As someone whose career is built on providing advisory on wealth management and retirement planning, using property to fund your retirement albeit offering good passive income especially in Singapore, is not the most optimal choice. While there is definitely the appeal of a tangible asset to see and touch, whatContinue Reading
Lately there was news of a teenage girl who spent $20,000 buying in-game currency for Genshin Impact, an award winning open world RPG mobile game, and it was only when her dad checked his credit card bill did he find out about what his daughter had been up to. ThisContinue Reading
As I sat in church yesterday contemplating the sermon message, I realised that since my last blog article almost exactly two years ago, my life as I knew it has evolved. It is amazing to think about how a short span of 700 odd days can change things around soContinue Reading
The issue of retirement planning has always been of great interest to me because like planning for a long holiday, retirement is also a very long journey that needs a lot of pre-planning. But because the destination is a far way off, and also because it is such a tedious job to prepareContinue Reading
Okay I am going for something possibly ludicrous for some but I’ve worked out the numbers and it seems totally possible. And so earlier this year I blogged about my retirement plan which I decided would be derived from rental yield received from a portfolio of properties. Based on myContinue Reading
Money and numbers is in my blood. It has been since the day I chose Commerce as my course of education in college. I did surprisingly well – having no issues differentiating between the debits and credits, balancing the accounts and understanding the principles behind the accounting policies. But IContinue Reading
Two weeks ago, I picked up one of Robert Kiyosaki’s book titled Rich Kid Smart Kid. Now I heard of his first book Rich Dad Poor Dad way back in 2003 when I was a financial adviser. At that time, his books were selling like hotcakes and so many peopleContinue Reading