Dear readers, the US government has officially gone into shutdown mode again. Now, when I checked the US stock markets yesterday, I expected the worst. But to my surprise, Wall Street didn’t tank at all. In fact, the three big indices were slightly up: Strange, right? My first instinct was: “Eh? Shouldn’t a government shutdown
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I recently finished reading The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life by Sahil Bloom, published in early 2025. The subtitle already gives you a strong hint: this isn’t just another finance book. Bloom’s goal is to expand our understanding of what “wealth” really means. Instead of centring everything on
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XSGD: Should Singapore Investors Buy It? Hey Singapore! Big news if you’re a crypto enthusiast or just dipping your toes into digital assets. Coinbase and Coinbase Advanced are rolling out XSGD, Singapore’s first SGD-backed stablecoin, starting 3am on September 30. But the big question on everyone’s mind: Should I buy XSGD? Whether you already hold
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Living in Singapore, it’s easy to take our comfort and stability for granted. We have safe homes, clean water, reliable healthcare, and peace of mind knowing that our families are well-protected. But when you look beyond our borders, the reality for many communities is vastly different. Natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and sudden tragedies can wipe
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Dear readers, in today’s post, we’re turning our attention to the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index. This index often flies under the radar compared to the Straits Times Index (STI), but it plays an important role in Singapore’s market landscape. While the STI highlights the 30 largest companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the Next
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The Straits Times Index (STI) closed at 4,265.98 on 26 September 2025, slipping from 4,302.71 a week earlier. That’s a 0.85% drop. It may not look dramatic on paper, but this small move is part of a bigger story. Investors are dealing with two main worries: Put together, these factors have kept investors cautious. What’s
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Dear readers, recently, there’s been a significant development in Singapore’s financial content space that every retail investor and aspiring investor should be aware of. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has started taking a closer, more active look at so-called “finfluencers” — financial influencers who create content about investing, stocks, cryptocurrency, and personal finance. According
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The launch of XSGD, Singapore’s first Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin, represents a significant step in integrating the city-state’s financial ecosystem with digital assets. With the stablecoin backed 1:1 by the Singapore dollar and intended to comply with MAS regulations, XSGD offers a bridge between traditional finance and decentralized finance (DeFi). A key decision for StraitsX and
On 24 September 2025, Singapore took another bold step in cementing its position as Asia’s financial innovation hub: the official rollout of XSGD, the first Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin to trade on Coinbase and run on Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 network, Base. This milestone comes against the backdrop of sweeping reforms to revive the Singapore stock market,
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Net worth is a simple but powerful measure of financial health. It tells you, in a single number, how much you really own after subtracting what you owe. But in practice, especially in Singapore, there are questions that come up again and again: In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into how to compute
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