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October brings back images of stock market crashes, the falling of the sky and other doomsday scenarios on the scale of apocalypses. It is not surprising that weak employment data last Friday in the US has made equity markets jumpy.
Currently, I’m adopting a nimble strategy of being overweight in cash and eyeing the bluest of [...]

Hong Kong and Singapore.
These two countries are often compared because of similar geopolitical situations, racial compositions, approaches to economic growth and competitors to be the regional (if not world) class financial markets.
However, the recent Lehman mini-bonds fiasco has shown very different regulatory approaches in resolving the losses suffered by investors.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority: 1
Hong Kong’s [...]

I read Minister Gan Kim Yong’s remarks relating to the amendments to CPF Life with incredulity and shock.
The article by the Straits Times “CPFLife payouts for Life” is very misleading as the content of the article focuses on the questions raised by Mdm Halimah Yacob. Her concern is expressed here:
The remark was directed at Madam [...]

I’m quite close to starting my “cycle your way to work” project as my workplace is about 10km away from my home. This is a realistic distance for commuting to work by bicycle.
I’ve decided to embark on this project because I don’t drive to work daily as my spouse uses the car to run errands [...]

I recently had lunch to catch up with ex-colleagues from my very first job. It was a pleasant lunch as we caught up with the developments with the organisation and how each of us were doing.
Towards the end of the lunch, one of the colleagues started to talk about a business opportunity. It turned out [...]