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Thomas Chua on investing alongside a day job
I wrote The Lunch Break Investor, a #1 Straits Times bestseller, and I've been investing since 2008.
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Three talks you can book
The power of compounding
What starting early does to a portfolio, why consistent investing beats timing the market, and how to spot a business with room to keep reinvesting.
For young adults and first-time investors
Length [3.2d usual length]
Build lasting wealth in an hour a day
Why owning businesses beats trading tickers, how to work out what a business is worth, and how to manage a portfolio without it taking over your life.
For working professionals and company lunch-and-learns
Length [3.3d usual length]
From odd jobs to financial independence at 31
The decisions that mattered from my first stock in 2008 to leaving my 9 to 5 in 2021, the mistakes I'd skip, and a plan anyone with a day job can follow.
For company events, festivals and general audiences
Length [3.4d usual length]
I shape each talk around your audience and the time you have. That can be a keynote, a panel, a webinar, a book talk or a live podcast recording, in person or online. I'm based in Singapore, and for events overseas the organiser covers travel and accommodation.
Where I have spoken
2026
Book talks at Kinokuniya Takashimaya and Book Bar, Singapore
2026
CPF Board x MoneySense webinar for Global Money Week: Investing 101 for Young Adults. Panellist
2025
Seedly Personal Finance Festival, Sands Expo and Convention Centre. Keynote, plus CNA’s Money Talks podcast recorded live
2024
DollarsAndSense EveryDayInvestor Night, SGX Centre
2024
Seedly Community Meetup, on stage with DPM Gan Kim Yong and Lorna Tan of DBS
2024
REITs Symposium, Suntec Convention Centre. Panellist
2023
CPF Ready for Life Festival, Sands Expo and Convention Centre. Panellist
2021
Seedly Personal Finance Festival, held online. Keynote
Thomas Chua giving the keynote at Seedly Personal Finance Festival 2025
Book talk at Kinokuniya Takashimaya, August 2026
Panel at the CPF Ready for Life Festival, Marina Bay Sands, October 2023
#1 Straits Times Bestseller
The Lunch Break Investor
Published by Harriman House, a Pan Macmillan imprint, on 18 August 2026.
"Thomas is a clear thinker and a contrarian investor. He outlines how investors can apply his principles to build wealth patiently for the long term."
Robert Vinall, Fund Manager, RV Capital
Bulk orders available for events and teams. Ask in the enquiry form.
For organisers
Thomas Chua is the founder of Steady Compounding, an investing newsletter and research service followed by 83,000 on X and read by 11,000 investors, and the author of The Lunch Break Investor (Harriman House, 2026), a #1 Straits Times bestseller.
He has invested since 2008 and left public service in 2021 to invest and write full time. He has given keynotes at the Seedly Personal Finance Festival and spoken for CPF Board and MoneySense, and has been featured on CNA, MoneyFM 89.3, The Straits Times and The Business Times.
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Prefer email? Write to thomas@steadycompounding.com
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