Disruption Exhaustion – Let the Disruptor Meltdown Begin !

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A friend was lamenting the disruption in daily meals in the city when trying to order a wok-fried udon and found they did not accept cash or credit card, seriously? And there is… Continue reading

Part 2 on HENRY (High Earners Not Rich Yet)

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Loosely continued from last week… Private hire car stops abruptly in front forcing sharp braking, and he reverses so you can see the rude finger gesture and refuses to move until cars behind… Continue reading

Singapore’s HENRY Generation – High Earners Not Rich Yet

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A good friend was raging about her hospitalization insurance bill which SPIKED 40% higher (despite no claims for 12 years) which was a whopping $1k higher for both herself and her teenage son… Continue reading

Absurdity, Markets, Questions and The Joker is the Star of the Show

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Imagine driving down Orange Grove Road and a car comes bearing straight down at you because the single opposite lane has become a private hire driveway? Dystopia? We encounter teams of cyclists taking… Continue reading

Singaporeans Should Give a Damn about the Environment, and Other Things

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Into the final quarter of the year with Hong Kong on our minds, wondering whether to cheer or commiserate knowing that Singapore should benefit from their demise and the billions that will flow… Continue reading

A Bit on the Repo Market Fiasco, SOFR, SORA – Why It Matters But You Don’t Know Yet

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Absurdity rules the world as wildfires rage on all continents (Alaska, Congo, Greece, Indonesia, Amazon, Australia, Siberia etc) of the world except Antarctica and vapers are turning to cigarettes to wean themselves off… Continue reading

When We Grow Up and Get Retrenched, We Dream of Driving Grab

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There are times when we give thanks if the haze is all we have got to worry about because it is blazing away all over the world not just Indonesia that Brazil, under… Continue reading

Bond Markets are Ba-de-ya, Dancing into September

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Are we living in an artificial simulation? We can predict that will be the big question making headlines in the coming months as the world eagerly anticipates the reboot of the Matrix series… Continue reading

In Protest – What Markets and Riots Have in Common

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Fearful of being harassed on the roads and streets of Singapore, most recently by a mean-looking private hire black minivan which bore down fiercely, on high beam after a tiny preventive honk, a… Continue reading

Wrapping Our Heads Around Negative Yields

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photo courtesy of Ms Sok Fen, Uyuni Bolivia   What a week and Bloomberg was not exagerating last weekend when we were told to Get Read for the World Economy’s Biggest Week of… Continue reading