Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey

Been so caught up with my new job that I really didn’t have the time to blog at all this week. My first 5 days went better than I thought. Met a lot of new colleagues and dived straight into the things I need to do. Have work piling up to my eyeballs now. Also…

Been doing a lot of reading to understand the many points of views with regards to the world after Trump’s win. We in Asia may be screwed as America become more protectionist and withdraw from this part of the world. Hence we have seen China and Japan trying to expand their circle of influence towards other Asian…

Everyone got this wrong. All the polls showed that Clinton will have at least a 90% probability of winning. Naturally, the market was upset and you could see equity markets going deep into the red as the final result was announced. Since then, markets have staged a recovery back to levels last seen on Monday.…

The American people have spoken and from an outsider’s point of view, it defied all logic . The Republicans had a landslide victory, winning all 3 votes for the presidency, house and senate. They can now technically bulldozed their proposals through with little resistance. There will probably be none of the government deadlock issues that…

Crossing 50 this year has given me a different perspective of life. I have technically more than crossed my life journey’s halfway mark. My parents are still very healthy at 82/87 this year. Average life expectancy in my country is 82 now, versus 75 in 1990. People in my age group are more aware about…

I am going to stick my neck out and try to predict what is likely to happen to the financial markets in the next few months. Firstly, the US presidential elections. Given the many twists and turns in this “exciting” campaign so far, Clinton should win. Trump’s team had a small boost last Friday but…

Too much tension on the coming days into the 08 Nov US Presidential elections already. Markets are just going quiet as this digital event may swing either way. No one can make head or tail of the latest polls as they regularly swing like a pendulum whenever a new revelation is revealed. A tight race…

All throughout our local education history, we have been taught that regardless of race, language or religion, everyone should be treated equally. That based on a meritocratic system, the best and most qualified person should be chosen to do the job. When I started working, I too believe that meritocracy is the way to go,…