Credibility and Work Effectiveness
It is better to work with someone you dislike but has credibility, rather than someone whom you like but do not have credibility – this was what I have been taught since young. For the past one month, I haveโฆ
Geographical Arbitrage
Geographical arbitrage is the practice of earning income in a strong currency or high-cost area while spending or operating in a lower cost area, thereby swiftly accumulating wealth or achieving a higher quality of life at a lower cost. Forโฆ
Japan Is Tightening Money Supply
Japan’s 10 year, 20 year and 30 year bond yield has increased significantly over the past few months, and this fact is being plastered all over the news. Why is this a concern, and what impact does it have? Iโฆ
Culture Differences
10 years ago I went to the North-Eastern part of China to attend a friend’s wedding and experienced a series of culture differences. Wedding Culture Differences First off, the wedding banquet was in the day, which by itself is notโฆ
Of The AI Bubble And US Stock Market
The US stock market seem resilient, and the AI hype is so strong it might as well be an AI bubble. Background The S&P 500, and by extension the US stock market, seems to be never dying, rising up andโฆ
Thailand Properties
Few years back, there was a craze in buying Thailand properties. From properties in Bangkok to Chiang Mai to Phuket, many Asian investors invested in those properties. Property agents were all out trying to sell as many as they could,โฆ
Art of War
ๅคซๅฐๅ ต่ ๏ผไธๆฐๅๅฎ๏ผไธๅฎๅ่ตฐ๏ผไธ่ตฐๅ้๏ผไธ้ๅๆญปใ- ๅธ้ฆฌๆฟ In military, if you do not attack, defend; if you do not defend, retreat; if you do not retreat, flee; if you do not flee, die – Sima Yi The Chinese has a saying: The business world isโฆ
My Stock Picking Journey
A reader asked how do I go about in choosing stocks that are cheap, safe and of value? The short answer is that I find windows of opportunities that comes along with the big trend. The process is actually drawnโฆ
Recalibrating My Blog
This current blog on financial freedom started in 21 August 2021. Throughout this period I have talked about different things related to financial freedom, but generally it can be summarised as such: Understanding the societal and financial rules, effectively makingโฆ
Away On A Work Trip
Announcement: I will be away on a work trip for 2 to 3 months. The blog will not be updated in the meantime. I will see everyone again 2 to 3 months later.
Choosing A Stock
In the Western society, there is an analogy that choosing a stock is like choosing a wife. In fact, in their 1997 annual meeting, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger were talking about opportunity costs when choosing a particular investment, andโฆ
China Yangtze Power 26.6 Billion Yuan “Donation”
Few days back China Yangtze Power announced that they will be investing 26.6 billion yuan over a period of approximately 7.5 years into ‘ship locks’, with no indication of any investment returns. To put it plainly, state-owned Yangtze Power willโฆ