My FIRE Path: 2022 Mid Year Update – Getting Mauled by Bears (& JPOW)
Reading Time: 7 minutes If you’ve been wondering how I’ve been doing in the last 6 months, and whether I’ve been enjoying getting eaten by bears, wonder no more!
Pursuing financial independence in Singapore.
Reading Time: 7 minutes If you’ve been wondering how I’ve been doing in the last 6 months, and whether I’ve been enjoying getting eaten by bears, wonder no more!
Reading Time: 6 minutes Since 2016 the STI ETF has always been a part of my portfolio allocation, however I’m removing it going forward. Here’s why.
Reading Time: 18 minutes Everybody has to pay income tax, but there’s no sense in paying more than you need to. What if there’s a perfectly legitimate way to reduce your tax obligations that is sanctioned by the Singapore government, would you take advantage of it? How would you even start? Well, the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) is one such way. In this article, I’ll be diving into the details on how SRS works, what you can do with it, as well as an example of how I will be incorporating it into my FIRE plan.
Reading Time: 12 minutes Just got your bonus? Not sure what the best way to invest it – DCA or Lump Sum? Wonder no more as Lump Sum is the best way to go, here’s why.
Reading Time: 10 minutes After the analysis I’ve been doing on the STI ETF and the findings that came from that analysis, it’s been making me wonder if we should be investing our CPF OA monies in the STI ETF for the better returns. If you’re not yet aware, as part of the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS), the Singapore … Read more
Reading Time: 10 minutes What kind of returns would you get if you
Reading Time: 8 minutes What are the rate of returns of the STI ETF look for rolling investment windows of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 years? What’s the most likely returns you’d get based on the length of your investment and how does the length of investment affect your returns? I did the analysis and compiled the results here.
Reading Time: 18 minutes As Singaporean investors, when we talk about a Singapore-Dollar-denominated broad-based diversified stock index, the only good option we really have is the Straits Times Index. Even though it only has 30 companies, it’s the best we’ve got. But how good is it?