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journey journey home about me monday december 31 2018 review 2018 been almost a year since i last blogged been last post being 2017 and financially my last update was at 2016 review my portfolio was a huge 2 130 at 31 december 2016 and i had committed to set aside 300 a month on investments almost 2 years on how have i progressed with my savings as at year end my portfolio is at 14 510 which is not bad considering i started at 2 130 in 2016 honestly though i added most of my positions in the last 2 months when the prices of the equities started coming down my cash holdings is around 2k as of now and going to add more as i get my paycheck point is i managed to set aside more than my aim of 300 a month otherwise i would only have 7 200 by now equity gains losses did not specifically track dividend income from the counters but given the huge size of the portfolio it is likely to be immaterial in any case because i am using standard chartered online trading platform all dividends would be automatically credited into my securities trading settlement account for reinvestment shall continue to set aside my own savings and periodically use it to build up my etf position because currently that s mostly all as above i am holding onto now long long way to fire posted by unknown at 6 15 am no comments labels review shares friday december 1 2017 general updates wow been sometime since i blogged lots of things happening in real life that got me sidelined from blogging addition to the family welcomed my daughter to the family in november a bundle of joy to make this post remotely finance related i shall classify her as a 21 year endowment plan returns on investment unknown and no projection available as well cost of investment very high i think it s not an investment you will go into based on the numbers alone i mean the initial outlay into this is quiteeee high giving a rough breakdown of the costs associated and i give only approximate figures here 1 regular gynae check ups 250 350 a visit roughly 12 visits monthly then moving to shorter intervals as the due date approaches total for check ups 3 600 2 miscellaneous medical costs associated pre natal check ups there used to be an oscar test to test for down syndrome which costs about 300 500 and have a 75 accuracy ration we decided to go for the harmony test it costs 1 500 but have 99 accuracy reading that plus other supplements tests scans that needs to be undertaken total miscellaneous medical 2 000 3 nursery room outfitting a room for the new member costs money baby cots dressers clothes strollers these things do not come cheap total for nursery 5 000 4 food expenses supplements grocery bills went up went marketing every week to buy cod fish for the wife to eat and that is like premium bird s nest chicken essence become par for the norm i did not track this expense though 5 cost of delivery went for delivery at a private hospital thomson medical apparently it is one of the more affordable private hospital compared to the others cost of delivery varies depending on the complexity of the procedure i e if you are going for a caesarean operation normal delivery with or without epidural anesthetist required total for delivery 9 000 note medisave could be used to help defray the costs up to 3 000 for normal deliveries more could be used for caesarean section deliveries you would have noted that i did not exactly scrimp and went for the lowest cost option decision was not made on cost as i think being pregnant is not easy and paying quite a bit more for comfort would help go a long way to making the process for the wife much better there are ways to save on this going to a public hospital delivery and gynae check up costs would be much lower but weighing between the 2 i consciously went for the more expensive option sure it could have helped purchase a few lots of sti etfs perhaps maybe 20 years later i would rue the choice but i guess some decisions have to be made so what s the total cost i incurred for this investment a whooping 19 600 and going forward there would be monthly cost averaging into this and who knows the potential payout 21 years later economically i think the maths don t work out to balance this out a little the government does help out a little 1 baby bonus 8 000 for the first born spread over several tranches disbursed 2 child development account 3 000 first step incentive into the child s account plus up to another 3 000 dollar for dollar matching there are tax incentives given for parents with babies which will help out a little posted by unknown at 11 57 pm no comments labels baby general pregnancy saturday january 14 2017 income review 2016 not many streams of income left in 2016 that will bring me into 2017 having liquidate most of my positions to purchase a second home passive income as can be seen my passive income dropped from 2016 as compared to previous years liquidated most of my assets to get another house which i am currently staying in so it will be like a fresh start in 2017 when i try to build up my portfolio again to get income from dividends meanwhile also hoping that the rental from my hdb will add a much needed boost to my passive stream been holding cash a bit the past few years to buy another house i guess that s why my dividends income wasn t that significant anyway also only managed to get 1 month of rental out of my flat and i net the agent s commission off my us apartment continues to generate income although there seems to be en bloc interest in that let s see if i am forced to sell out which is not ideal as i kind of like the regular usd income stream portfolio as at 31 december 2016 a grand total of 2 130 now that i do not expect to use huge amounts of cash anymore in the near future i am more comfortable in placing more into equities although the current amount i am placing now is still 300 a month i should be looking to increase the amount in 2017 waiting for my expenses situation to stabilize further and to build up a bigger financial buffer too posted by unknown at 8 41 pm no comments labels hdb passive income personal finances property review monday january 9 2017 expenses review 2016 that time of the year when i look back at my expenses in 2016 and see how much better or worst did i fare financially i really only started tracking my expenses in 2015 when i got ynab and my first year expenses were recorded in 2015 expenses review it was pretty interesting to see where my money went to i guess it would be even more interesting for me that is to see where i stack compared to last year car expenses 31 687 88 2015 33 198 99 pretty consistent here the slight disparity was because i did without a car for slightly under a month where i sold off my fancy ride to get a more down to earth vehicle i expect the expenses in this category to drop in 2017 fixed expenses 17 792 31 2015 14 234 21 this category is getting higher and boils down to me increasing my insurance cover as described in here also taxation is higher if i recall there is a 1 off relief previous year due to slightly higher income an area which i can manage better with srs topping up with cpf perhaps i have been putting this off because i kept some cash on hand to fund my home now that that is out of the way i can look to reducing some income tax expenses monthly bills 2 322 48 2015 2 943 24 phone bills gym membership slightly lower this year as i managed to get reimbursement for my gym fees late last year as part of corporate benefit also my phone bills gets transferred to my family account as part of a total package from singtel so likely i will drop this category in 2017 daily expenses 7 566 51 2015 9 081 47 total family expenses goes here food entertainment etc went down due to a conscious effort to cook more at home although in the grand scheme of things it didn t look like it helped much maybe savings of 100 a month holidays 2 839 81 2015 8 239 05 too busy to take a break a good thing for the wallet personal expenses 6 538 75 2015 6 175 5 somewhat similar to last year was higher this year because i cabbed everywhere when i was without a car surprising to me though because i thought i did try to watch my spending on other areas like office meals and social entertainment expenses bringing me to a total of 68 747 74 2015 73 872 46 so after a year of belt tightening i cut my expenses down by 5 000 p a which is about 600 a month total essential expenses would be 43 897 57 31 897 57 12 000 family expenses 2005 42 140 98 and the daily maintenance expenses would be 3 500 approximately same as last year as well having said that though i still need to factor in the mortgage of my new house so in reality the figure per month is higher overall i think it is quite surprising to me looks like the efforts i have put into cutting my expenses did not bear as much fruits as i thought it should it certainly felt like i put in more effort than satisfaction i get in the return for the savings posted by unknown at 6 11 am 2 comments labels personal finances review saturday december 24 2016 transactions in december hitching coming to the end of the year where did 2016 go to did my regular savings plan of 300 bucks a month and this month i decided to get some bonds instead so i purchased a35 at 1 141 i had left overs from my previous purchases of sti etfs so even though the total purchase amount is 343 i had enough to cover the transaction amount bonds are less volatile good for people who are getting old like me i used to be 100 in equities but some diversity couldn t hurt i envisage that as i progress with more savings i would slowly increase my bond component at the moment i m happy to let it be at around 10 20 also i am looking forward to collecting more dividends next month a grand amount of 24 54 since i restarted my portfolio less than half a year ago with 300 a month i am happy that the dividends can last me for a week s lunch although that is only hypothetical as i would not be spending it but going to reinvest it eventually with my regular rsp grabhitch from my previous posts you would know that i sold my flashy 2 door car and downgraded to a more modest 4 door vehicle my previous vehicle wasn t approved by uber because it is a 2 door and they can only allow 4 door with my new ride yes i know it is still a luxury item i can sort of monetize the liability a little now when i go out and if my company wants to get a taxi i get him her to call for a hitch driver and i will accept the booking grab pays incentive for hitch drivers and i would be the beneficiary of it and not forgetting to wish you and your family a very merry and blessed christmas and a happy new year ahead posted by unknown at 8 10 pm no comments labels grabhitch transactions friday november 25 2016 transactions happenings oct nov 2016 didn t blog for 2 months was kinda busy did my monthly purchase of 100 units of either g3b or es3 guess 100 units work nicely based on savings of 300 a month other significant updates 1 finally secured a tenant for my hdb market is indeed softening the house sat empty for 1 month while logically i know there is definitely a vacancy period i can t help but feel that every day the house sits empty i am losing money all is good now though the rental deposit is now in my bank account ka ching rates have come down slightly but still not too bad for a stream of rental income 2 sold my flashy car after listing it on consignment for 1 year there is finally a taker love that car especially the cool breeze at night when you drive top down but after 5 good years i think it was time to let go uber didn t even accept my car as it was a 2 door ride back when i was thinking of getting extra cash in case you think i am being extra financially prudent by selling the car and taking public transport i have to admit i am not i just downgraded to a bread and butter car it is indeed very tough i am very pampered after driving for close to a decade to get back to bmw bus mrt walk doing it for a few weeks now and actually uber is quite okay if there are promotions going on so i guess it is a compromise between wanting to save more money and still have a car around i know it delays retirement by a couple of years but it is indeed a conscious decision a posted by unknown at 9 11 pm no comments labels personal finances transactions wednesday september 28 2016 transactions for sept 16 accidental lifehack continued my dca into the sti index another 100 shares for the month using the transactions capture from sgxcafe incidentally i chanced upon an accidental life hack from for a small amount of free cash flow so i signed up for an insurance policy using the ocbc cashflo card which breaks any purchases into monthly installments and then because another policy came up which i preferred i freelooked the old policy and got the cash refund from the insurance company in 1 lump sum end result i got interest free installment from the insurance company it wasn t my intention but it is indeed an accidental life hack for a small amount of cash flow posted by unknown at 8 46 am 2 comments labels insurance older posts home subscribe to posts atom labels baby 1 bear 1 bonds 2 budget 5 dividends 2 extra income 2 general 12 grabhitch 1 hdb 2 healthy living 2 insurance 4 options 1 paleo 1 passive income 6 personal finances 20 pregnancy 1 property 3 review 5 shares 6 transactions 5 blog archive 2018 1 december 1 review 2018 2017 3 december 1 january 2 2016 24 december 1 november 1 september 3 august 1 july 2 june 4 may 1 april 1 march 1 february 3 january 6 2015 17 december 3 november 2 october 3 august 1 july 2 may 3 march 3 visit them for more thefinance sg investment moats everything on life insurance ghchua shifu transitioning to being a full time investor ethereal theme powered by blogger