The Financial Coconut Podcast

Is CPF Life The Right Fit For Your Retirement Plans? CPF Life has been around for slightly more than a decade and some of us are wondering how can we maximize the benefit of CPF Life? We’ve compiled everything you need to know and think about into 3 questions to ask yourself before implementing CPF Life into your retirement strategy! Disclaimer: Throughout the episode " 6% for retirement acco...

Why does the high school you come from matter in Singapore? Are the odds of getting your dream job higher? Due to recent announcement about ACS (Angle Chinese School) relocating from Barker Road to Tengah, it has sparked some uproar amongst it’s alumni. Some say it’s a good move while some worry it will tarnish the name of the school and it’s legacy. So who better than, Mark, Founder and CEO RICE...

Did his life get better after quitting theatre to pursue coding? Did pursuing coding instead really improve his quality of life or did it just bring more inconviences? Maybe if he had stuck with theatre, he could have made it to the Oscar’s and won just like Michelle Yeoh! — Welcome to The Financial Coconut, your source for empowering financial knowledge and unlocking possibilities. Join us as we...

How much do you truly need in order to retire today? Tons of advice on the internet will tell you that you need XXX amount of $ in order to retire comfortably but wouldn’t the amount vary for each individual? Follow these 3 easy tips on how you can find out the amount required for you to retire comfortably for yourself! Discover more from the team at The Financial Coconut (including all our other...

“When you passion becomes your profession, it will bring out the best in you” - Sibel Terhaar. Turning your passion into your profession would seem like a dream come through wouldn’t it? Most entrepreneur millionaires would encourage you to do so! But will it really all be just rainbows and butterflies or will your passion die down as it slowly transitions into your full-time profession? — Welcome...

Is anything truly unbiased? Even our own views and opinions are never truly unbiased. However there is one company out there that boasts it’s unbiasedness. Seedly, the unbiased finance assistant platform that aims to help users make smarter financial decisions through their expense tracking app and crowdsourced knowledge, makes it their mission to ensure that all the information put out on their f...

Did we just lose our jobs to ChatGPT? With all the craze surrounding ChatGPT lately, we thought it would only be appropriate to test it out ourselves by putting our own jobs on the line by asking ChatGPT to give us 3 personal finance tips and reacting to them. We’ll let you know what we think and elaborate or criticize the answers provided by ChatGPT! Discover more from the team at The Financial C...

Should Singaporeans leave for greener pastures elsewhere? A lot of times when we’re going on with our daily 9-5 work, we feel underappreciated by colleagues, supervisors or managers. We put in so much time and effort to ensure a task is completed on time only to receive little to no feedback or worse, the cursed “noted with thanks”. At these moments of uncertainty, we often consider leaving the co...

Welcome to Blockcast! Here's the crypto news for the week: 03:26 - USDC Depegs! Is this the “great reset”? 16:19 - Bitcoin’s time to shine 23:13 - Meta moves further away from metaverse For all other links mentioned, or to discover more from the team at The Financial Coconut (including all our other shows), go to https://linktr.ee/thefinancialcoconut Disclaimer: The content in TFC Stock Geekout is...

A step in the journey of financial wealth is the financial plan, a part where most people get lost and confused as to where and how to begin. Most times when in a situation like this, we tend to turn to “influencers” for a solution but as you go on you notice the pieces of advice they give are pieces for an entire different puzzle set. Getting your financial plan checked and revised is an importan...

Welcome to TFC Weekly Market Updates! Here's the market news for the week: 03:45 - Silicon Valley Bank Downfall For all other links mentioned, or to discover more from the team at The Financial Coconut (including all our other shows), go to https://linktr.ee/thefinancialcoconut Disclaimer: The content in TFC Stock Geekout is solely for education and entertainment purposes. It does not serve as any...

Many of us live our daily lives without knowing what the government actually does aside from want our tax money. We watch the news and see leaders of other nations making pretty big advancements or decisions for their country and you wonder what your country’s leader is doing for yours. That’s when the yearly budget comes in, a series of changes and new policies made to better the lives of citizen...

In light of recent events and the growing trend towards remote work, the question of whether work from home should be mandatory is a topic of much debate. While there are certainly benefits to remote work, such as increased flexibility and reduced commuting time, there are also potential downsides, such as decreased social interaction and difficulty separating work and home life. During the pandem...

Welcome to Blockcast! Here's the crypto news for the week: - 00:59 [Crypto’s next big blow up ] - 09:58 [SEC vs Binance and Crypto] - 19:53 [AI isn’t that useful for blockchain] For all other links mentioned, or to discover more from the team at The Financial Coconut (including all our other shows), go to https://linktr.ee/thefinancialcoconut -- Blockcast is the brainchild of web3-focused new...

Sustainability has become a fashionable idea, everything seems to need to be aligned with it, and sometimes it feels a little much. But did you realize that the wet market is already a very sustainable system? Where is the packaging? So it seems, maybe being sustainable is not always about moving forward and embracing new ideas but looking back and wondering, is there a way to live well without hu...

Many Singaporeans follow this path, work, save, invest, and accumulate. This is not the easiest path for many, we strive hard to do better at every turn, from being smarter shoppers, better money managers and even constantly up-skilling to be sexy in the labour market. The last thing we want is for our efforts to be thrown out. Critical illness is one such fear, it can readily empty our bank accou...

Stay-at-home fathers are becoming more common in modern society. Being a stay-at-home father can be a rewarding but challenging experience. Many stay-at-home fathers report feeling fulfilled in their caregiving role and value the opportunity to spend more time with their children. However, some also report feeling isolated or stigmatized by societal expectations of traditional gender roles. Follow...

Welcome to Blockcast! Here's the crypto news for the week: 00:33 - Asset Tokenization- Theme Of The Year? 10:39 - Cryptocurrency Mining Rig Found In Crawl Space Of School 16:17 - NFT Turf War: BLUR vs OpenSea Disclaimer: The content in TFC Stock Geekout is solely for education and entertainment purposes. It does not serve as any form of advice or recommendations. -- Blockcast is the brainchild of...

Have you ever been in this scenario?  Me: “Wow working life is so tiring.. I want to stop working when I’m 50. But can I afford to do so? ” or “I wanna travel the world and eat this and buy that… but how will I ever afford it?” We all have desires and it is always in a tussle with “how much do we want to put in?” The road of endless accumulation may not be something everyone wants to go on, h...

Welcome to TFC Weekly Market Updates! Here's the market news for the week: 04:22 - [Nvidia still makes billions despite PC demand drop] 15:07 - [Will Intel continue to fall?] 24:41 - [Alibaba stock prices catapult!] For all other links mentioned, or to discover more from the team at The Financial Coconut (including all our other shows), go to https://linktr.ee/thefinancialcoconut Disclaimer: The c...

Once upon a time, there was a person who was unsure about their financial goals. They knew they wanted to be financially stable and secure, but they weren't sure how to get there… So they listened to this week’s episode of First Dibs! And guess what? They found out how to started working towards their financial goal by following some little baby steps. Listen along and maybe you’ll be able to live...

How many times have you heard phrases like “you do you” or “be yourself” or even “dont care about what other people think” ? I'm gonna guess and say quite often right? But can you really afford to not care about what others think and not build or maintain your reputation because you’re “being yourself”? What if your reputation has been tarnished? Is it possible to rebuild that reputation or would...

Sometimes we feel like our leaders of the day do not listen to us, they push through policies that we may not like. But since 2011, many new policies like increasing property taxes, foreign labour quotas, raising income tax on the highest earners, supercar taxes, CPF life and increasing housing and family support all points to the PAP shifting economically “left”, albeit secretly. Is this the nati...

01:20 : A Breath Of Fresh Airbnb 30:16 : DBS Profits Skyrocket!  41:39 : 37% Loss At Port Hutchison Holdings For all other links mentioned, or to discover more from the team at The Financial Coconut (including all our other shows), go to https://linktr.ee/thefinancialcoconut Disclaimer: The content in TFC Stock Geekout is solely for education and entertainment purposes. It does not serve as a...

Would you say it’s affordable to live in Singapore? Most would say living in Singapore is rather expensive and costly but can the new elements introduced in the latest Singapore Budget 2023 make a difference in the lives of Singapore’s residences? In this episode we ask the question “Is it affordable to live in Singapore?” where we touch on various different topics from HDB Prices to is Singapore...