tips on how to fine-tune your existing investments
Could it be that we have seen the peak in global oil demand back in 2019? I wouldn’t know. Due to COVID-19, experts are predicting that the oil demand peak might happen earlier than previously thought. BP says it could…
Recently we celebrated Earth Hour, the International Day of Forests and Singapore’s Green Plan 2030. One of Singapore’s key targets is to plant 1 million more trees in Singapore. Globally, each week, nearly 475,000 acres of forest are senselessly cleared,…
We can’t change what has happened, nor can we wish the virus away. Let me ask you one question: Do you know more about what’s going to happen in the next 12 months today than you did back in January?…
The other day I had lunch with one of my former colleagues from my former dutiful corporate life. A life I left 8 years ago. So still meeting her occasionally for lunch after such a long time is quite a…
It’s the time of the year again where we start out with a bag full of New Year’s Resolutions and than slowly … one by one … fail to execute them. Do you happen to have set the resolution to…
Because it’s kind of a tradition and because I have a 100% success rate with my previous forecasts here we go again: But first, let’s ponder on this: What’s the significance of a year anyway? It’s merely the orbital period…
Had a chat with my sons. I thought at their age of 20 and 18 (soon) it is about time for some real adult talk. So I asked them whether they’d prefer wisdom or gold. The unanimous answer was gold.…
Are you yearning for retirement? But retirement has an image problem. What kind of mental picture does this word conjure up for you — sunny beaches and no longer having to set an alarm clock? Or a stressful feeling about…
… see what others are spending. And that is a problem. Due to our envy bias we do pay more attention to how our friends and neighbours spend compared to how they save. Well, comparing with friends might be a…
Who still believes that you as an individual investor can still outperform a broad-based ETF by picking some “superior” stocks? Ok, ok. I agree, Index Funds and ETFs will never bring you alpha but they also won’t require so much…