Will I Have to Eat My Words?
#Investing #Financial LiteracyEarlier this week, I stood in front of a microphone and boomed this out to a large audience: “You will not find an independent study anywhere,…
Movie Star Theories To Beat The Market
#Mindset #Financial LiteracyWalking past a local pub last night, I bumped into a couple of friends having beers. It’s an easy thing to do in Singapore, considering…
Lazy Investing is Great - But Don’t Be Too Lazy!
#Andrew's Money #InvestingUnlike most people’s brokerage accounts, mine doesn’t reinvest dividends or interest automatically into new shares of the indexes I own. I wish it did.…
The Quest for Alpha by Larry Swedroe - a Book Review
#InvestingWhen Larry Swedroe’s newly released 163 page personal finance book, The Quest for Alpha [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470926546/ref=as_li_tl?…
British Teachers As Millionaires
#RetirementWhen I met a group of Singapore-based teachers at United World College on Monday, I mentioned that if a teacher, without an upcoming pension, wanted to…
Retirement Planning Seminar for United World College Teachers in Singapore - Part 2
#Financial Literacy #RetirementUnited World College Talk – Part II. Yesterday afternoon, I gave a seminar outlining how much money a person would need to invest to reach a desired…
Retirement Planning Seminar for United World College Teachers in Singapore - Part 1
#RetirementI’ve been asked to talk to some teachers at United World College, Singapore [http://www.uwcsea.edu.sg/]about planning for their retirements, and I…
Indexing With a Financial Advisor
#AdvisorsMany investors understand that the highest odds of investment success come from owning a diversified account of indexes, rather than a slew of actively managed mutual…
What’s Better Than Learning From Your Investment Mistakes?
#Financial LiteracyThe only thing better than learning from our investment mistakes is learning from somebody else’s. As Baby Boomers are winding down their work schedules, many…
Teachers Making $4 Million A Year?
#LifestyleI get the impression that in South Korea, education is life’s most coveted asset. A colleague of mine left Korea to come to Singapore, and…