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5 Surprising Truths About Investing in Real Estate
Singaporeans are absolutely crazy about property. Whenever I walk into a bookstore, I see shelves upon shelves of real estate investing books with pictures greasy men in business suits on the cover,...
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The 2012 Cheerfulegg Review
All the blogs in the world are reviewing 2012 at the moment. In summary, the world didn’t end, Obama got re-elected, the Euro crisis didn’t blow up, and most importantly, Singapore saw a record number...
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Passive Investing: The Movie
It’s only 2 weeks into 2013 and I’m already swamped! These few weeks are absolutely packed for me, with work guzzling most of my brain fuel, and an upcoming work trip to Beijing. I’m also sticking with...
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You Only Live Once
I’m a HUGE fan of Lonely Island. Came across this awesome music video titled YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, feat Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar (who?). I love it because it makes fun of people who take risk a...
View ArticleThe Art of Doing Nothing
This post from Barry Ritholtz (The Big Picture) was too awesome not to share. He talks about why doing nothing is often the best way to invest: Don’t do something, anything, just for the sake of it. If...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading This Week
Do Millennials Stand A Chance in the Real World? (NYT) Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (Raptitude) Meet the Man Who Sold His Fate to Investors for $1 A Share (Wired) - crazy dude who took the...
View ArticleWhy You Should Invest In Yourself
I have the sleeping habits of a 65-year old. No, really. Stop laughing. My girlfriend makes fun of me endlessly for it. On weeknights, I totally need to be in bed by midnight, or I’d be so grumpy and...
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The No-Stress Investment Strategy
I once had this Econometrics professor back in college. He was young, Brazilian, super intelligent, and had an insane pleasure in messing with our heads. Once, he gave me the most stressful...
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Why Your Friends Aren’t Investing Yet
So I was giving a talk at my old junior college, encouraging final-year seniors to apply to an overseas college like Penn. After the talk, a student came up to me and asked how he could afford the...
View ArticleThe Most Effective Way to Research Your Investments (Plus the Launch of my...
Singapore’s been encased in a shroud of haze for the past week. Because I’m a total wuss when it comes to poisonous airborne particles, I decided to stay indoors, strap on a hardcore N95 mask that made...
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Why You Should Command An Army of Personal Finance Robots
Picture this scenario: You’re 10 minutes late for work. You do a quick stop at the AXS machine, hoping to pay off your bills before sneaking quietly into the office. There’s like one old dude in front...
View ArticlePassive Investing: Why It Rocks When You’re Young
My second MoneySmart guestpost is up! This time, I talk about three reasons why passive investing is the PERFECT strategy for young, ambitious and sexy Singaporeans. Check it out here:...
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Is Home Ownership Actually Worth It?
I’m a huge weirdo, so I love to do random studies like whether I can eat a whole bowl of ramen (I can), whether 7 hours of sleep really makes a huge difference to productivity (it doesn’t), and whether...
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Why Big Market Drops Don’t Scare Me
As you know, I love making fun of people who get overly stressed about tiny things. Don’t we all know someone like that? For example: the student who obsesses about the half-point that he lost on a...
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Who Says ICT Is A Waste of Time?
I had an epiphany while I was crouching in the jungle in the middle of the night. I don’t know why these flashes of inspiration always come to be at the most awkward times, like when I’m drenched by...
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The Myth of the Successful Money Manager
I love to laugh at the fancy ads that fund management companies take out on the MRT. They’ll say things like “Hey, we’re superdamnawesome at knowing our stocks, so don’t worry, let us do the dirty...
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What I Spent 29 Hours On Last Week
This is the reason why cheerfulegg has been really quiet lately: Weeks like this have been pretty typical for the past 4 months. I’d work on this project during any free time I had: Early in the...
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What’s Good To Invest In “Right Now?”
One of the side effects of being a personal finance blogger is that relatives love asking me for financial advice. This Chinese New Year, about 20 uncles and aunties asked me “so what’s good to invest...
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What Valentine’s Day Taught Me About Planning Ahead
There are a couple of timeless truths about Valentine’s Day: Restaurants will charge you crazy prices for a mass-produced prix fixe menu Guys will panic on 13 Feb because they haven’t bought gifts or...
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A Mental Framework To Help You Invest In Yourself
Let’s say you were playing poker and you were dealt the following cards: Everyone else calls the big blind of $0.20, until the player next to you raises her bet to $0.50. How much would you bet?...
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