I am back, after 2 years, with positive updates

After a two-year hiatus from blogging, I’m back! A lot has happened during this time: we welcomed a new family member in 2023 (the last one, I promise!), we were fortunate enough to secure a BTO in Tampines North with a completion date between late 2025 and mid-2026, and my salary has seen some smallContinue reading “I am back, after 2 years, with positive updates”

CPF Balance Hits SGD 200k Milestone

Happy new year! after disappeared for 7 months, opps! A lot has happened in this unprecedented year, many wouldn’t expect that the coronavirus, a vibe word used frequently nowadays, is still spreading tirelessly across the boundaries. Countries, particularly the Western, are struggling to curb the virus successfully. Thankfully, Singapore has more or less kept theContinue reading “CPF Balance Hits SGD 200k Milestone”

eToro – Social Trading

2 months ago, I started exploring a very unique investment platform, eToro. This is a very controversial social trading portal, often labelled by others as “Scam”. Nonetheless, eToro is gradually getting accredited by reputable authorities in the world. eToro was founded in 2007, with its HQ in Cyrus (hence the suspicion in old days), notContinue reading “eToro – Social Trading”

Stock Market – Is it a V-shape Recovery?

It has been an eventful March and April, we are undergoing an unprecedented pandemic which affects greatly the norms of social interaction for human beings. A “new normality” is to continue for the foreseeable future, with huge focus in digitization and online collaboration to minimize the spread of virus. As you can see from myContinue reading “Stock Market – Is it a V-shape Recovery?”

Speculative Investment – Cryptocurrency

If you invested 100 USD in Feb 2011, when the bitcoin price is as cheap as USD 1, you would have been a millionaire today (bitcoin price is around 8,500 USD in Jan 2020). Since graduated in 2009, and started to have my own earning power, I had heard not only once from various sourcesContinue reading “Speculative Investment – Cryptocurrency”

HDB Upgrade to EC – Yay or Nay?

Parc Canberra Executive Condo is a luxury development located along Canberra Link, District 27 Singapore. Developed by Hoi Hup Realty and Sunway Development, the property has intends up to 495 units with the site area of 194,187 sqft. The land site is also well served by the new 12 hectare Sembawang Integrated Hub situated justContinue reading “HDB Upgrade to EC – Yay or Nay?”

Time in the market or Time the market?

It is probably not uncommon to hear this – time in the market is better than timing the market. These are 2 different investing philosophies, ie. waiting for market to crash before pulling the trigger, or dollar-cost-averaging every fixed period of time, ignoring the market condition. I was once a believer of stock picking, creatingContinue reading “Time in the market or Time the market?”

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