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Taking the First Step to SGX Investing

Taking the First Step to SGX Investing

Yehey! Admiring the view after attending the DBS Vickers sponsored training about their trading platform.  It’s a breath of fresh air to see the city on a weekday given that I live in a province in the West side called Jurong West.☺ I have taken this first step to get to know DBS Vickers trading platform & to start exploring investing in stocks or ETF in Singapore, my second home. I felt like a fish out of water because I…

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EPAL Series: 1 – Investing in Mutual Funds

EPAL Series: 1 – Investing in Mutual Funds

EPAL Series is a series inspired by the movie “Dumb and Dumber”.  One guy is a clueless but interested investor and the other guy is the EPAL friend (a know it all type who wants to give advice even if he doesn’t know anything about that particular topic). Follow the journey of Peter and John who are very good friends. John is a clueless investor wannabe and Peter is real estate investor and a very arrogant know-it-all guy who wants to give unsolicited…

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Finally, I took the plunge!

Finally, I took the plunge!

Finally, I took the plunge! Hahaha…  Shocking opening line but yes, I am happy to say that I have finally taken the plunge.  But it may not be the plunge you are thinking of.  I have diversified my portfolio and invested in real estate – a condormitel which I am initially planning to pay for 10 years in time for my semi-retirement plan and will be a source of a portion of my income replacement.  Why 10 years?  Because this…

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It’s Never Too Late To Grow Up

It’s Never Too Late To Grow Up

Do you want to know a secret?  Shhhh…   I am a conservative feminist.  This may come as a shock to my friends.  In this day and age, I still believe in happy endings, that there should be a proper courtship initiated by men, that men should be the main provider and thus should provide shelter by buying a property while they are still single. This is one of the reasons why I never considered investing in real estate before.  Because I…

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