INVESTING
Timeless investment principles, case studies, and more!
Sea Limited Q2 2026: From Promise to Proof
In Q1 I set a test to separate a real margin inflection from a Ramadan…
Airbnb Grew Twice as Fast as Booking, What Happened?
Booking Holdings is up roughly 24% since I published “Why the AI Bear Case Has…
Amazon Q2 2026: The Half a Trillion Dollar AWS Backlog
Amazon reported $62.6 billion of net income and 20% revenue growth. Neither number is quite…
Meta Grew 28% and the Stock Dropped, What Happened?
Meta just posted 28% revenue growth and the stock sold off anyway. The reason sits…
Alphabet Q2 2026: The $707 Billion Footnote
Advertising has gone from 78% of revenue to 68% while Cloud grew 82%. Everybody focused…
Netflix: The Pendulum Swings Back
The market was certain Netflix was broken in 2022, certain it was invincible in 2025,…
PERSONAL FINANCE
Budgeting, insurance, financial independence, and more!
A simple trick to becoming an automatic millionaire
Take advantage of ‘out of sight, out of mind’!
Peter Lynch on the right time to buy bonds instead of stocks
When is a good time to buy bonds?
My 2 Cents on Retirement: Why Your Current Plan Might Fail You
I’ve been invited to speak at the Ready for Life event in Marina Bay Sands,…
Fight record high inflation by saving on tax dollars and put them to work
Inflation in Singapore surged to 7.5% year over year in August 2022, and the tax…
How Can You Overcome the 3 Cognitive Biases that Hurt Your Returns
“If you don’t know who you are, this [the stock market] is an expensive…
A Better Way to Save Taxes and Plan for Retirement in Singapore 2021
As the Singapore tax season approaches, we might wonder if there are ways to save…
LIFE
Personal development, mental models, mindfulness, and more!
The Night the Lights Went Out
I was 13 the night the power got cut. The fan slowed to a stop….
A Bakery, a Fortress, and Three Fired Central Bankers
I just spent 14 days in Croatia, followed by 3 days in Istanbul. I came…
I’ve Never Played Monopoly
All I Want for Christmas Is You” is playing in a department store somewhere right…
Almost 6 Years of Steady Compounding
On 9 April 2020, I published my first post on Steady Compounding. I was still…
The Heavy Pen
April 2012: I got the opportunity of a lifetime. Then I signed away 1,460 days….
My friend became a millionaire at 17, and I got two book recommendations
Back in secondary school, I remember one hot afternoon in March 2007. We were in…
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