Retirement Planning
AIG meltdown: Is your AIA policies safe?
By this time it is quite evident that AIG have a massive credit problem and are scrambling to short up its credit lines. What is concerning Singaporeans are whether their policies are safe. Patrick Lim from PromiseLand, an IFA house posted abit of guidance on his blog. In it he mentioned about how this debacle [...]
Retirement Advice for Twenty Somethings
I thought i will put this up as well. Its a good article that its not all about saving and not having fun. its finding the right balance in life. From Portfolio.com: A reader writes: As a “younger investor” myself looking for ways to retire with millions (we can all dream), I’ve been trying to [...]
Spending habits: Can you just change them like this?
I came across this quote on Portfolio.com that i find particular interesting. What happens is the writer talks about promoting financial wellness in his retirement advice to twenty somethings. This is a response from a reader Bryan Keller: The whole act of saving money is one they relies heavily on actions that run contrary to [...]
The ETF Book: All You Need to Know About Exchange-Traded Funds
ETFs are a great tool for the average investors. Well, they are fantastic tools, if you live in the US. For Singapore folks, there are ETFs listed on SGX as well as HK stock exchange to choose from as well. Here in an audio interview at financial sense, the author explains What are ETFs What [...]
US Consumers:Desperate means to raise cash
I was away for 2.5 weeks. Not a long time, but to me it is an eternity away from the market. I came back to see the same state of affairs in the US consumer market as it was if not worse then i left. This article is interesting. While i empathize with the people [...]
