2024 marked my second full year working from anywhere in Europe for a startup. It was a crazy year!
Ten years to seven digits: my portfolio reached the SGD 1 million mark
A little bit over 10 years since I started managing my finances, my portfolio finally reached 7 digits. Time for a little review!
Portfolio Update: Q2 2024 – towards financial independence
The second quarter of 2024 my portfolio grew nicely – even though I did not manage to invest much. Read on for the details!
Quarterly update: Q1, 2024: life after the office…
The first quarter of 2024 went by so fast… For the first time in ten years, I sold some stocks and experienced a negative saving rate—what happened?
January 2020 – monthly update on the way to financial independence
New year, new goals! This year I would like to save and invest at least SGD 105,000. The goal is not having to work for money – aka financial independence by 2027 – just before my 45th birthday.
Standard Chartered introduces minimum commission in Singapore: what does this mean for you?
Some days ago I found a letter in my mailbox from Standard Chartered bank. This is not a rare occurrence, given that this bank is not able to issue e-statements for online trading and instead sends monthly statements and letters after every single transaction.
Unfortunately this time the letter contained some bad news: “a revision of minimum brokerage amount”…
My goals for 2016
After reviewing my performance for last year it is now time to create a proper investment plan for 2016! One thing is clear: it needs to be more ambitious than last year’s plan.
Read on to find out what I am planning to do different this year…
Surprisingly similar: healthy finances and not getting fat
Being fat and broke used to be two of my key challenges in April 2013. I happily spent my entire paycheck each and every month and always wondered why I could not lose weight or why I was always broke at the end of the month. Curiously I tackled both problems successfully in the same way…
Hunting some vampires in my house
Yesterday I set out to hunt some vampires in my house. Not the undead, blood sucking kind featuring long fangs and strange capes, but the energy sucking type. Let me explain!
How much did it cost me to move to a new flat in Singapore?
In May I embarked on quite a big project: I moved to a new apartment! Taking advantage of Singapore’s declining rental prices I upgraded from a tiny flat to a huge and swanky place for just SGD 300 more. How much did I spend in the course of moving house?