This is an interesting take from Jason as it was such a personal and yet informative piece and encapsulated the actions and emotions of investing/trading. It is a piece that the author willingly shared with the experience of making a mistake and accepting that loss. https://learninginvestmentwithjasoncai.com/2024/03/10/my-nvidia-time-bomb-usd141-5k-unrealised-loss-counting-why-you-should-never-sell-naked-call-the-danger-of-short-selling/ It is never easy to share your losses and in the article, Jason shared how he had 300 shares of Nvidia, that is not a small amount judging by the current pric ..read more

Here we are recording the financials for Q1 2024, feels like the year just started a few days ago with CNY and in the blink of an eye, we are at the end of Q1 2024. The markets have been crazy with AI and cryptocurrencies leading the pack. My portfolio is not so oriented towards AI however I do hold a small position in Bitcoin and Ethereum, with that, the value of the portfolio has increased substantially. I am a small holder of Bitcoin and Ethereum so I can only imagine how insane for those who hold a large amount of cryptocurrency in their portfolio. The portfolio performed pretty well in Q1 ..read more

We are now into the month of March. Time flies, I wanted this out in the early part of March but it has dragged on for quite awhile. March is quite a special month as it is my birthday month! It is always an exciting month as you meet up with friends and family but for about 1/3 of the month, I will be spending it overseas. It will be the first time I visit this country and first trip of the year so pretty exciting but a lot of preparation works. Last year of my twenties I have repeated this multiple times but it’s hasn’t fully registered in my head, it is my LAST YEAR OF TWENTIES! Never reall ..read more

 Budgeting is a huge part to managing your finances. Making a suitable budget and sticking to it can make your financial journey easier and accelerate achieving your financial goals. It might not be easy at first and you might make some slight adjustments but once you have a budget that you can work with, in the long term, the results will be visible. Making a budget as a fresh graduate from university is definitely different after working for 4 years as you would probably see your income grow and inevitably, there might be some lifestyle inflation. My budget from 4 years ago is definitel ..read more

The first month of 2024 has just passed and already my portfolio is facing some downward pressure. If you are not aware, I do have a substantial percentage of my portfolio in Tesla, with the recent months of adding QQQ, the percentage has gone down but it is still about 30% of my whole portfolio which can have huge impacts considering it’s share price after the recent Q4 2023 results. The share price has fallen below $200 and we do see some selling pressure as the outlook for 2024 seems rather dull judging by what was said and in the AI innovation portion, Elon Musk was rather negative on the ..read more

2023 is almost over and the stock market as well as the world has been on a whirlwind of emotion ride. Wars are happening and yet the stock market has been recovering steadily towards the year end. It is a lot more positive in the market than what I expected.  As we review my financial portfolio, let’s also pray for those suffering and hope that this difficult time will be over for them soon. With my total net worth hitting $100,000 about 1 or 2 months back, with the bull market in stocks and cryptocurrencies, my investment portfolio alone without cash has also hit the $100,000 mark. Wit ..read more

My investment portfolio broke above $100,000 recently and I wanted to share some of my thoughts as a reflection as I reach this milestone. I started investing when I was 22 years old, which was 6 years ago and what a journey it has been. There were moments in the 6 years journey where I thought building wealth was so difficult and there were times when I felt money was so easy to get, it was indeed a rollercoaster ride and even so in the upcoming years. But all in all, I learned a lot and there were some things that I hoped I started doing earlier. Times I thought building wealth was so tough ..read more

Saw this video on Youtube and it was rather eye-catching with it’s title and after watching it, it was scary seeing how crypto and investments can make individuals addicted as they are not in fact investing but gambling as they aim to strike a huge pot of gold. A lot of people invest with the mindset of striking something big as seen in the video and in South Korea, a huge proportion of people in their 20s and 30s are hoping that cryptocurrency can be the one to help them strike big. Individuals in the video Many of the individuals borrowed or used leverage when they invested hence they are cu ..read more

When I first entered the workforce, I never thought that there would be a time where I might become redundant or I might have been building up the wrong skills since I was fresh out of university and soaking up on the job knowledge and information like never before. Fast forward 5 years, hurt by the corporate world after seeing the retrenchment and redundancy exercises in the companies I have been in due to the changing and difficult times, my thoughts and feelings towards the corporate world has changed from when I was a fresh graduate who thought that my hard work would be fairly compensated ..read more

Many things have happened in September as well as in Q3, Huawei Mate 60, iPhone ban in China, iPhone 15 release, CPI release and ARM IPOs are just a few of the events that have made Q3 exciting. We shall see what the final part of 2023 brings us as we move along. A review of the numbers for Q3 to keep track and record the progress we are seeing in the portfolio. Read more:  Q2 2023 Portfolio Update Stocks Portfolio As the FED/Powell mentioned that rates would stay higher for longer, the equities hasn’t been doing too well as we also see Singapore Savings Bonds having a 3.32% if you hold f ..read more