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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
7M ago
Income FlexiTravel Hourly Insurance offers affordable, flexible travel coverage for short trips to Malaysia, Batam, and Bintan at just $3 per day. Planning a quick getaway but dreading the hassle and cost of travel insurance? Imagine being able to cover your trip for just $3 a day! Enter Income FlexiTravel Hourly Insurance — perfect for […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
7M ago
In case you haven’t noticed, travelling is one of the best things in life for me, but I am well aware that unexpected events can instantly turn a dream vacation into a nightmare. During a few of my overseas trips, I firsthand experienced the importance of travel insurance when I needed medical attention and faced […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
8M ago
In a country like Singapore, where there are minimal risks from natural disasters, I suppose taking basic measures for protection against fire to safeguard against losses at home seems like the next best thing. How frequently do fires happen in Singapore? According to SCDF, the overall number of fires was 1954 cases in 2023, 970 […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
11M ago
This is the time of the year when we find ourselves in the middle of tax season here in Singapore. And this means one thing: It is time to file for income tax with IRAS. Many of us are salaried employees and are used to not having to manually file for income tax due to […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
11M ago
Even though it was quite a number of years ago, I still remember the day rather vividly. There was an envelope in my pigeonhole, and it contained my blood test results. It was nothing more than a regular test sponsored by the company that I was working at, but it threw up some unexpected cholesterol […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
1y ago
The Basic Healthcare Sum (BHS) is the estimated savings you need in your MediSave Account for your basic subsidised healthcare needs in old age. Or perhaps, you’d still remember the term used to be the CPF Medisave Limit or Medisave Cap Limit. Quite a few years ago, the official term given was actually Medisave Contribution Ceiling […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
1y ago
Initially, I wanted to write a new article but instead decided to update this slightly aged one on AIA Prime Life Special Policy. I am adding to this blog post from 2017 because the world, as we know, is experiencing a period of high-interest rates as a result of an aggressive rate hike undertaken by […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
1y ago
The Citi PremierMiles is a general-purpose all-rounder when it is not possible to earn 4 miles per dollar on our transactions. In addition, the complimentary airport lounge access is a godsend for frequent travel. In this series of articles, I share more details on the credit cards that I keep in my wallet that have […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
1y ago
BasedRewards is the brand new Point System by BasedApp that can turn all our spending into opportunities to each even more rewards. The BasedApp Visa Debit Card is a cryptocurrency-backed debit card that allows users to spend their cryptocurrencies (actually, it’s XSGD stablecoin) at any merchant that accepts Visa. It is issued by Xfers Pte […]
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Turtle Investor » Personal Finance
1y ago
Secured credit cards are a type of credit card that requires a cash deposit as collateral to secure the credit line. The cash deposit typically serves as the credit line for the card, meaning that the cardholder can only spend up to the amount of the deposit starting at $10,000. The topic of secured credit […]
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