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

This has been one of the quietest October months I have ever seen in the financial markets. Traders normally try to do one last push to meet their budget after coming back from summer holidays before the banks wind down for year end to close their books. A simple explanation is that big risk events…

Who is a much more superior human being? A man or a woman? A movie and an article I saw yesterday started me thinking. Firstly, if you watch Michael Moore’s Trumpland movie, he will convince you that a woman is the stronger one by far. I can’t say I disagree with him. Just look at…

A few weeks ago, one of my sisters arranged a lunch meet up for today. The last time where us siblings met for lunch was in May. However, we did have a big family gathering in Aug during National Day at my place. Since my dad was planning to meet one of his grandsons for…

This is a recurring theme that I have been exploring for a few months. How can I merge my investment convictions with my expected needs into retirement? I have written about it in my previous blogs but would like to share more of my findings today. The basis of a sustainable retirement lifestyle is to…

Ah… the month of October. Where everyone is back from their summer holidays and traders try one last time to make their budget before the banks shut down for year-end and merry-making into Christmas. If you look back into history, Oct is usually a volatile month for most asset classes. Remember Black Monday? It was…

Had a very fruitful and fulfilling day today. Started the morning with back to back meetings with my future colleagues from my new job which I will be starting in 3 weeks time. Met up with nice people who genuinely wants to get the job done and are team players in general. Had lunch with my…

Just can’t get enough news of the Donald, even though I cannot vote against him. He is getting even more desperate by the day and accusations veering towards the ridiculous. It sounds funny until you realise that if he magically wins, the world is fucked. More voices are now calling for everyone to vote against him…

Watching your kids grow up, it never stops to amaze me to see how they have developed over time. Memories are so ingrained into me of the times I carried them in my arms and now they are taller and stronger than me. I always fear that we will get less family time as they…