Tag: investing

How To Plan For Retirement In Singapore | Setting Retirement Goals, Key Considerations, Financial Planning, Retirement Mistakes and Many Useful Tips

by Jason Cai

I chanced upon this very informative video on retirement planning, which is an interview conducted by a popular financial YouTuber, Kevin Learns Investing, and the CEO of Havand, Eddy Cheong, whose company helps clients with retirement planning, through personalized insurance solutions and advice, including guidance on maximizing CPF funds for retirement income. The 37-minute video … Continue reading How To Plan For Retirement In Singapore | Setting Retirement Goals, Key Considerations, Financial Planning, Retirement Mistakes and Many Useful Tips

SSB Update (115k/200k Completed) | Target S$500 Monthly Passive Income

by Jason Cai

As part of my portfolio rebuilding plan, I intend to max out my Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) investment to S$200k, so here is an update on the progress of reaching this goal. I applied S$35k of SSB in March 25 for April25 SSB and the full amount was assigned. Thus, I have S$115k of SSB … Continue reading SSB Update (115k/200k Completed) | Target S$500 Monthly Passive Income

The 6 Fatal Investing/ Trading Mistakes That Made Me Lose More Than $1M

by Jason Cai

The worst nightmare of any investor is to lose a lot of money in the stock market. In this article, I want to share with you how I lost more than $1M in the stock market over the years, so that you can prevent yourself from repeating my mistakes and losing your hard-earned money. Mistake … Continue reading The 6 Fatal Investing/ Trading Mistakes That Made Me Lose More Than $1M

Intrinsic Values of Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet (4 March 2025)

by Jason Cai

In the latest video by Adam Khoo where he explains why the stock market is undergoing a huge correction due to the fears surrounding the tariffs and trade wars, he also shares the intrinsic values of 4 companies (of the Mag 7) that he thinks are undervalued. They are Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) … Continue reading Intrinsic Values of Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet (4 March 2025)

SSB Update (80k/200k Completed)

by Jason Cai

As part of my portfolio rebuilding plan, I intend to max out my Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) investment to S$200k. I applied S$20k of SSB in Feb 25 for March25 SSB and the full amount was assigned. Thus, I have S$80k of SSB in my account currently and have achieved 40% of my target. For … Continue reading SSB Update (80k/200k Completed)

I Was Margin Called, IBKR Liquidated ALL My Positions & Realised S$540k (USD400k) Worth Of Losses

by Jason Cai

I got a rude awakening on the night of 12 Feb 2025 when I logged onto my brokerage account and saw everything inside gone. This was a screenshot of my account the day before: This was what I saw on 12 Feb: My Equity with Loan Value dropped from 799k to just 86k. In my … Continue reading I Was Margin Called, IBKR Liquidated ALL My Positions & Realised S$540k (USD400k) Worth Of Losses

Turning Bearish On Nvidia & My Thoughts On Nvidia’s Outlook

by Jason Cai

The number one stock that has the biggest risk to my investing portfolio is Nvidia. This is because I owned 1600 shares of Nvidia, which are all on Covered CALL contracts and 14 SELL PUT contracts that are on USD256k worth of margins. The SELL PUT contracts were opened as a rectification to my mistake … Continue reading Turning Bearish On Nvidia & My Thoughts On Nvidia’s Outlook

Repairing My Broken Tesla CALL Options

by Jason Cai

I bought Tesla CALL options when Tesla was trading around USD460+, anticipating that the stock would rally to USD500 by year end, but the Santa Claus rally did not happen and the stock then started to correct after the FOMC meeting. My CALL options started to lose money and I tried to roll 21 Feb … Continue reading Repairing My Broken Tesla CALL Options