Investing for Retirement: Consider Your Asset Allocation


The more I read about the potential losses suffered by Lehman Minibonds and related structured products investors, the more I realise the importance of asset allocation as you grow older and nearer to retirement age or age where you would want to stop working.

How to avoid eating dog-food when you retire


Posted: 03 Nov 2008 03:36 AM CST

If you are in your 20s, 30s and even early 40s, retirement may be something that is far away. It is a concept that is fuzzy, just as personal finance knowledge among the average person is also fuzzy.
The recent debacle arising from the collapse of Lehman Brothers’ resulting in [...]

“Feeling Rich” by Checking Your CPF Account Balances Online


Our esteemed NTUC Secretary-General Mr. Lim Swee Say was quoted,
“Every month, when I receive my CPF statement, I feel so rich and the best part is, I know the CPF money won’t run away. CPF will still be around for a long, long time to come… Not only is it earning good interest, my capital [...]

Working Beyond Retirement Age in Singapore


MM Lee’s comments about retirement has highlighted about the changing paradigm of retirement, in that it is increasingly becoming less of an automatic ritual upon reaching a pre-defined age and more of a lifestyle choice.
Traditionally, retirement is an age where one is able to stop working, collect a pension and to take time to smell [...]