Readers who follow my blog will know that I’m a huge weirdo. For example, I used to be obsessed over trading books. I’d spend hours in the …
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One-Sentence Financial Rules
When it comes to investing, most of the really important stuff is actually really simple. It only sounds complicated because your financial …
How To Invest While Having A Life
First, a quick announcement: This Sunday, at 9am Singapore Time, I’m going to release Automatic Investing to the world. By this point …
Investing Is More Than Just About The Money (Plus: The Launch Date!)
I used to worry a lot. It sounds silly now, but I used to worry that one day, I'd wake up and realize that I wouldn't be able to support …
The Biggest Mistake That Beginner Investors Make
Let’s say that you wanted to learn tennis. What’s the first thing you should focus on? Should you figure out which racquet to buy? Whether …
What Valentine’s Day Taught Me About Planning Ahead
There are a couple of timeless truths about Valentine’s Day: Restaurants will charge you crazy prices for a mass-produced prix fixe …
What’s Good To Invest In “Right Now?”
One of the side effects of being a personal finance blogger is that relatives love asking me for financial advice. This Chinese New Year, …
The Myth of the Successful Money Manager
I love to laugh at the fancy ads that fund management companies take out on the MRT. They'll say things like "Hey, we're superdamnawesome at …
How I Deal With Mistakes
I’ve always had a problem with shoes: No pair of shoes lasts me for more than eight months. No, really. I’m a shoe-serial killer, and I …