INVESTING
Timeless investment principles, case studies, and more!
The $100k Stock Market Shopping List (July 2026 Edition)
A reader asked which stocks I’d buy today with a fresh $100,000, and whether to…
Meta’s Five-Week Flip, and Why I’d Watch the Neoclouds
As recently as late May, Meta had no plans to take on AWS. Five weeks…
Shopify Deep Dive: The Falling Margin That Fooled Everyone
This is the first of a three-part deep dive on Shopify (Nasdaq/TSX: SHOP). Part 1…
The Memory Chip Boom, and Why I’m Not Chasing It
There’s a generational buildout going on right now, and big tech is buying memory chips…
Microsoft: Is OpenAI an Asset or a Liability?
I keep circling the same tension with Microsoft: a wonderful business I can never quite…
Portfolio Update: 2 Sells, 3 Buys, and Why
Earnings season is wrapping up, and I’m making the biggest reshuffle to the portfolio this…
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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