If you are taking the maximum loan tenure for your home loan, you are looking at a life with debt for at least 25 to 30 years. Some people tend to be anxious about loans, and it can be an invisible weight on their shoulders. Having debt can also be […]
15 Months On, Our Progress In Reducing Our Mortgage Loan
Mortgage loan is the only debt that we have since we paid off our student loans many years back. We are, in a way lucky, that we do not have other loans as we live within our means. We do not have a car, so we do not have any […]
What Is In Our Long Term Investment Portfolio?
Interest rates for OCBC and UOB HYSA (high-yield savings account) are set to fall in May 2025, and interest rates for other safe investments like fixed deposits (FD), Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB), and T-bills have been falling over the past few months. As such, we have been researching how to […]
Saving Accounts Interest Rate Drop! Where Do We Put Our Money?
With HYSA (high-yield saving accounts), SSB (Singapore Saving Bonds), Fixed Deposits (FD) and T-Bills slashing their interest rates, parking our money in them is not as attractive anymore. This is especially so with interest rates expected to have further rate cuts in the next few months. UOB has slashed its […]
UOB One Interest Rate Drop! Now What?!!
We expected other banks to follow OCBC’s footsteps in lowering their interest rates for their high-yield savings account (HYSA). However, we did not expect this move to be so soon. UOB dropped the interest rate for their UOB One account one week after OCBC made the news, and it is […]
OCBC 360 Cutting Their Interest Rate! Should You Still Use It?
One year after UOB revised the interest rate of its UOB One account, OCBC is finally revising its interest rate, which will be effective in May 2025. While this is a long-expected move, it does not make the news easier to digest. The change in the interest rate is rather […]