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Financial Literacy

Singapore American Club Investment Losses—True or False?

#Financial Literacy #Investing

Charlie Munger has been Warren Buffett’s right hand man for more than 30 years. And he’d have a predictable response if someone from the…

Andrew Hallam

Singapore Index Funds cost 1,500% more

#Index Funds #Financial Literacy #Expat Investing

Purchasers of index funds in Singapore deserve a fair shake. As the least expensive form of mutual fund investment, there’s no management team of researchers…

Andrew Hallam

Canadian schools teaching the truth about actively managed mutual funds

#Financial Literacy #Children

Ascending to the role of British Columbia Financial Education Moderator, the representatives for the Canadian banks applauded tepidly—if not a bit nervously—when Harry Hall…

Andrew Hallam

Expatriate Canadians Investing in Singapore Find a Cheaper Option

#Expat Investing #Financial Literacy

Canadians in Singapore are finding a way to bi-pass expensive financial services. They’re figuring  how to invest cheaply and simply with low cost index funds:…

Andrew Hallam

Celebrating the Rich Stealing from the Rich

#Financial Literacy

Maybe it’s because I was born near the Sherwood Forest, in Nottingham England, but I get a kick out of stories where wealthy people fleece…

Andrew Hallam

Indexing Seminar Funk

#Financial Literacy

Today I hosted an investment discussion at work about index funds. I’ve probably done it a dozen times. In the past, I’ve always felt…

Andrew Hallam

Stay Down Brother, Stay Down

#Travel #Financial Literacy

I’ve visited more than 30 different countries. But this is my first visit here. For the past three days, I’ve been in a country…

Andrew Hallam

You Want To Be A Good Investor? Learn To Ignore People

#Financial Literacy #Mindset

There are times when effective investors need to flip a small switch that exists in each of our psyches. When flipped, the investor possesses the capacity…

Andrew Hallam

Hey friend—where’s your money?

#Advisors #Financial Literacy

Last night, my school had its parent/teacher evening where teachers met with groups of parents for 10 minutes to discuss their educational philosophies and the…

Andrew Hallam

Do You Want to Beat the Market?

#Financial Literacy #Investing

When I mentioned casually to another blogger that I had beaten the market over the past 10 years, he replied (with a great deal of wisdom,…

Andrew Hallam