Why you shouldn’t listen to financial gurus

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“Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.” – Paul Samuelson ” I just joined an online investing club last year, I made 20% gain last year,” said Mr. K**, ” but I lost 15%… Continue Reading

How to take back USD from IBKR during retirement?

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“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.” ― Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister Recently I received an email from a reader asking me about my plan after retirement. Since all my investments are in USD ( in IBKR) and SGD ( in Singapore bank account), how do I… Continue Reading

Physicians’ Untold Stories #8

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 “Let the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book than the patient himself.”—Giorgio Baglivi You can read the previous entry of Physicians’ untold stories HERE. This post was written in support of Malaysian Code black movement. The year 2001, December After saving MYR5000 working as… Continue Reading

How to use Instarem to fund IBKR from Malaysia

I talked about how to use Wise ( previously TransferWise) to fund your IBKR account HERE and HERE. Long ago, I found that the exchange rate was always slightly better for Wise than Instarem. Therefore, I encourage my readers to use Wise to fund their brokerage accounts (IBKR) to buy… Continue Reading

Can you make SGD/MYR while living in Malaysia/Singapore?

Can you make SGD/MYR while living in Malaysia/Singapore?

“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” –Norman Vincent Peale I think this post will attract a lot of Malaysians to read further. Unfortunately not many Singaporeans are eager to make MYR while living in Singapore. The matter of fact, why on… Continue Reading