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If you have been following my blogs, you might remember that I have been buying T-bills and Singapore Savings Bonds. The…
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If you have been following my blogs, you might remember that I have been buying T-bills and Singapore Savings Bonds. The…
This blog is in response to a reader who asked if he has missed the boat for OCBC and IREIT…
“Bankruptcy petitions are on the rise amid interest rate hikes, growing inflationary pressures and the expiry of pandemic support measures…
So, the Fed has increased interest rate by 0.25% and Mr. Market likes it.Tech stocks are higher and even Bitcoin…
I blog about the importance of having an emergency fund from time to time.More importantly, we should have an adequate…
Just a quick blog to share my latest YouTube video.All my YouTube videos are between 1 minute to 3 minutes…
On 5 Jan 23, in what has become an annual activity, I shared my CPF numbers here in ASSI.After topping…
I shared in my last blog that my plan was to keep buying 6 months T-bills every month with cash…
Long time regular readers of my blog might remember that I like saying the government is working hard to help…
I don’t know if this qualifies as a Chinese New Year tradition. The elders in the extended family would almost always…
Change is the real constant in life, many would say.Back in June 2020, I published a blog on how worried…
This blog is in response to a reader’s comment on Sabana REIT being taken over by a substantial shareholder.I was…
I applied for both 6 months T-bills this month.The first one had a cut-off yield of 4.2% p.a.The second one…
Restarting my YouTube channel a few months ago, I didn’t think it would stick.When I started the channel 12 years…
It feels like I have been publishing many of such blogs in recent months.It means that I have not been…
In case I forget, this is a reminder to myself to get more T-bills.Although I didn’t blog about it, I…
This blog was inspired by a conversation I had with my father recently.He asked if I had enough money because…
It is probably no secret that AK is pretty reclusive.The COVID 19 pandemic has made AK even more reclusive, if…
Last year, it was almost $1.1 million in CPF savings.This year, it is more than $1.1 million in CPF savings.Confession.AK…
AK did not get to be lazy in 4Q 2022 as reallocation of resources continued in the quarter.2022 has turned…
How did my recent application for Singapore Savings Bond go?The application used the remaining $14,000 I originally earmarked for CPF…
Well, the results are out bright and early this time.I know it is the afternoon and not morning but it…
This is just a quick blog to remind myself what I am going to do this week.Yes, more of AK…
Regular readers might remember that AK didn’t sound too interested in 6 months T-bills anymore in a recent blog.Why?Simply put,…
I am just talking to myself about some things an article in The Straits Times has mentioned.How to help young…
A reader asked if it is better to put our emergency funds in Singapore Dollar fixed deposits or in Singapore…
The Fed has spoken and does Mr. Market like it?Well, to be clear, interest rates are not going down anytime…
One week ago, I blogged about the 6 months T-bill with a yield of 3.9% p.a.I said that I was…
The Straits Times has an article titled “Close to half of Singaporeans don’t have enough savings to tide through an…
The Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) was 2.44x oversubscribed in October which led to almost every applicant who applied for more…