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Moving on: Saving to Investing

Moving on: Saving to Investing

Last year I started my series on saving, the definition of saving, reason for saving and some ways to help us budget and save.  I do hope you have instilled the discipline of saving, or at least have started to instill the discipline of saving. To be honest, it is not a one-time event but more of a daily struggle and challenge to ward off unnecessary spending, giving in to our wants, making excuses that it is a need and…

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Auntie Weng’s 5 Reasons or Excuses Why People Don’t Become Truly Rich

Auntie Weng’s 5 Reasons or Excuses Why People Don’t Become Truly Rich

Auntie Weng’s 5 Reasons or Excuses Why People Don’t Become Truly Rich (Transition from Old Auntie Weng to a New Juan)                                                       Being relatively a newbie to the financial literacy thingy, having only taken control of my finances and started debt management, taking insurance and health protection seriously and begun dabbling in investing initially…

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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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Feb 2015 Trip – Happiness in Simple Things

Feb 2015 Trip – Happiness in Simple Things

Don’t get me wrong.  My trip to Manila last Feb 2015 was not all disappointments.  It was mostly a laid back trip with just running errands, celebrating my birthday, spending time with the family and eating nice food especially desserts, as it is very rare to find nice desserts in SG. Errands Completed: COL account application for my nieces and nephews in preparation for the Mutual Fund being offered in COL. We went to COL office in Tektite to physically…

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