You may have watched the recent CNA video about this South Korean investor who used leverage to achieve his Financial Freedom Retire Early (FIRE) goal but ended up with a 6-figure USD100k loss when the market tanked. Here's the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsuUf-N6Eo This is a summary of the video if you do not have time to watch … Continue reading Why I Think The Investor Losing 100k Using Leverage Is Not As Bad As It Seems
The pursuit of early retirement—popularly known as the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early)—has captured the imaginations of workers globally. But in high-cost-of-living nations like South Korea, standard savings strategies often feel entirely inadequate. For young professionals watching wages stagnate while asset and living costs soar, traditional bank savings accounts can feel like running on … Continue reading The High-Stakes Bet for Early Retirement: Lessons from a South Korean Retail Investor Using Leverage
For the past few years, the public conversation around artificial intelligence has been dominated by a singular, somewhat exhausting theme: the race for raw intelligence. Every few months, tech giants rolled out newer, larger language models, boasting incremental gains in benchmark scores, advanced coding capabilities, and longer context windows. Wall Street cheered the capital expenditure, … Continue reading How Meta’s Muse Was a Total Game Changer for the AI Narrative
When most people think about trading options, they picture complex multi-leg spreads, high-stress day trading, or getting burned by sudden market crashes. But one of my favorite approaches to generating consistent income in the stock market is actually one of the simplest: The Cash-Secured Put (CSP). Over a recent two-month window (spanning from mid-July to … Continue reading How I Generated Over USD3,200 in 2 Months Trading AMD Options (Without Buying the Stock)
Temasek Holdings, one of Singapore’s premier sovereign investment entities alongside GIC and MAS, manages a portfolio exceeding $500 billion. With returns from these entities funding roughly 20% of the Singapore government's annual budget, tracking Temasek's portfolio moves offers valuable insight into institutional capital flows. In a recent filing cycle, Temasek made notable allocations into major … Continue reading 3 High-Growth Stocks Temasek Holdings is Betting On Right Now
August was a good month as I made USD1.42k profits from my trading account. Out of this total profit amount, I earned USD800 from options trading while the remaining profit of USD624.86 came from shares trading. Some of my profitable trades include: [6 Aug 26] +USD500 Profits In A Single Day Closed my SELL PUT … Continue reading Trading Review Aug 26 (USD1.42k Profits)
As Benjamin Franklin famously once said, "There are only two things certain in life: Death and Taxes". Everyone who earns an income (more than 20k annually) in Singapore, whether employed or self-employed, must pay taxes every year, in the form of cold hard cash. Therefore, the more taxes you avoid (legally) paying, the more money … Continue reading How To Save Money By Lowering Your Personal Income Tax Bill in Singapore
