Budgeting
Saving Up for Important Milestones? Here’s Why Manulife’s GrowSecure Endowment Plan is the One for You
This post was written in collaboration with Manulife Singapore. While we are financially compensated by them, we nonetheless strive to maintain our editorial integrity and review products with the same...
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Budgeting
Keppel Electric Rolls Out New Green Plan with Fresh Look & Fun Way to Earn Rebates
This post was written in collaboration with Keppel Electric. While we are financially compensated by them, we nonetheless strive to maintain our editorial integrity and review products with the same...
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Entertainment
How You Can Celebrate Valentine’s Day Without Blowing a Ton of Cash
You might not be Catholic or even have any idea who this Saint Valentine is, but he must have been a very important man, since everyone is spending hundreds of...
10 February 2022
Career
MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table): What Does It Mean If Your Financial Advisor Has Achieved MDRT?
Insurance agents often throw around the term “Million Dollar Round table”, or MDRT, especially in recruitment drives designed to make their jobs look attractive to potential new agents. But what...
9 February 2022
High Life
5 High End Restaurants in Singapore with Good Valentine’s Day Deals
I have a bad habit of thinking out loud. I would constantly say random things like, “You’re not old enough for me to give up my seat“, “That outfit is...
9 February 2022
Credit Cards
Earn KrisFlyer Miles Fast – 7 Best Krisflyer Miles Card Welcome Promotions in Singapore
Unless you hemorrhage money every month, earning Krisflyer Miles or Asia Miles with your regular credit card spending is a tedious and long-drawn affair. So what’s the fastest way to...
8 February 2022
Invest
How These 6 Ordinary Singaporeans Discovered Their ‘Hidden Riches’
This post was written in collaboration with Citigold. While we are financially compensated by them, we nonetheless strive to maintain our editorial integrity and review products with the same objective...
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Home Loans
How to Pick the Best Home Loan for Your Property in Singapore
Have you got your eye on a new home and are already looking for the best home loan in Singapore? Are you comparing the interest rates on the market, ready...
7 February 2022
Entertainment
Last Minute Hacks to Plan Your Perfect Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s day is coming up in a week’s time and you’re still swamped at work with little time left to plan a romantic night out. That’s okay. We get that...
7 February 2022
Dining
Valentine’s Day Lunch & Dinner – 8 Restaurants Under $100++ Per Pax
Love is a many-splendoured thing, but it does come with expectations. What if your other half isn’t the type to accept zichar on Valentine’s Day, and your cooking skills aren’t...
4 February 2022
Invest
How to Buy US Stocks in Singapore: 3 Best Investment Brokerages
If all the crypto talk about town has you interested in knowing invest your money for juicy returns but with lower risk, here’s a crash course on how to buy...
3 February 2022
Savings Accounts
UOB KrisFlyer Savings Account – MoneySmart Review 2022
The UOB KrisFlyer savings account works in tandem with any one of UOB’s eligible cards to give you more miles. The promise is that you can increase your miles earn...
3 February 2022
Career
Employee Stock Options: All You Need To Know About Owning Stocks in The Company You Work At
So, you’ve just gone for an interview for a position at a startup, SME or tech company, and they’re offering you the chance to receive employee stock options as part...
3 February 2022
Invest
Investing in Shares (2021) – MoneySmart Guide to Buying SGX Stocks
These days, owning Apple stock is as much a status symbol as owning an Apple watch. (Well, they’re both expensive…) But apart from making you more attractive, stocks and shares...
3 February 2022
Invest
Endowus Singapore Review – Should you Use This Robo Advisor to Invest your CPF?
For most Singapore citizens and PRs, CPF savings are untouchable until you buy a home or when you reach retirement age. But have you considered how you can invest your...
3 February 2022
Budgeting
6 Reasons to Gift Your Ah Gong & Ah Ma a Prepaid SIM Card This CNY
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Budgeting
How Singapore’s Lifestyle Inflation Keeps You Poor Even As Your Income Rises
In a perfectly logical world, getting a $1,000 raise would mean having $1,000 more to save. Unfortunately, it’s clear this world exists only in the land of unicorns and flying...
28 January 2022
Budgeting
3 Big Warning Signs Singaporeans are Suffering from Lifestyle Inflation
That guy who won $1 million in the lottery and immediately bought a Ferrari might be a victim of lifestyle inflation, the phenomenon that makes one’s spending rise whenever one’s...
27 January 2022
Budgeting
4 Most Common Ways Singaporeans Indulge in Lifestyle Inflation
Once upon a time, I went out with my friends to Pizza Hut after the PSLE. The four of us pooled our money to share one pizza with our pocket...
27 January 2022
Renovation Loans
Renovation Costs in Singapore – How Much Should You Budget?
The most expensive thing you can buy in Singapore is probably your home. Given that kind of investment, we can appreciate why you’d want to make your home as good...
27 January 2022
Opinion
How Singaporeans are Being Hurt by Inflation (and Don’t Realise It)
If you’ve been keeping up with the news of Singapore’s inflation rates in 2022, you might be in a state of panic. In December 2021, the headline inflation rate soared...
26 January 2022
Entertainment
7 islands near Singapore that Singaporeans don’t need a passport to visit
You’ve probably caught yourself referring to Singapore as “this island” at least once in your life. But technically, Singapore is made up of 63 islands. Yup, that’s a lot! The...
26 January 2022
Entertainment
10 Singapore Tours to Discover a Different Side of Singapore
Remember the time when short getaways were so easily available and travelling overseas was a breeze? Those were happy times before Covid-19 reared its ugly head and ruined holiday travel...
26 January 2022
Budgeting
7 Best Cordless Vacuum Cleaners in Singapore: Cheaper Alternatives to Dyson
I really have to hand it to Dyson for designing a vacuum cleaner that’s so out there, even men want to buy it. Lest you think of James Dyson as...
25 January 2022
Budgeting
Where to Get Cheap Haircuts in Singapore — KCuts, Snip Avenue, Kimage Hairdressing School & More
Unless you’re new in town, you would already know at least a couple of places for cheap haircuts in Singapore. And no, we’re NOT talking about your first day of National...
25 January 2022