2022 was a year like none other. We witnessed the pinnacle and trough of the stock market, crypto market and bond market. In the beginning of the year, a lot of people speculated about how the Fed would combat inflation. Most people would have antici...
There’s less than a month before the Year of the Tiger ends, and as I reflect upon my 48th year in this world, what a dramatic year this has been. The year has not been easy. Invasion of Ukraine. Rising interest rates. High inflation. My business tu...
In early Dec 22, I wrote about uniQure’s latest development on their AMT-061 gene therapy treatment. They have made headlines as the world’s most expensive drug. uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE) – World’s Most Expensive Medicine For this post, I take a mor...
Merry Christmas! Since you’re reading this on Christmas Day, we decided to share 3 pieces of good news to make your day merry and bright. #1 – The yield on the latest 6-month T-bill auction was at 4.28%, despite a general decline in bond yields glob...
Dear all Last Friday, personal protection equipment (“PPE”) and glovemakers rallied as much as 3% – 36% in a single day (See Table 1 below). This outperformance may be attributed to concerns that the Covid situation in China may worsen with more infe...
Please click and read this disclaimer if you wish to continue with the contents below. Property investment I have been updating my property investment journey since 2019 because it is my biggest one time investment in term of quantum. After the pur...
Writing this post was a lot more difficult than I’m letting on, and to tell the truth, a lot more disappointing even though I tried to mentally prep myself for this scenario playing out. 15th December 2022 seemed like a normal Thursday for the rest o...
Before I continue, my personal thought is that if you are looking for quick capital gains through stock price appreciation of China funeral service-related stocks, you might have probably missed the boat. The hype around these stocks was already evid...
This may seem irrelevant to the younger crowd from the picture ( disinfectant? What??), but the purpose behind this post is something that can help you save a buck or 2. When I started my FIRE journey back in July 2022, I took over the household chor...
For context, Maple Finance is a protocol that provides undercollateralized lending/borrowing. Very much similar to the now bankrupt Celsius/Hodlnaut, perhaps better in some ways since more info is available for on-chain sleuths. Octagonal Trading (se...