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The ultimate paradox of financial freedom has been revealed to me.
All this while, I’ve been reading, researching and writing about financial freedom. It took a recent episode of moving my net worth from one asset class to another that an epiphany struck me.
What is this ephiphany that Panzer encountered?

[This article was first posted on 1 March 2008 on Five Cents Ten Cents on blogspot.]
Have you ever bought a bottle of wine from the supermarket, wine shop or duty-free at Changi Airport?
Do you read the labels on the wine to understand what have you bought?
For many years, I didn’t really read the labels because [...]

Posted: 02 Apr 2008 03:12 AM CDT

Flickr! Photo by Panzergrenadier.
A commercial bank’s view of financial freedom
A good friend of mine who shares similar views on financial freedom flagged this advertisement by Citibank to me recently. The bank is asking its clients to update their income records as being the first step to enjoying greater [...]

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail
The building you see above is not built without the contributions from various parties. Before the contractors can lay the foundation and start building the structure floor by floor, window by window, the architecture plans and designs have to be established. In it are details such as [...]

Posted: 22 Mar 2008 02:19 AM CDT

What do you do when you receive your yearly bonus?
The first quarter of the year is the time where a number of organisations give out bonuses and monetary rewards to deserving employees who have contributed to the organisations’ successes.
Some of these rewards are financial, others are in the form [...]