Singaporeans’ love affair with property has been well-documented. High demand for homes for staying and for investments has pushed HDB resale prices for the 31st straight month in January this year. As Singapore also faces a limited supply of homes,...

Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash Dear Readers, Thank you for coming here! Investing can be a great way to grow your wealth, but it can also be risky if you don’t know what you’re doing.  One way to mitigate risk and increase your chances of success...

Summary After Aine Wong enrolled her two dyslexic sons in swimming lessons, she was dismayed at how they were treated. This led her to start her own swimming classes for children with special needs.

On 19 February, when I blogged about “Evening with AK and friends” coming back this year, I wasn’t bluffing. Still, it does feel somewhat surreal because I didn’t plan to do this. The whole thing happened rather spontaneously in response to readers’...

A Singapore Treasury Bill issue (BS23105W) will be auctioned on Thursday, 16th March 2023. If you wish to subscribe successfully, get your order via internet banking (Cash and SRS) or in person (CPF) by 15th March. You can also apply with your CPF-OA...

Charlie Munger recently admitted that investing in Alibaba was a mistake because he underestimated the level of competition it faced as a retailer in the ecommerce space. This is true, as there are now several prominent ecommerce sites in China, incl...

A book I read recently is Edward Chancellor’s The Price of Time, published in July 2022. The book traces the history of interest rates from ancient Mesopotamia (a civilisation that dates back to 3100 B.C.) to our current era. One of the thought-provo...

Tax season is here in Singapore! And this means one thing Today’s focus is going to be on something a little bit different. Have you been engaging in online activities for a profit e.g. provision of online content? Income earned may include advertisi...

It has been two years since clients came to me for one-to-one property consultation sessions. Different homebuyers have different personal circumstances and housing needs. Some know better than others. Some are more prepared to buy. No matter which s...

Summary Meet Mdm Aini, canteen operator at Beatty Secondary School, who keeps food affordable for students and never lets them go hungry. “At least I know they have one complete meal from school,” she says