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Up$ide of Simplicity: Dissecting our Emotionless Society
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Seeking Common Sense in our Personal Finance Universe. Saturday, 24 November 2012. Dissecting our Emotionless Society. A recent survey conducted by Gallup concluded that Singaporeans ranks as the most emotionless society in the world. Participants were asked whether they experienced five positive and five negative emotions a lot during the course of a day. Graphic: Bloomberg Newsweek, Source: Gallup. We do not bother to speak to unfamiliar people we meet in lifts (Same office building/HDB). This lack of ...
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Up$ide of Simplicity: The Secret life of a Credit Card Revolver
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Seeking Common Sense in our Personal Finance Universe. Saturday, 1 December 2012. The Secret life of a Credit Card Revolver. Easy Credit, Hard Repayment. The following is based on a real life event). Eugene (not his real name). Balance as at Dec 2012). Months to Pay Off. Bank C Credit Line. Bank C Term Loan (0% installment plan). Bank C Credit Card. Bank U Credit Card. Bank S Credit Card. Bank S Credit Card. Will take close to 3 years to fully clear his. Debts Even then, he would have no cash savings.
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Up$ide of Simplicity: Why young people should NEVER invest their CPF savings?
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Seeking Common Sense in our Personal Finance Universe. Thursday, 18 August 2011. Why young people should NEVER invest their CPF savings? In the course of conducting investment reviews for my younger clients, I have observed that many of them have invested a large portion of their CPF monies and have suffered substantial losses due to the 2008 recession. I will put forward several reasons why young people below the age of 30 should never invest their CPF monies. Large capital outlay ahead. When I was work...
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Up$ide of Simplicity: Myths and Truths of the Life Insurance Industry
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Seeking Common Sense in our Personal Finance Universe. Wednesday, 25 January 2012. Myths and Truths of the Life Insurance Industry. I have plagiarized this image from my friend, Seth Wee’s website. Do visit the original site by clicking this link. I would like to dispel a few myths that aspiring life advisers may have and also set the expectations right. For other readers, it might also be helpful to know the challenges that your life insurance agent may be facing. One can earn unlimited income. Ability ...
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Up$ide of Simplicity: The Sandwich Generation in Singapore
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Seeking Common Sense in our Personal Finance Universe. Friday, 26 August 2011. The Sandwich Generation in Singapore. The Economist has recently published an interesting article highlighting the relationship between age and happiness in a 1. World country like US. This happiness index is popularly known as the U bend of life. Look at the graph below and see if you are able to find any interesting observations? Source: The Economist, Dec 2010 edition. The findings of the study are as follows: Stress. The s...
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My Knowledge Bank: Daily Morning Watch - 17 October 2012
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Watch dollars and cents grow! Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Daily Morning Watch - 17 October 2012. S non-oil exports fell 3.4% YoY ( 2.3% expected) vs -10.7% (revised) in August reported the International Enterprise Singapore . Electronics exports dropped 16.4% YoY vs -11.0% in August. CapitaLand Ltd (CAPL)'s serviced-apartment unit Ascott may launch a yuan-denominated real-estate investment trust to fund its expansion in China according to the unit's chief interviewed by Dow Jones. In Europe ,. Dongyue G...
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My Knowledge Bank: October 2012
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Watch dollars and cents grow! Monday, October 22, 2012. Daily Market Watch - 22 Oct 2012. Fraser and Neave Ltd (FNN): While Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) announced it is negotiating a potential takeover bid for the Co with certain parties, Japan 's Kirin Holdings is among those parties involved, reported Reuters citing sources. Tiger Airways (TGR) said it has obtained from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia a new air operator's certificate free of restrictions. PetroChina (857)'s parent g...
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My Knowledge Bank: Daily Market Watch - 15 October 2012
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Watch dollars and cents grow! Monday, October 15, 2012. Daily Market Watch - 15 October 2012. Singapore and Germany have agreed have agreed to adopt the Standard for Exchange of Information for tackling cross-border tax evasion, announced Germany's finance ministry. In Europe ,. S M2 money supply was up 14.8% YoY at end-September ( 13.7% expected) vs 13.5 at end-August according to the central bank. ZTE Corp (763) projected a 3Q net loss of 1.90-2.00B yuan vs a net income of 299M yuan in the prev...Sany ...
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