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Stocks Are Getting Tiny. Should You Care?
A reader writes in, asking: "I'd like to ask your opinion on the announced reduced lot sizes in SGX coming in 2015. Do you think that with …
What The Shawshank Redemption Taught Me About Investing
One of my favourite movies of all time is The Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. I’m not really sure why. Maybe …
Everything That Could Go Wrong With Index Investing
Don’t tell anyone because I’m embarrassed, but I used to be a HUGE Eminem fan. I’d come home from school, use my comb as a makeshift mic, …
A Completely Biased Review of Different Investing Strategies
Investing is controversial. It’s like health, religion, politics, CPF, or Chicken McNuggets sauce - Everyone has a strong opinion about …
My New About Page Is Out!
Happy midweek Wednesday! I'll get right to it: My new About page is up! I decided to reorganise what I write about on cheerfulegg into …
Why Learning Investing is Like Watching ‘House of Cards’
Okay, I know I’m a little slow, but I just started watching the US TV series House of Cards. If you haven’t seen it yet, go see it. It is …
What Frustrates You About Learning Investing?
My Accounting 101 professor back in college had ginormous biceps. He’d flex them menacingly as he paced Huntsman Hall, and the fear of …
How To Outperform By Simply Being Half-Decent
I still remember the most horrifying moment of my student life. It was 2010 and I was doing my final exam in Financial Economics. The …