Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey
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Oh Elon, the Master Twitter Teaser – Week 111
I like to start off the blog to say that I regretted selling my Tesla shares a few years ago. If I had held the 200 shares I bought then till today, it would have been worth USD 1 million now, I kid you not. At that time, pre-split, I was comfortably buying and selling…
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Feeling Like Normal Again – Week 110
Things are slowing returning to normal again. The last 2 years seems like a long nightmare we have just woken up from. Though it felt like such a long period of time, the last 24 months also felt like they have passed us like a blink of an eye. S’pore is finally opening up and…
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The Metaverse and NFTs – Week 109
The Metaverse and NFTs are concepts that I was originally very sceptical about. Just like ICOs and SPACs, I think that they are a bunch of scams pretending to fleece the man in the street. My views have changed a bit this week though. I attended a SmartNation event on the Metaverse and NFTs which…
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On Track for Reopening – Week 108
It has been exactly 2 years ago in Mar 2020 that we started to shut down because of Covid. It will be no April fool’s joke on 01 Apr that our country is finally telling the world that we are reopening for business and pleasure/vacation now! With a pre-flight negative test result, a totally vaccinated…
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The Ukraine Long Game – Week 107
It has been more than 3 weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine. Where are we now and what is the long end game objectives of all parties? Multiple discussions had been waged on how it is developing and where is this going from here as we try to filter out the noise. Russia is finding that…
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The Nickel Price Chaos – Week 106
Nickel prices shot up like crazy in a matter of days in the global markets. It created a firestorm of panic and margin calls which we have not seen before. This is an interesting and developing story that has many different levels and implications. Some background first. Nickel prices had been climbing up to all-time…
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What is the End Game for Ukraine? – Week 105
It has been a tense week as the world watched in horror at the invasion as it advanced in real-time. It is like a sickening movie that is unravelling where no one knows what the ending will be like. The online media has been bombarded with images and stories about how the Ukraine war waged…
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Is Putin a Genius? – Week 104
And the orange one called Putin a genius this week. It made me want to understand more and dig deeper into the background as I listen to numerous Clubhouse chats and read about the arguments from all sides. There are really 2 sides to every story and depending on how it is framed, the good…
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