Your stomach is grumbling, and you’re aching for a slice of the best pizza in town. But how much will it cost you? To understand, in relative terms, you’ll need to understand pizza-pricing history. Why? Because I’m going to relate pizza pricing to the stock market. I’ve heard from an unreliable source that a box …
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Feb
08
2013
Cat Chews up Professional Stock Pickers
One of my readers sent me a link to an amusing article about a cat that won a UK stock-picking contest. Named Orlando, he squared off against two other teams: a group of kids, and some hand-picked professional investors. The Guardian reported their year-end 2012 results, awarding Orlando top honors. “While the professionals used their …
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Dec
24
2012
Our Tropical, Mountain Christmas On Wheels
This Christmas, Pele and I won’t be celebrating around a Christmas tree. Nor will we be basking on a tropical beach. Instead, the two of us are adventuring into the mountains of Northern Thailand tomorrow for a fully loaded 900km, thigh burning ride on our Co-Motion tandem. The terrain is described as “nasty” and the …
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Sep
16
2012
DBS Vickers Raises Trading Commissions
While many of the world’s discount investment brokerages are waging a commission war, Singapore’s DBS Vickers has decided to raise commission fees on stock purchases. If you think Singaporean landlords are irrational when they try doubling their tenants’ rent, well….you ain’t seen nothing yet. In some cases, DBS Vickers is charging nearly 500% more in …
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Jul
01
2012
Dare I suggest—How Much Money You Need for Happiness?
Scott Burns is one of the world’s best personal finance writers. He’s the originator of the brilliant couch potato portfolio concept—showing how regular folk can beat the investment returns of Wall Street by devoting less than five minutes a year to their investments. And he continues to offer regular gems to the reading public, the …
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May
20
2012
How To Become A Lazy Millionaire
My wife hates it when I claim I’m lazy. But laziness can be a virtue. I’m not like most people. I want to spend more money, save less money, become financially free before most people and have a decent-sized bank account. It’s not a pipedream. I’ve actually done it on a teacher’s salary. And if …
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May
16
2012
MOAR Than Dogs of the Dow
One of the most significant investment mentors I have is a guy named Michael O’Higgins. Until last month, we had never met, despite the fact that he gave my book, Millionaire Teacher, a very kind pre-publication endorsement. O’Higgins was recently in Singapore, capping off his annual round the world holiday. We shared a few laughs …
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May
15
2012
Fourteen Percent of America’s Millionaires are Teachers
Last week, I wrote Why International Teaching Isn’t a Lucrative Gig. I argued that the average stateside or Canadian school teacher has, upon retirement, far more wealth than the average international teacher. Barron’s Business News might agree. Here’s what Robin Goldwyn published for Barron’s on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Attention, graduating seniors: One of the …
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Welcome! I’m Andrew Hallam
Many people aren't comfortable talking about money. It's not usually a conversational dinner-time topic, and its principles are rarely taught in schools. My goal is to have a "conversation" about it here, on this blog. If you read something you find intriguing, please comment or ask your questions!
I am also the author of the book: Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned at School.
If you'd like to find out more about my investing philosophy, read my "Nine Laws to Financial Freedom."
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May 22, 2013 (1:26) Millionaire Teacher Adds $20,000 to International Stock Index Hi Andrew. I live in Switzerland. In which Index ...
May 22, 2013 (1:18) Millionaire Teacher Adds $20,000 to International Stock Index Hi Andrew. Thank you for posting your investment ...
May 21, 2013 (11:31) Singaporeans Investing Cheaply with Exchange Traded Index Funds Hi Andrew, Can I get your valuable opinion on th ...
May 21, 2013 (6:51) Millionaire Teacher Adds $20,000 to International Stock Index Hi Jamie, To convince your father, try this: ...
May 21, 2013 (2:24) Millionaire Teacher Adds $20,000 to International Stock Index Hi Andrew, I've been discussing with my father a ...
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May 19, 2013 (11:21) Singaporeans Investing Cheaply with Exchange Traded Index Funds Hi Andrew, as a side issue, what are your views on ...
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May 18, 2013 (5:32) Expat Australian Investors in Singapore Offered More Options Thank you very much for your advice, Andrew. Greatl ...
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May 17, 2013 (11:46) Singaporeans Investing Cheaply with Exchange Traded Index Funds Hi CatP, Singapore counters purchased thru DBS V ...
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May 17, 2013 (6:11) Singaporeans Investing Cheaply with Exchange Traded Index Funds Hi Rohan, I suggest that you buy every month or ...
May 17, 2013 (6:05) Singaporeans Investing Cheaply with Exchange Traded Index Funds Hi CatP In the case of DBS Vickers, the investme ...