Dear readers, right now, the current environment is one of the Best for Savers, as banks and financial institutions, increase their fixed deposit interest rates one after another. Singapore Savings Bonds has also bettered its interest rates as compared to previous years and it is really now a good time for Savers and a good
Dear readers, today is Mid Autumn Festival and I wish everyone who celebrate mid Autumn festival a Happy Mid Autumn festival and also a Happy Good weekends! For those who celebrate Mid Autumn Festival, including myself, tonight, let us look at the bright moon in the sky and enjoy the nice mooncakes. I also hope
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Dear readers, love it or hate it, the Singapore stock markets are still the home market for Singapore investors. I know a number of investors may not like or even hate the Singapore stock markets as it is not as supposedly vibrant as the other overseas stock markets and worse, many have lost monies trading
Dear readers, in the previous week, we have seen one digital bank, after another, being rolled out in Singapore. First, we have had GXS, the digital bank that came about from the collaboration of Grab and Singtel. A day later, Trust Bank, the digital bank arising from the collaboration of Standard Chartered Bank and NTUC
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Dear readers, with interest rates for savers at one of the record highs in recent years right now, it seems to me those financial institutions, especially the banks are rolling out many promotions related to savings and fixed deposits for your monies. And I believe some insurance companies are jumping on the bandwagon, bundling some
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Dear readers, yesterday I read a post about how a blogger has given up on the Singapore stock markets. The reasons he gave are similar to what I have heard from fellow investors who have similarly exited from the Singapore stocks markets. Exit in this sense means no longer investing in the Singapore stock markets
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Dear readers, I had a good night sleep yesterday and it is very welcome as I awake, feeling much more energised than in previous days. Workwise, I have been overstretched but as much as I am being overstretched, I will try as much as possible not to compromise on sleep, on rest and recovery. This
Dear readers, some time back, I shared that even my kids are talking about inflation! Yes, that’s right, they mentioned inflation in the context of the food prices in their school canteen going north. And even if they did not share the aforementioned with me, I also knew, by virtue of the increased pocket monies
Dear readers, Singapore Savings Bonds have become very popular and much talked-about these days after its interest rates become attractive. For the upcoming Aug 2022 Singapore Savings Bonds, the interest rate for the 1st year is 2% and the average annual interest for a 10-year holding period is at 3%. However attractive the Singapore Savings
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Dear readers, the cost of living in Singapore has been going up, but it is encouraging that the government is helping Singapore to offset the high cost of living by providing some vouchers, though it may not be enough on a longer-term basis. The most recent increase is the cost of electricity tariff which will