Tell a Singaporean parent that their kid will become a lawyer when they grow up if they attend tuition classes at a special career prep centre charging $5,000 a month...

Singaporeans are pretty risk-averse when it comes to quitting their safe jobs and striking it out on their own. Hence, it’s unsurprising that those rumours that real estate agents earn...

So you’ve bought your dream home. It’s located in a nice area that doesn’t require you to spend hours on public transport to get to work. You have a nice...

Going on a holiday but leaving the little ones at home? If they’re human and one of them is over a certain age, you can just get them to babysit...

No matter how much you nag about the importance of saving money, your kids are going to learn a lot more from how you yourself spend, and the kinds of...

If you were born before 1950 and became a Singapore citizen before 1987, congratulations, you’re part of the Pioneer Generation. According to the government, you’re part of that first batch...

If the rumours are to be believed, Singapore was built using feng shui principles. Everything from that octagon on our $1 coins to the direction in which the Singapore Flyer...

So you’re thinking of visiting Singapore, but you can’t help but cringe at the prices, which look astronomical next to those in neighbouring countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

So you’re about to take your A levels or complete your diploma this year, and after that you’ll hopefully get to enrol at a university. You have no idea what...

We are constantly being fed the message that it’s our responsibility to upgrade our skills and make sure we don’t become obsolete. If our careers stagnate or we get retrenched,...

When you first discover that some credit cards offer you rebates when you spend money, a cashback credit card can sound like a dream. After all, who doesn’t want to receive...

After slogging (or partying) your way through years of school, you’re finally ready to stop being a student and to enter the working world of adults. That means getting your...

The first thing any homebuyer in Singapore does is have a heart attack upon seeing the prices. For sellers, things aren’t that peachy either, given the fact that the property market...

They hang out in droves at MRT stations and roadshows, waiting to pounce. When they’ve identified you as their prey, they make their approach, innocently asking you to fill in...

The last time you looked in the mirror, you didn’t feel that wrinkly. Thank those Asian genes. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be thinking about the day you retire. You...

Health is wealth, quite literally when you consider the cost of private healthcare in Singapore. The government’s stance has been to place the bulk the responsibility for maintaining your health...

Orchard Road’s fall from grace has been sudden and unceremonious. It seems like just yesterday when the shopping belt was the coolest place in Singapore, and new malls like Somerset...

As kids, we all had that experience of praying for that Furby / PlayStation / Barbie doll and instead receiving a microscope or book for our birthday.

Maintaining a monthly budget can a very helpful step that puts you on the road to financial health. That is, if you manage to stick to your budget every month.

So you’ve spent the better part of your life working and you think you’re now old enough to stick it to your boss and retire.

As a fresh faced A level or poly grad, you thought you were following your heart. So you picked a degree course and major that you were actually interested in.

Budget airlines have made nipping away on weekend getaways a lot cheaper for Singaporeans. But in order to get those cheap tickets, you’ve usually got to plan ahead, sign up...

It’s no surprise that the cost of living is rising. Families may be forking out quite a lot for their entertainment and mobile services every month without fully optimising their...

There are some Singaporeans who wish they were retired every morning when their alarm wakes them up for another day at work.

It’s all too easy to borrow money, but paying it back can be painful. You’ve already got enough to worry about, from dealing with the high cost of day-to-day living...