The Talk A few days ago, I've a chit-chat with a friend where it goes like this: Friend:"Eh, why did the market drop so suddenly ah?" Me:"Because of the 'Trump Turmoil' lor, the market fell out of love with Trump, FBI investigate him for Russian connections, he failed to replace Obamacare, etc. etc." Friend:" Why ah? Why … Continue reading Capturing Upsides
Financial
A Brief History of Investing
There was a guy on radio this week talking about the financial literacy gap of Malaysians. While I agree with him that children should be educated on the subject, I think that adults can learn financial stuff too to make up for the missing classes in school last time, so here's a brief history of investing: … Continue reading A Brief History of Investing
Sun Tzu and the Art of Personal Finance Part II
I've mentioned before that War is the Art of bringing more weapons to a battle than your opponent. To me, Sun Tzu's The Art of War discussions on military strategies, tactics, battlefield arrangements and spying is all about maximising one's weapons in a conflict while restricting your opponent's capability to bring his weapons to the battle. … Continue reading Sun Tzu and the Art of Personal Finance Part II
Sun Tzu and the Art of Personal Finance Part I
Recently I've been playing this game called Panzer Corps. It is an Operational level war game, as opposed to a Tactical level war game. The difference is that at the Tactical level, you cannot decide what troops to bring into battle, what you have is already there and you can only use what you have to try and … Continue reading Sun Tzu and the Art of Personal Finance Part I
Investment Review 2016
2016 saw an upgrade in my investment philosophy. I completely sold off my Unit Trust positions, and subscribed to a completely new portfolio (portfolio = a basket of funds working together): Portfolio start date around April 2016 and reporting date Jan 2017. Return On Investment is about 9%, which hit my target perfectly that I … Continue reading Investment Review 2016
A short rant about cynicism and the distrust of professionals
I am not normally pessimistic, generally I do not like to write FEARful stuff as they are usually False Experience Appearing Real. However sometimes I do read something and get all worked up over it. It's no secret that financial professionals are generally distrusted. Bankers, Agents, CONsultants, Advisors, etc... these names have built up a … Continue reading A short rant about cynicism and the distrust of professionals
Moana and the freedom of Life
So we just watched Moana and had a conversation with a friend on why we love the movie. To my friend, he had "no particular reason why he love the movie, except that he feels it's even better than Toy Story." To me I think I can see why, the whole movie is full of … Continue reading Moana and the freedom of Life
