What happened? We’ve seen how the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank led to a flight to safety and a lower 6-month T-bill yield of 3.65% in the auction on 16 March. The financial turmoil eventually spread to European banks, driving the takeover of Cred...
You suddenly receive an ALL CAPS email from your boss. You are told to do something immediately. No question asked. Do you trust your boss and do it right away? Or you think the email account has been hacked and delete the message? Will you at least...
It has been a while since I last updated my portfolio on this blog, with the last update being in September 2022. Firstly, I had a change in strategy with my editor, Ram, which took away some of my time. Additionally, my family requires more of my a...
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When something seems too good to be true, chances are it probably is. While the crime rate in Singapore is generally lower, phishing scams are rising. In 2022, we had some prominent ones – One-Time Password (OTP) scams, Carousell scams, and property...
At 19 years of age, Rachel Lim’s enterprising spirit led her to take a leap of faith to start her own business while she was still an undergraduate at the Nanyang Technological University. 13 years on, her homegrown fashion business not only went bey...
In investing, risk and return are closely correlated; as you seek higher returns, you also have to take on more risk. This is true on the other end of the spectrum as well. Low-risk investments tend to have comparatively lower returns. Low risk-low r...
When people say Singapore city centre, what comes to mind (or my mind at least) is usually high-rise buildings, super modern facilities and, well, sometimes a rather soulless environment. Hence, I was very pleased to re-discover the Carlisle Road lan...
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) or BAC is the second largest banking institution in the US after JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and is widely regarded as one of the Big 4 US banks, with Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) rounding up the B...
In my last article on gold on 4 December 2021, I made the argument that gold price was set for a big fall in 2022 due to the possibility of US interest rate hike. I also highlighted that a drop in gold price would represent good buying opportunities...