This will be the last article on property for this period, having written a series on rental, 1 article on capital appreciation and even side-tracked 1 article on fengshui. Today we will zoom out further on the economy. While no…
Japan is currently the third biggest economy in the world, behind US and China. The Yen is also the third most traded currency in the financial markets, behind the USD and the Euro. It also has the 8th largest gold…
Warren Buffett made news again for increasing his stake in 5 trading houses, namely Mitsubishi Corp, Mitsui & Co, Itochu Corp, Marubeni Corp and Sumitomo Corp. These 5 companies are Japan’s five largest trading companies which deal with a wide…
Different people have different trading styles. Some advocate to follow the trend, some swear by the technicals with all the chart analytic tools while some trade on news. There is no perfect strategy, and one should find a suitable strategy…
I had a short break in March, and during that period there was a series of news-worthy events which sent shockwaves around the world. I made an article about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, but there were others which…
On 10 Mar 2023, the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed. At the time of failure, it was the 16th largest bank in the US and the largest in the Silicon Valley. Its collapse wiped off the deposits of a few…
There was once a girl. Born with defects, she should have died at birth. However the mother was unable to make a sound decision and insisted on saving her no matter the cost despite doctors’ advice against it. On the…
In early 2022, a Douyin (TikTok) video about a woman being chained in the neck in Xuzhou county, Jiangsu province went viral after a visitor to the village took and shared the video. Chinese officials released multiple statements trying to…
Civilization is a computer game series in which the player starts off with one settler and one warrior in the ancient days, then work their way up to be the greatest nation or empire on Earth. There are a few…
Today let us talk about the random things. Rather than giving the usual full piece article, this time I will let my readers do more thinking on their own. But we will build on the discussions from previous articles. Despite…
In December 2019, the first official Covid cases came into the public eye. Shortly afterwards on the very first day of Chinese New Year 2020, the biggest Chinese holiday, China declared a lockdown of Wuhan city and by extension the…
Elon Musk, currently the richest man on Earth who also has a cult-like following. Different from his peers, people’s perception of him is that of a saviour rather than an obscenely rich man fleecing off the wallets of the common…