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Andrew Hallam

I’m a financial columnist for Canada’s national paper, The Globe and Mail, as well as for AssetBuilder, a financial service firm based in Texas. I’m also the author of <a href="https://milliona

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Will I Have to Eat My Words?

#Investing #Financial Literacy

Earlier 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,…

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Movie Star Theories To Beat The Market

#Mindset #Financial Literacy

Walking 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…

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Lazy Investing is Great - But Don’t Be Too Lazy!

#Andrew's Money #Investing

Unlike 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.…

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The Quest for Alpha by Larry Swedroe - a Book Review

#Investing

When 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?…

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British Teachers As Millionaires

#Retirement

When 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…

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Retirement Planning Seminar for United World College Teachers in Singapore - Part 2

#Financial Literacy #Retirement

United 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…

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Retirement Planning Seminar for United World College Teachers in Singapore - Part 1

#Retirement

I’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…

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Indexing With a Financial Advisor

#Advisors

Many 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…

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What’s Better Than Learning From Your Investment Mistakes?

#Financial Literacy

The 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…

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Teachers Making $4 Million A Year?

#Lifestyle

I 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…

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