stocks
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Top 10 Singapore REITs that made you money if you invested from their IPOs (updated 2019)
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Why we will be rejecting ARA Asset Management’s privatization offer of $1.78 per share
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30 years from now: how much your lifestyle will cost in 2047
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4 reasons why property may not be the best asset for retirement
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MyEG Services has crashed over 70% since the Malaysian election… what now?
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6 ways to reduce your monthly expenses… without compromising on your lifestyle
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15 things to know about CapitaLand Mall Trust before you invest (updated 2019)
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10 things I learned from the 2019 Eco World Development Group AGM
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Money FM 89.3 – Why you shouldn’t simply copy a big investor’s portfolio
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5 reasons why you shouldn’t buy a stock just because a big-name investor owns it
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8 things I learned from the 2019 Soilbuild Business Space REIT AGM
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10 things to know about Hong Leong Financial Group before you invest
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10 things I learned from The Little Book of Value Investing by Christopher H. Browne
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14 things to know about CapitaLand Commercial Trust before you invest (updated 2019)
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IFRS 16: How this new accounting standard will affect companies and your stock investments
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10 things to know about Frasers Property before you invest (updated 2019)
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Top 3 Hong Kong REITs that made you money if you invested from their IPOs (updated 2019)
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10% and beyond – how to earn a double-digit dividend yield from your investments
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12 things to know about PETRONAS Gas before you invest (updated 2019)
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