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Personal Finance
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How much of your portfolio should be in cash?
We all know it’s important to save and invest. But let’s get down to details: how much are you supposed to keep in cash? If...
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How to escape living paycheck to paycheck in Singapore
Living paycheck to paycheck is not only stressful – it’s dangerous. Here’s how to stop and turn your finances around. If your paycheck seems to vanish as soon...
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5 retirement problems Singaporeans don’t see coming
If you haven’t started saving for your retirement, you really might want to soon. Especially after reading this article. A disturbing number of Singaporeans think...
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7 unforgettable lessons from your first $10,000 credit card debt
It’s much better if you learn these lessons without amassing a huge credit card debt. For a fair number of young Singaporeans, the first major...
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4 important things to consider before paying off your debts
So you have some money left over after paying the necessary bills. That’s good news. But should that money go toward investments or toward reducing...
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4 personal finance tips that will change the way you think about money
Personal finance is 80 per cent psychology. The maths behind it is simple and all you need is what you learned in primary school: Don’t spend more...
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[QUIZ] How financially literate are you?
Are you ready? Simply answer five questions on these four topics to find out if you’re considered financially literate. (Remember to note your answers down.)...
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How to earn 6% returns “risk-free” from your CPF
Love it or loathe it, the CPF is something that all Singaporeans and PRs have to accept as a way of life here. While there...
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5 Ways You Can Earn Yourself an Early Retirement
If you’re like me, going into the fourth decade of your life, the topic of retirement becomes as engrossing as figuring where all your rock-hard abs...
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8 Money Habits Stopping You from Being Financially Stable
Being in your thirties means you should feel more financially secure. But if you’re still finding yourself living paycheck to paycheck, then you’re reading the...
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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 buy U.S. shares in Singapore (and open a U.S. brokerage account)
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How to start investing in Singapore: A practical guide for beginners (updated 2019)
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Top 10 Singapore REITs that made you money if you invested from their IPOs (updated 2020)
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5 reasons why you should attend annual general meetings if you’re an investor
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Top 5 Malaysian REITs that made you money if you invested from their IPOs (updated 2020)
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An open letter to our readers who want to win the game of stocks
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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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5 Important Factors You Need to Consider Before You Invest in Any REIT
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Top 3 Singapore blue chip stocks that earned the highest return over the past decade
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15 things to know about Sunway REIT before you invest (updated 2020)
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Here’s why Warren Buffett bought and then dumped his airline stocks once again
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14 things to know about Pavilion REIT before you invest (updated 2020)
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The good, bad, and ugly from DBS Group’s 2020 AGM and Q1 2020 results
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10 things I learned from Warren Buffett’s 2019 letter to Berkshire shareholders
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The top 10 investment & trading books recommended by experts and analysts
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12 things to know about United Plantations before you invest (updated 2020)
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3 ways Starbucks will take advantage of Luckin Coffee’s RMB2.2 billion scandal
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