Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey
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Another Delightful Week
Coming off from a wonderful 7 days last week, I had another delightful week of events. It was filled with family and friends meet-ups while getting to know new people. I am indeed blessed with opportunities to gain happiness all the time, especially now, around my birthday period. This week started on 25 Jun, Sunday…
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A Week of Celebrations
Human nature is such that we usually take things for granted. We see negativity in everything but often miss out on the little blessings in life. We compare ourselves with others but forget how fortunate we are with what we have. Sometimes, it is good to remind myself once in a while, ideally on a…
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The Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence Development: The Advent of AI – Part 4
It is amazing to see the explosion of AI development happening before our eyes in a matter of months since ChatGPT was launched last Nov. The impact is so rapid that it has even taken the financial world by storm. The recent rally in the stock market has been single-handedly turbocharged by tech stocks with…
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Diary of Our South Korea Vacation – May-Jun 2023
We had just completed our 11 days South Korean family vacation and I would like to use this week’s blog as a travelogue diary before I forget the details. It is also to help me reminisce on the good moments during the trip for future personal review of the wonderful quality family time we had.…
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A Mid-Year Individual Review
Time flies and in 2 weeks time, we will be entering into mid-year. It’s nice to be back to normal again after almost 3 years of the pandemic where our worlds were turned upside down. Typically, I have set up a list of goals to achieve at the beginning of the year. I would do…
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Can the Advent of AI be Stopped or Slowed Down? The Short Answer is “NO”
Since the introduction of ChatGPT last Nov, Artificial Intelligence (AI) development has exploded everywhere in our faces. In a short span of months, its rapid evolution has caused some like Musk to ask for a moratorium or to pause its growth for 6 months. It is simply not possible to stop AI’s progress, as we…
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The Death of the Banks’ Free Lunch – the Start of the Apple Assault
When my kids were young, they sometimes asked me what I do for a living. This ex-dark side banker will say that I am a magician. I create something out of nothing. There is basically very little economic value to what I do except to take a spread/commission out of every transaction. This could run…
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Reassessing Macro Economic Trends – What’s Next?
We are fast approaching Labour Day long weekend, the May Day holiday for the rest of the world except for America which celebrates it in Sep. We are almost into the mid-year mark and it’s time to review and reassess the macro sentiment for the latter part of 2023. By identifying possible macro trends ahead,…
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