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7 Financial Lessons I learnt travelling 1900km to surprise my girlfriend for Valentine's Day
It’s 5am, 25th of February. I’m stranded in the airport in Bangkok as I’m typing this out. Money Maverick’s (limited) rep as a Financial...
My Financial Advisor Left Me, Why? What now?
Find the right one for you at Match.com. Uh, I mean - get a new one. ----- One of the fun things about writing again is figuring out what...
CPF 70 Years Old? What does it mean?
The psychology behind this move and the 'L --- So. This happened. In summary, there was a big hoo-hah about the CPF payout allegedly...
An Earnest Conversation
A story and a message for everyone's financial new year. I got feedback recently that my stuff has been getting a bit too promotional....
Investing is like Trying to Eat Chocolate...in the Desert
It's really hard. --- One of my favorite stories/life experiences is when I had to go to Australia for an army exercise. If you’re...
Nobody cares about your money more than you…WRONG!
This started with a post on Seedly a few weeks where a contributor, Jiang Jun - shared his negative experience with losing $3600. In...
Looking at Where Debt Has Gone: A Review
For my friend Jonathan Loh. Talking about economics is not my forte, but a reader requested for my opinion on this particular article so...
A Story of Wealth Creation, and Why Investing Isn't a Zero-sum game
ft. Some Simple Investment Concepts I recently got especially annoyed at someone who had been giving fairly bad advice. Maybe it was...
6 Critical Illnesses You have ZERO coverage for - including Singapore's Top Killer (Part II)
Last week, I covered some of the ‘newer’ Critical Illnesses that were introduced to the Life Insurance Association’s framework in 2009....
Not Salty, Just Honest - Debunking MoneyOwl on Planning
I had a engaging discussion on Unit Trusts with MoneyOwl CEO, Chuin Ting Weber, a week back so I was pretty thrilled to see the team...
My Philosophy as a Financial Advisor and FAQ I get from Clients
My last two weeks were spent in confinement, i.e., Reservist and although it has not been great on work, it did provide me with time to...
Clearing debts early for a "Peace of Mind" is Overrated - Here's why
A huge range of opportunities open up once you're willing to step out of your comfort zone. There's this line that's been bothering me a...
Shots Fired - 06/11/18
Uncomfortable questions, even for a Maverick. I was at Reservist and it killed me not to be able to produce my own content or have more...
Why 100% of passive fund managers underperform benchmarks*
In late 2016, the Financial Times reported that 99% actively-managed US funds were underperforming. In 2017, Fortune titled their piece,...
Her $6k salary is better than your $10k - Here's why
A critical viewpoint that helps you increase your financial and personal value. As a struggling student just a few short years ago, it...
When it comes to Insurance, Prioritise your Early Critical Illness Plan
The way I see Early Critical (ECI) is that it's a way of evening out the odds. As tech advances, the average Singapore life expectancy...
Response to Budget Babe's Open Letter: Probably kinda sorta right...
So. Budget Babe recently released an open letter to insurance agents. It was about as well-received as you can expect; she’s a much...
Ditch the Efficient Market Hypothesis if you want to Beat the Market
The EMH stands for the Efficient Market Hypothesis (aka Efficient Market Theory) and it's an investment theory about how share prices...
#FinancialFriday - Do you actually know why you are getting insurance?
How many insurance policies do you have? I've met many different types of clients throughout my career as a Financial Advisor (FA). One...























