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HDB loan is the best for low income
Aiyo, everybody ask “which one lower interest?” But the loan is 25 years leh. The better question is “Can my salary handle the worst case in year 10, year 15, year 20?” 🤔 Auntie Low break it down for you. 📌 Step 1: Know the basics HDB loan Rate: 2.6% p.a., pegged at CPF OA rate + 0.1%
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Oct 2026 spending
① Food – S$439.87 This is about S$14.66 per day. I wouldn't recommend aggressively cutting food expenses. Instead, monitor unnecessary snacks, drinks and convenience purchases. ② Transport – S$236.56 This is 18.5% of your recorded spending. Check whether this includes occasional taxi or rid
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Oct dividend 2026
Fixed expense :$450 Dividend :$68. 25 + $137. 50 = $205.75 Out of my pocket is $244.25
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How i save $10,000 in one year
From December 2025 to October 2026, I saved $10,000. It took 48 weeks, and I crossed the mark this month. I did not turn into an extreme penny-pincher to get there, so here’s how it went. Step 1: Look at your spending first Before you try to “save more”, look at where your money really goes.
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Financial checklist
The Singapore Financial Wellness Checklist ​1. Cash Flow & Savings ​[ ] Practice "Pay Yourself First": Automatically transfer a portion of your salary to savings or investments before spending. ​[ ] Build your Emergency Fund: Keep 3 to 6 months (or up to 12 months if freelancing) o
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Earning $1 is difficult..
I chat with a girl the other day. 17, 18 years old. She tell me she want to drop out of school. I say: "Eh, paper cert still got use for your generation leh." She say: "Aiyo, any job I also can get one, easy only." Yah, I know. At her age, I also think like that. So I te
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Q1: Second round of $5k
Q1: Additional $10 monthly to the account to fasten getting to $5000 W1: $159.18 W2: $31.03 W3: $33.21 W4: $500.32 + additional $10 (Amount deposit June : $733.74) W5: $69.98 W6: $72.93 W7: $52.51 W8: $651.90 + additional $10 W9 :$41.16 (Amount deposit July :$898.48) W10: $207.23 W
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How much to save this lifetime (Trinity study)
Alamak, "Trinity Study" ah — sounds like a Bible study but it's actually one of the most quoted things in FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) circles. What it actually is In 1998, three professors from Trinity University (Texas) — Cooley, Hubbard, and Walz — ran the numbe
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Risk control of money
Auntie Low here again 🐷 Confirm plus chop confusing lah, so many "must save for retirement" posts but nobody give you the actual structure. Today we break it down into 3 pillars. The Shape of the Pyramid 🔺 Pillar 1: 🏠 Emergency Fund ($24,000 — FD / Gold / SSB / High-int savings) ────
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Sept expenses
470.88 non-food 94.53 transport 736.56 food 130.09 work purchase 10 piggy bank 74.07 medical 177 cpf topup 10 donation Your September spending totals $1,703.13. What stands out Food is your biggest line. It works out to about $24.55 a day, and food plus non-food makes up 71% of the
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Spend already then save?! HUH?!
Here's the updated version with that point woven in 👇 💰 Save First, Then Spend — Not Spend First, Then Save! Learning from our government's approach: the first thing that happens when you get your salary? Set some aside first. 🏦 For me, that's the full amount of my part-time sa
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Fixed expense: $450 Dividend:36+13.8+72.25+6.78+6.85+55+28.6+6.36+60.86+7.42 +189.64 +1.29= $484.83 Transfer back $34.83 into saving
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Auntie Low

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Thoughts on what living in discomfort brings..
When you work hard for your money, spending it on lazy conveniences hurts. ​Lately, I’ve been using a simple rule: Push your tolerance for discomfort first. Choose the harder, cheaper option to save money, and only spend on convenience when you genuinely cannot tahan anymore. ​Here’s how I’m
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Is $3000 in a share too risky?
Yes, if you can’t earn $3k from your day job. 💼💵 No, because it is a manageable risk. ⚖️🛡️ Imagine the amount of capital your boss has to put into the business just to pay your salary. 🏢💰 ​That same mindset should apply to how you think about investing. 🧠📈 If you aren't willing to t
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Math to know how much to invest
​📈 Building a Dividend Portfolio to Beat Inflation ​Platforms like dividends.sg make it easy to track local dividend yields, helping investors find assets paying 4% or more to outpace inflation. Because Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are currently trading near the bottom of their cycle, c
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August spending 2026
Food and non-food make up over half your spending ($602.47 and $422.55), with work purchases and the CPF top-up not far behind. Piggy bank and gambling are tiny slices in comparison. Here's a summary of the spending breakdown (total: $1,782.86): Food – $602.47 (33.8%) — the single largest
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'You can't produce a baby in 1 month by getting nine women pregnant': Buffett
Here is how that exact principle applies to investing: you will never make—or keep—money in assets you don't truly understand. ​When you invest outside your knowledge perimeter, you aren't investing; you're gambling. Fear and panic take over the moment the market drops, causing you t
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August dividend
Fixed Expense:$450 Dividend: $6.80 +$22.47+$19.29+$63.24+$79.00 +$110.00+$35.00 =$335.80 Pay out of pocket :$114. 20
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Spending money for my cat!
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Auntie Low

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Showing strangers my journal on Lemon8
Why I record my money journey here 🍋💰 Can I be honest for a sec? I don't really have a "financial buddy" in real life. My family? When I bring up planning, saving, insurance — they say I judge too much, nag too much. To them, money is for enjoying now. No debt = no problem, they say.
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