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Jun 28, 20205 min read
A Tuition-Free Childhood is Possible
Back in the 70s when I was born, my parents were already acquainted with the idea of early childhood education. They had read Glenn...
Jun 25, 20204 min read
Endowment Plans: My Forgotten Pots of Gold
With bank deposit interest rates nosediving, people are making a beeline for short-term endowment plans with promises of guaranteed...
Jun 22, 20206 min read
How to Bounce Back Stronger After Retrenchment
You've been praying that it won't happen to you, but the inevitable has unfortunately taken place. Doesn't matter that you've been loyal...
Jun 20, 20206 min read
Ways of Building Up a War Chest
In mid February 2020, we woke up to a peculiar sight in our garden. Out of nowhere, a family of geese suddenly appeared, wandered about...
Jun 18, 20209 min read
MaxiMiserMom's Principles of Investing
Today, I put "pen to paper" what I've picked up about investing over the last 18 years. I'm not doing so because I think I'm some kind of...
Jun 16, 20204 min read
Arbitrage: Making a Risk-Free S$16,600
I was researching deposit interest rates for my article on the Best Place to Park S$2 Million for 3 Months when a light bulb went off in...
Jun 15, 202010 min read
How to Get Ahead in a Job Hunt
Two days ago, I read an insightful piece on what jobless 20-somethings are doing these days. The author talked about the difficulty his...
Jun 13, 20205 min read
What does the Future hold for us?
I read with a heavy heart the list of businesses which have closed down due to COVID-19. Among the casualties are entrepreneurs I...
Jun 9, 20207 min read
How to Recession-Proof Your Household
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered global lockdowns and literally stopped life in its tracks for almost everyone across the world. Even...
Jun 6, 20204 min read
Showdown of Premier Banking Accounts
I recently wrote about starting private banking relationships to take advantage of their welcome rewards. Welcome rewards are similarly...
Jun 3, 20204 min read
How I Bought 8 Properties in 10 Years (Part Four)
The second house we purchased in 2012 was the 8th and final property we bought in the span of 10 years. The house was bought off-plan...
Jun 3, 20205 min read
How I Bought 8 Properties in 10 Years (Part Three)
Both 2011 and 2012 were busy years for us property-wise. Aside from the purchase and subsequent sale of a commercial building near Little...
Jun 2, 20204 min read
How I Bought 8 Properties in 10 Years (Part Two)
Life got even crazier for Hubby and me after acquiring our third property. We had 2 businesses to manage and were working 24/7. Sleep and...
Jun 2, 20207 min read
How I Bought 8 Properties in 10 Years (Part One)
I hailed from an upper-middle class family where both my parents were well-educated professionals. My parents were frugal, avid...
May 31, 20206 min read
Best Place to Park S$2 Million for 3 Months
In today's tumultuous market, many hold the view that cash is king. It was recently reported that Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on a...
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