Renovating your home is always an exciting thing to look forward to, with the promise of a refurbished and better looking home to come back to. That is, of course,...

Whether you’re here in Singapore for business or leisure, prepaid data SIM cards are good to have. It helps you keep in communication with friends, family, co-workers and prospective employers (if...

The rainy season is upon us soon. In Singapore, you can expect frequent thunderstorms and rain showers between November and January. Although Singaporeans are no stranger to heavy rainfall, we are often...

Medical and hospitalisation expenses are costly. Even worse, these expenses become even more costly every year due to healthcare inflation. That’s bad considering healthcare inflation rises at an even faster...

Credit cards are great – right up until the time you receive your credit card statement(s) in the mail (or email if you receive e-statements). That’s when all of those...

Think about this question for a minute – what is health insurance for? You might be thinking about words such as “protection”, “security”, or even “risk transfer”. And you’re right...

When it comes to purchasing insurance – life insurance is probably the policy most of us dread. Why? Well, it probably has something to do with the fact that it...

When it comes to life insurance, there are plenty of options out there to choose from. However, what might be the best policy for one person might not be the...

Needless to say, money is damn important in Singapore. From the day you’re born until the day you die, money will always play a huge role in determining how good...

By now, you probably have a good understanding of how important life insurance is. But do you know which type of life insurance policy is the right one to choose?...

Your Central Provident Fund (CPF) account is a lot like an indestructible piggy bank that won’t give you a cent back unless you use it for certain purchases such as...

Singaporeans are always looking for reasons to upgrade to a larger home. Then again why shouldn’t they? Homes are small enough as it is! But is it always a smart...

Credit cards are a big reason why Singaporeans have so much purchasing power. After all, most credit card companies give you a credit limit that’s 3X to 4X your monthly...

In Singapore, we NEED to travel every few months (or weeks) just to keep our sanity in today’s high-stress working environment. Seriously, travel is the best way to prevent work-related...

In Singapore, we’re constantly inundated with annoying sales pitches. I don’t know about you, but every time I get an SMS messages from property developers, sales calls from banks or...

You don’t need me to tell you that the best way to save money on travel is to PLAN AHEAD! While that’s especially true for booking airline tickets, what you...

One of the benefits of earning a regular monthly salary is that there’s no guesswork when it comes to creating a budget – because you know exactly how much you’ll...

How many bank accounts do you have? If you’re a die-hard customer with a certain bank simply because it has a branch location that’s nearby, fantastic! However, you might be...

When should you sell a stock? That’s a key question that many investors find harder to figure out than buying the damn stock in the first place!

Mistakes – everyone makes them. Then again, making mistakes is a part of life right? I mean, the whole point is that you’re supposed to learn from them so that...

There’s nothing better on a Friday night (or any night really) than indulging yourself with some great Turkish food. Seriously, it’s the perfect cuisine to share with your friends and/or...

What can $1.5 million get you in Singapore? Well, there are plenty of properties to choose from if you have that kind of buying power.

Budgeting is never as easy as it sounds right? I mean, creating a budget is so deceptively simple – you just need to set aside X number of dollars for...

Next to winning the lottery, receiving an inheritance from a relative is the next best way to get your hands on a huge fortune.

Don’t you just hate it when your weekend trip to the mall for some “retail therapy” turns into shopping nightmare?