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My FIRE Path : Looking back at 2019 progress, lessons learned and my goals for 2020

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Reading Time: 14 minutes Photo by Swapnil Bapat on Unsplash What a year! What a year. Even though 2018 ended disastrously, the performance of 2019 completely made up for it. Since the major drop in at the end of last year, the market in 2019 went on to grow over 28%. Anybody who was buying into the market during … Read more

“Average Singaporeans” cannot retire early – findings from OCBC Financial Wellness Index

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Reading Time: 12 minutes The “average Singaporeans” cannot retire early… Well… that’s not good. That’s an interesting conclusion that I came to after looking at the results of what OCBC released this past week. (This is not a sponsored post.) On Monday 15th July 2019 OCBC released what they called “Singapore’s First Financial Wellness Index.” The study involved a … Read more

Minimum Portfolio Value for Financial Independence in Singapore

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Reading Time: 19 minutes So – if you’re like me – since you’ve learned about this FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early) thing, you’ve been super excited to get started. You’re super pumped to plan your savings journey down to the day when you can say “SAYONARA!” to having to work to make a living forever. However, you’re not … Read more