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Worried About Your Job? Here’s what to do instead to remain competitive
As AI continues to reshape industries, many workers are becoming concerned about job security in a rapidly-changing world. What will the jobs of the future look like? To strengthen our competitiveness, here are the various support initiatives that we can tap on from Budget 2025 to stay relevant in this evolving landscape.
Want to invest your CPF-OA at lowest fees? Use POEMS.
If you’re thinking of investing your CPF-OA monies to beat inflation, I’ve found the lowest-cost brokerage and the best fund that will give me what I need. Read on to find out why I finally started investing my CPF, how I did it, and what I chose to invest in.
Is Standard Chartered’s 8.05% interest on your savings worth the move?
Local banks like DBS and OCBC have been cutting rates, but then SCB shocked everyone when they chose to do the opposite. But is 8.05% p.a. achievable and is it worth the move? Probably not, and here’s my take on why.
Will simply buying the S&P500 be enough?
The S&P 500 index, currently trading at a 22 forward P/E ratio, can be considered expensive right now by almost any measure. And historically, long-term returns following periods of high valuations haven’t been very good for the major indices.
Community
It has been a long-standing tradition of mine over the last decade that once a year, I’ll carve out some time to hold a free Investing 101 workshop for my…
Podcasts
Budget Babe hosts a regular podcast show – Wise & Shine – for executives and managers to learn about career tips and the wisdom of navigating work, life and relationships.…
Here’s how you can earn miles on your income tax payments
Disclaimer: My bias towards CardUp is real, especially given how it has been a fail-proof solution for me for the last 8 years. But here’s how the other options to…
Raising a family in Singapore? Here’s how Budget 2025 can help to offset costs
The best part about this year’s Budget is that the Government is giving more financial support to families with children, which helps to ease the costs of raising them. Large families with 3 kids or more receive more perks!
How to invest in the S&P 500 on SGX
Did you know you can invest in the S&P 500 directly on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) without having to go through a foreign custodian? What’s more, since it is listed on our local exchange, you can even use your own SRS funds for it and own it in your very own CDP account!
How Investing Regularly Can Help You Hit a $1 Million Portfolio
You may think having a $1M portfolio is a dream, but the truth is, this is more achievable than most people expect. Similarly, when I first started investing, I did…