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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Q1 2025 Report Card

Not as good as last year Q1 result.

I have decided to keep the rock-solid blue chips (local banks, SIA, etc.) for my son as my entry price level was low (very good paper gain) and that's fine to just do nothing and enjoy big fat dividends while all the FD rate, T-bill rate are tumbling down. 

Oh ya, I do have paper loss too. :) I can't be better than Warren Buffet, right?

Friday, February 21, 2025

CPF S$620,000 achieved, S$1 million at age 50

My CPF balance shot up to S$620,000 because all my CPF OA monies in 6-months T-bills were refunded back to the CPF OA account. Age 45 this year, born in year 1980!

My CPF OA monies had gone through the OCBC CPF Time Deposit of 3.88% for 8 months tenure, 6-months T-bill of 3.95%, 3.85%, 3.7%, 3.54% and the last one 3.34%.

It is easy to project the CPF balance by putting the expected annual CPF contribution (37% of wage for age 55 and below, with CPF monthly salary ceiling of S$7,400 this year and S$8,000 next year onwards) into the Excel table. 

It is interesting to find out I will reach S$1 million balance at the age of 50

At the age of 55, I will have S$1.40 million in the CPF account. 

By then, my expected FRS (at my age of 55) is S$300,800 and BHS is S$110,000

Both figures were derived from the expected yearly increment of 3.5% and 4%.

It's good to keep track. Both of us are on track! 
4M63 on track!

The Excel table (shown below) extended from age 55 to 65.
I shall have S$2.06 million at age 63.

Thursday, January 9, 2025

11 days Japan trip (December 2024)

The finance report is out. :)

Shinjuku - Karuizawa - Kusatsu - Lake Kawaguchiko - Shinjuku. 

This blog will be updated for more trip details. It was a beautiful trip. 



































Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Happy New Year 2025!

Happy new year, everyone!

As of January 1st, 2025, our CPF stood at:

S$1,140,637.35.

1.14M44 :)

4M65 on track!


I did Voluntary Housing Refund (VHR) to make the figure looks good. :)


I top up MA, S$4,000, to reach the new ceiling of BHS (S$75,500) for tax relief.


I also top up my ah boy's CPF to make the figure flat at S$70,000 in Special Account.


Happy New Year 2025!



Q1 2025 Report Card

Not as good as last year Q1 result. I have decided to keep the rock-solid blue chips (local banks, SIA, etc.) for my son as my entry price l...