One little known fact, your CPF Medisave account is earning the same interest as your CPF Special Account, which is currently 4%. For most CPF members who have been working for many years, your Medisave account should typically be maxed out at $62k currently. However, for various reasons, if you would like to voluntarily top-up [...]
I have always been fascinated with the psychology of money and how it plays on people's minds. This led me to find this book that I find provided many interesting insights to how our brain works counter-intuitively, when we deal with money. This book is called 'Mind over Money' by Claudia Hammond. Among the dozens [...]
Interesting short documentary on how a few individuals spend their retirement years living on $1-2k a month.
Just finished this book and thought they were a few interesting points worth sharing for you and for myself as well. Hope you find them insightful and serve as a good reminder. "Nobody wants to be sold. They want instead to be educated, particularly when it comes to something as important as their retirement. They [...]
According to the Straits Times article, 4,616 women below the age of 54 were diagnosed with breast cancer from 2011 to 2015. This compares to 4,577 from 2006 to 2010. This represents an increase of about 8.5%. However for late-stage breast cancer, the figures seem a lot more alarming increasing by a whooping 400% over [...]
Author makes some interesting arguments for not combining her finances with her fiance that I believe is an interesting topic to discuss especially in today's environment.
Reflections in this post is taken with reference from a very interesting article about the beginnings of Stephen Schwarzman, the Co-founder of the world's largest alternative investment firm, Blackstone.
List of movies I would highly recommend to watch with your family and kids to inspire and teach them some life lessons.
As part of my job, understanding how our CPF system works is crucial in strategizing financial plans for my clients. I am also privileged to work with clients who work in CPF and IRAS, and who have much more knowledge and experience than I do. The more I find out about our CPF system, the [...]
Having met hundreds of people and clients, and helping them gain visibility of their financial state, it is surprising to meet a fair share of people who still have no idea what their numbers are. By numbers, I'm referring to what their average expenses are on a monthly basis. If you have ballpark figure at [...]
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