Frankly, my liking for candles isn’t really about the way it smells. Rather, it’s about the way it looks that can add variety and colour to my home decor, and the ambiance it creates when you light a couple of them up. From the warm glow of a candle...
As I’m sure all of you have heard by now. We finally have a conclusion to the Credit Suisse saga. Because UBS has agreed to buy out Credit Suisse, supported with a liquidity backstop from the Swiss National Bank. With things like this though – the de...
On 12 March 2023, Signature Bank, which was based in New York, was closed by banking regulators in the USA. Its closure happened in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s high-profile collapse just a few days prior. Silicon Valley Bank was dealing with a...
We chat with Fund Manager, Chong Ser Jing during a Premium Members’ event. Ser Jing runs the Compounder Fund which focuses in finding great growth companies that can compound returns for a long period of time. There is no ads to display, Please add s...
Summary The world is facing a food crisis. The UN World Food Programme warned that “a record 345 million acutely hungry people are marching to the brink of starvation”. Soybeans are the world’s most traded crop, a key ingredient in most animal feed....
One key highlight of Budget 2023 is the coming changes to the CPF contribution ceiling. In order to help Singaporeans save more for retirement, the salary ceiling will gradually go up from the current level of S$6,000 to S$8,000. What does this chang...
Individual Income Tax Season 2023 is here. The period that you can file your income tax will be from 1 March 2023 to 18 April 2023. There will be some changes this year which will only be affecting the top 1% of Singapore which I will be sharing belo...
The headlines which grabbed my attention this morning were two. First, that Credit Suisse would be purchased by its Swiss rival, UBS, for 3 billion Swiss Francs. Second, that S&P downgraded First Republic Bank further into junk as the US$30 billi...
Saving money don’t need to be boring or hard. With some creativity you can make saving money fun and exciting. If you are looking for money-saving challenges to help you save, here is the complete list of savings challenges to try to start putting aw...
It has been a long time since I last write-up on Global Investment Limited (“GIL”). GIL used to be one of my favourite counters as I find its market trading price to be grossly undervalued to its net asset value (which is mostly reflecting fair value...