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Arbitrum Airdrop – free money! What other airdrops that will give you free money next?

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Arbitrum Airdrop

Many people made $X00-$50k+ for the Arbitrum Airdrop recently.

For those who have less than 10k in Cryptocurrency, the best way to make it and get richer will be Airdrops! However, one need to have patience and be consistent to engage with the various protocols. Although it is free money but work still need to be done. The money can be in xxxx or xxxxx or even xxxxxx if you strike the correct airdrops!

What are Airdrops?

For those who are unaware, cryptocurrency airdrops are events in which you receive coins without having to pay for them. The tokens are usually sent to your cryptocurrency wallet, and it’s typically possible to receive such tokens if you have an existing cryptocurrency wallet or if you register for one.

An airdrop is the distribution of tokens or coins by a blockchain project to holders of another cryptocurrency. It is done to increase the awareness of a new blockchain project and encourage adoption, as well as create an incentive for users to use the new blockchain project.

Airdrops are usually given out in exchange for completing some simple tasks like following on Twitter or Telegram, submitting personal information (e.g., email), etc.

Airdrops are usually announced with some kind of marketing campaign, which may include social media posts, articles on websites and blogs, videos on YouTube etc. Sometimes they’re even announced in mainstream media outlets like Forbes or Bloomberg TV!

However, most of the time, we should farm airdrops before they are even announced to get the most out of it!

There are two airdrops which I am eyeing (of course there are many others) but these two really caught my eyes, hence I would like to share with my readers.

Potential Zksync Airdrop

Zksync airdrop have made money for many people, but some still missed it. Not to worry, the next potential airdrop is Zksync. To put thing into perspective, Arbitrum raised $120Million whereas ZkSync raised $450 Million. The airdrop should be much larger! but might have to wait at least 1 year or so.

Zksync lite is the 1.0 version with the new upgrade to ZKsync Era (original ZKsync 2.0) on 24 March 2023. For ZKsync Era:

To connect your MetaMask to ZKsync Era, you can go to https://chainlist.org/?search=zk and add.

Below are the steps that what one can do potentially to get a leg in it for the Zksync lite initially. Zksync Era still new, perhaps can do some bridges first since it just launched yesterday.

Step 1:

Fund your wallet such as Metamask wallet (Argent wallet recommended) with ETH.

Step 2:

Bridge ETH to ZKsync Mainnet using the followings:

Step 3:

Swap/trade token, interact with protocols, mint NFTs, and send to your other wallets.

ZigZag

Pinata Cloud mint NFT

Step 4:

Use ZkSync Era Testnet. Get the test token (faucet) via https://goerli.portal.zksync.io/

Interact with the testnet protocols:

Step 5:

Repeat the above regularly, weekly with decent amount each time. Volume and transaction frequencies count based on past experiences on airdrop. Of course, the higher the amount the higher number of potential airdrops.

Potential MetaMask Airdrop

MetaMask is one of the most popular Web3 wallet that many of us are using. There are rumors of potential token airdrop $MASK for quite some time. However, nothing is confirmed yet. ConsenSys, which owns the popular Ethereum-based MetaMask wallet, at least worth billions. Hence it is worth something should there really be an airdrop in future.

There is nothing much to do in MetaMask except for Buy, Swap, Bridge, Stake using Metamask. Likely the frequencies and the transactional amount/volume counts. Although the fees to swap and bridge using MetaMask is slightly more ex if you use other native bridges or DeFi etc, but it’s definitely worth to consistently do some trade.

https://portfolio.metamask.io/settings

Good articles that you should read!

People are drawn to dividend investing.

Why? Firstly, dividends provide a regular stream of income, allowing investors to receive a portion of the company’s profits on a periodic basis. This can be particularly attractive for individuals seeking consistent cash flow or looking to supplement their existing income. Additionally, dividend investing is often viewed as a more stable and predictable investment strategy compared to relying solely on capital appreciation.

I always write and share articles, especially on dividends which many people love them. Do read them!

Alternatively, you can go the right side of my page, there is a search bar where you can simply search “dividend” to see all my articles related to dividends!

Of course, you can search for other things that would interest you such as “Careyourpresent”, “Reits”, “Side Hustles”, “Fixed Incomes”, “Savings” etc.

CAREYOURPRESENT

Money just buy you the chance of freedom.

When you are young and working, you exchange time for money. When you are old, you can have lots of money but you can’t buy time back, especially the things that you have missed while busying striking out in career. Of course, if you love your career, and consciously know that you are missing out the first time your child walk or talk, that’s ok, but if you are the other spectrum, please do something about it.

Your kids grew up and they no longer need you to accompany them. They no longer want to sit on your lap to share/do things with you…all these time you spent in your 9 to 6 or even longer cubicles…can the money that you have earned by you back these?

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

I have picked out some of the more life reflecting articles of the CAREYOURPRESENT series. Do read them:

You can read more about my articles on Careyourpresent via the Category “Careyourpresent” or simply click “Careyourpresent” via the main menu bar.

REMEMBER:

Love your life daily.

You have one less day with your spouse, parents, children and yourself.

Time is ticking away.

For each passing day,

Enjoy and Treasure your Life!

For those who are interested in regular updates of my articles, please join the others to sign up for my free newsletter to has my newest blogposts sent to your mailbox for free!

For real time exclusive updates on market news/life (especially Crypto markets where the news move fast, important news will be shared directly via tweets or telegrams), do also join the platforms below and engage with other like-minded people!

You may also contact me via [email protected].

If you’re looking referral codes, do check out my referral and ebook page. Give it a try and who knows? You might end up loving these platforms! To be absolutely fair to all the readers, I am definitely using all these companies and they are useful to me! Likely will be useful to you too!

At the same referral and ebook page, you can also download my free ebooks and other free resources.

For quick references to these resources, you can see below.

  • Ebooks and other useful resources on enhancing productivity (Investment, Excel, Notion etc). Currently most of it are free at this moment (subject to change).
  • WeBull: A powerful brokerage with nice free welcome gift. You can refer to my guide here on how to signup! 4 Simple step only! Click here to register a new account!
  • MoneyOwl: You can use this 6SHU-93MC to get free grab vouchers and highly safe liquid cash fund account.
  • Trust Bank – You will enjoy free FairPrice E-Voucher referral if you sign up via my referral code KNDBPEPT. Simply download the Trust Bank SG App on the App Store or Google Play Store. Tap on “Use referral code” immediately after you start the app and key in: KNDBPEPT
  • FSMOne: P0413007. Good account to keep liquid cash in autosweep and to purchase investment at low fee.
  • Hostinger: You can use this link for hosting your new website. 20% off hosting!
  • Crypto.com: Use my referral link https://crypto.com/app/h92xdfarkq to sign up for Crypto.com and we both get $25 USD 🙂

The days are long but the years are short

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Time is Ticking Away every Second

This is a phrase that was kept reiterating to me by various blogs online, by people around me etc – people reminded one another to be with your kids while they still need you when they are young.

However, I strongly disagree to this phrase. This phrase is totally wrong, absolutely wrong. This phrase is to trick people to believe that time are slow (in days) but yet fast in (years). TOTALLY WRONG!

The correct phrase should be:

Both the days and years are short. In fact, time is ticking away every single second. For each passing day, you will have one less day with your dear spouse, parents, children or even for yourself.

Lessons Learnt

I have learnt my lessons in the very hard way. Do see my related posts earlier:

Please live a Fulfilling Life Everyday Every Moment

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

We always thought that we have more time to play with your kids while they are growing up every day very fast. With a blink of an eye while you are busy hustling away 9 to 5, trying to earn more and more money (maybe you already have enough, but you keep thinking you don’t. Read this post: You will likely never run out of money with 1 million: Expectation vs Reality), they are already so big. They no longer want to play with you. They want to go out with friends. By then no matter how rich you are, 10 millions/10 billions, they still rather go out with friends. You missed it means missed it. There is no reset button.

(I wrote the above in my article Truly understand Living in the Moment now before.)

Why do I repeat again?

My mum passed away on 19 Jan 2023. It has been more than 2 months. We missed her.

My dad now suddenly become weaker, in and out hospital since then for at least 3 times, with the most recent one come out on Sunday afternoon, then went back on Monday afternoon. Our fear is that he will go through the same cycle as my mum, needing a full time caregiver soon. Maybe touch wood, he will join her also sooner or later.

Now my youngest daughter will be 5 years old today. Happy Birthday! She was only my arm length 5 years ago. Now she can talk, walk and play with me, but I know this won’t last. Sadly now most of the time, her daily “working hours” are longer than mine (example 9 Hours 50 Mins below).

Watch this interesting Youtube

Recently came across this interesting touching commercial by a railway company in Japan. Perhaps this video is a good remind to everyone that

Both the days and years are short. In fact, time is ticking away every single second. For each passing day, you will have one less day with your dear spouse, parents, children or even for yourself.

https://youtu.be/lseiJCAiF_o

刚出街的相铁·东急直通线周年纪念广告，一镜到底拍的「父と娘の風景」篇（Father and Daughter) 也太催泪了吧！⚠️有女儿的男性盆友们慎入！

This commemorative advertisement by Sagami Railway is too tear jerking, plus it’s done in one take. ⚠️ Friends with daughters you are forewarned not to click!

In the first “scene” girl to Daddy: it’s so far
Daddy replies: be patient we’ll get there real soon!
第一“幕”小女孩撒娇对爸拔抱怨：好远啊！
爸拔耐心的劝宝宝：等一下下很快就到了呢！

Twelve years passed on and in the last scene, daddy says to girl: Tokyo (pause intensify), it’s so far away
Girl smiles and replies: no worries, we’ll get there real soon!
And girl smiles after daddy alights.
十二年如白驹过隙
最后那幕老爸先到站了，回首过去送女儿上学的一幕幕，下车前转头对女儿说：东京（意味深长的停顿）好远啊！
女儿笑着安慰老爸：放心，一下下就到了呢！
老爸下车后，在老爸看不见的车里，女儿笑了🥹

You may think the kids don’t miss those moments like you do, but the truth is the time you spent with them will make a mark deep inside their being, in the form of love and sense of security.
对于你而言一起的时光是一幕幕色彩鲜明的画面，但对于孩子们而言一起的时光是刻在她们骨子里的爱与安全感❤️

Good articles that you should read!

People are drawn to dividend investing.

Why? Firstly, dividends provide a regular stream of income, allowing investors to receive a portion of the company’s profits on a periodic basis. This can be particularly attractive for individuals seeking consistent cash flow or looking to supplement their existing income. Additionally, dividend investing is often viewed as a more stable and predictable investment strategy compared to relying solely on capital appreciation.

I always write and share articles, especially on dividends which many people love them. Do read them!

Alternatively, you can go the right side of my page, there is a search bar where you can simply search “dividend” to see all my articles related to dividends!

Of course, you can search for other things that would interest you such as “Careyourpresent”, “Reits”, “Side Hustles”, “Fixed Incomes”, “Savings” etc.

CAREYOURPRESENT

Money just buy you the chance of freedom.

When you are young and working, you exchange time for money. When you are old, you can have lots of money but you can’t buy time back, especially the things that you have missed while busying striking out in career. Of course, if you love your career, and consciously know that you are missing out the first time your child walk or talk, that’s ok, but if you are the other spectrum, please do something about it.

Your kids grew up and they no longer need you to accompany them. They no longer want to sit on your lap to share/do things with you…all these time you spent in your 9 to 6 or even longer cubicles…can the money that you have earned by you back these?

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

I have picked out some of the more life reflecting articles of the CAREYOURPRESENT series. Do read them:

You can read more about my articles on Careyourpresent via the Category “Careyourpresent” or simply click “Careyourpresent” via the main menu bar.

REMEMBER:

Love your life daily.

You have one less day with your spouse, parents, children and yourself.

Time is ticking away.

For each passing day,

Enjoy and Treasure your Life!

For those who are interested in regular updates of my articles, please join the others to sign up for my free newsletter to has my newest blogposts sent to your mailbox for free!

For real time exclusive updates on market news/life (especially Crypto markets where the news move fast, important news will be shared directly via tweets or telegrams), do also join the platforms below and engage with other like-minded people!

You may also contact me via [email protected].

If you’re looking referral codes, do check out my referral and ebook page. Give it a try and who knows? You might end up loving these platforms! To be absolutely fair to all the readers, I am definitely using all these companies and they are useful to me! Likely will be useful to you too!

At the same referral and ebook page, you can also download my free ebooks and other free resources.

For quick references to these resources, you can see below.

  • Ebooks and other useful resources on enhancing productivity (Investment, Excel, Notion etc). Currently most of it are free at this moment (subject to change).
  • WeBull: A powerful brokerage with nice free welcome gift. You can refer to my guide here on how to signup! 4 Simple step only! Click here to register a new account!
  • MoneyOwl: You can use this 6SHU-93MC to get free grab vouchers and highly safe liquid cash fund account.
  • Trust Bank – You will enjoy free FairPrice E-Voucher referral if you sign up via my referral code KNDBPEPT. Simply download the Trust Bank SG App on the App Store or Google Play Store. Tap on “Use referral code” immediately after you start the app and key in: KNDBPEPT
  • FSMOne: P0413007. Good account to keep liquid cash in autosweep and to purchase investment at low fee.
  • Hostinger: You can use this link for hosting your new website. 20% off hosting!
  • Crypto.com: Use my referral link https://crypto.com/app/h92xdfarkq to sign up for Crypto.com and we both get $25 USD 🙂

Side Hustle Review – update on how much I have earned after 4 months – Rakuten Insight Surveys

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Rakuten Insight Surveys

I have shared about this interesting side hustle on 10 Feb 2023 (See post: Side Hustle Review on how much I have earned – Rakuten Insight Surveys). For transparency and responsibility to my readers, let me provide some updates regarding this side hustle.

For those who heard of this for the first time, let me share a little more again.

Rakuten Insight Surveys is a survey website that pays you to complete surveys. You can earn money by completing surveys on your phone or computer, and there are plenty of them available! I started this survey side gig few months ago around Nov 2023. There are a couple of surveys every few days after you have created your profile.

With a little effort, you can start earning money simply by sharing your opinions. I’m going to share my experiences with you, explain what I’ve seen and how much I have earned so far from using Rakuten Insight Surveys.

It’s easy to use and I have never had any problems with it. You can set up your account in just a few minutes, and then they send you surveys through email that you answer within 24 hours (or they will send you another one). The surveys take only 5-10 minutes of your time, but do they pay well?

About Rakuten Insight Surveys – How much I have earned after 4 months?

Pictures speak thousands of words. Let me share screenshots.

Hence, how much did I earn? I have collected $30 worth of eCapitaVoucher with incoming $25 worth of eCapitalVoucher. Hence it means about $55 for 4 months of surveys! This mean $13.75 per month.

I have been changing the points for eCapitaVoucher (the voucher exchange rate is 75 points for S$75). For each survey that you have completed, you will get between 1 to 25 points. Of course you can exchange it with groceries/grab vouchers if you like. I use eCapitaVoucher because I can simply add it to my Capitastar App with 1 year expiry. I like to keep things simple.

Current Points

One point to highlight that some of the points take some time to be credited. Hence, users need to exercise some patience.

My current outstanding point in my account is 69 (see screenshot below) with many points still under Tabulating. Hence, the actual amount should be more than $55 for 4 months of surveys from Rakuten Insight Surveys but I can’t determine the exact amount at this point of time!

Worth it?

Personally, I feel that it is worth it.

It’s a great way to earn extra money on the side, and it only takes about few minutes per day or every few days (I didn’t get surveys every day). I highly recommend this app if you’re looking for something new or just want to make some extra cash every month.

Do sign up Rakuten Insight Surveys if you are keen to earn some money on the side! It’s not tremendous amount of money, but in this world with high inflation, every small money helps!

Good articles that you should read!

People are drawn to dividend investing.

Why? Firstly, dividends provide a regular stream of income, allowing investors to receive a portion of the company’s profits on a periodic basis. This can be particularly attractive for individuals seeking consistent cash flow or looking to supplement their existing income. Additionally, dividend investing is often viewed as a more stable and predictable investment strategy compared to relying solely on capital appreciation.

I always write and share articles, especially on dividends which many people love them. Do read them!

Alternatively, you can go the right side of my page, there is a search bar where you can simply search “dividend” to see all my articles related to dividends!

Of course, you can search for other things that would interest you such as “Careyourpresent”, “Reits”, “Side Hustles”, “Fixed Incomes”, “Savings” etc.

CAREYOURPRESENT

Money just buy you the chance of freedom.

When you are young and working, you exchange time for money. When you are old, you can have lots of money but you can’t buy time back, especially the things that you have missed while busying striking out in career. Of course, if you love your career, and consciously know that you are missing out the first time your child walk or talk, that’s ok, but if you are the other spectrum, please do something about it.

Your kids grew up and they no longer need you to accompany them. They no longer want to sit on your lap to share/do things with you…all these time you spent in your 9 to 6 or even longer cubicles…can the money that you have earned by you back these?

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

I have picked out some of the more life reflecting articles of the CAREYOURPRESENT series. Do read them:

You can read more about my articles on Careyourpresent via the Category “Careyourpresent” or simply click “Careyourpresent” via the main menu bar.

REMEMBER:

Love your life daily.

You have one less day with your spouse, parents, children and yourself.

Time is ticking away.

For each passing day,

Enjoy and Treasure your Life!

For those who are interested in regular updates of my articles, please join the others to sign up for my free newsletter to has my newest blogposts sent to your mailbox for free!

For real time exclusive updates on market news/life (especially Crypto markets where the news move fast, important news will be shared directly via tweets or telegrams), do also join the platforms below and engage with other like-minded people!

You may also contact me via [email protected].

If you’re looking referral codes, do check out my referral and ebook page. Give it a try and who knows? You might end up loving these platforms! To be absolutely fair to all the readers, I am definitely using all these companies and they are useful to me! Likely will be useful to you too!

At the same referral and ebook page, you can also download my free ebooks and other free resources.

For quick references to these resources, you can see below.

  • Ebooks and other useful resources on enhancing productivity (Investment, Excel, Notion etc). Currently most of it are free at this moment (subject to change).
  • WeBull: A powerful brokerage with nice free welcome gift. You can refer to my guide here on how to signup! 4 Simple step only! Click here to register a new account!
  • MoneyOwl: You can use this 6SHU-93MC to get free grab vouchers and highly safe liquid cash fund account.
  • Trust Bank – You will enjoy free FairPrice E-Voucher referral if you sign up via my referral code KNDBPEPT. Simply download the Trust Bank SG App on the App Store or Google Play Store. Tap on “Use referral code” immediately after you start the app and key in: KNDBPEPT
  • FSMOne: P0413007. Good account to keep liquid cash in autosweep and to purchase investment at low fee.
  • Hostinger: You can use this link for hosting your new website. 20% off hosting!
  • Crypto.com: Use my referral link https://crypto.com/app/h92xdfarkq to sign up for Crypto.com and we both get $25 USD 🙂

FED Printing machine “activated” again – what’s next for investor now?

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Printing Machine activated

Many would have known that the last 1-2 weeks were very exciting! Many of the US banks collapsed!

  • Silver Gate
  • Silicon Valley Bank (that caused bank run of $USDC over last weekend)
  • First Republic Bank
  • Credit Suisse

In the last weekend with the news on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the market went down. $USDC (Crypto stablecoins) also de-pegged to below $0.9. I have seized the chance to make a small trade.

My twitter post

I was hoping that the Market would collapse more so that I can utilize my 60% war chest, but it didn’t. Market went up instead. FED came to the rescue again, but it is not termed as “QE”. For those who are interested, can read about New Bank Term Funding Program. Furthermore, the interest rate dropped again.

What happened since then?

Since last Monday, what has happened?

+~$148 billion – net discount window borrowing
+~$12 billion – the new Bank Term Funding Program
+~$143 billion – borrowing for banks seized by FDIC

Total: ~$300 billion

But according to FED, the $300b spike in the Fed’s balance sheet is not QE but an increase in “Loans” via the Bank Term Funding Program and credit extensions to banks. Really?

Is this QT or QE? So do FED hike interest rate to control inflation or pump more money into system to let the ever-increasing inflation to go higher?

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL

What’s next?

My guess is FED will continue to print money to solve problem until one day they can’t. Guess as investor, we have to be patient and wait for the best chance to strike. Meanwhile, if there are good opportunities, I would continue to trade and earn some pocket money.

Last Monday during the dip, I bought Mapletree Industrial Trust (ME8U) at $2.25 and will be collecting around 4k worth of dividends/interest from various sources this month.

Recently I have also bought CLP Holdings Limited at 57.60 for the 1.21 dividend. Yay. almost free dividend.

Cash Rotting

Predicting that the market will goes down and timing the market pays dearly when you are holding too much cash while the market rally (like now where I am still holding 60% cash). As a result, my cash is rotting. Luckily at this market with high interest rates, I could still easily get 4% yield from Money Market Funds.

Options for Savers to earn high interest

SBAPR23 GX23040S – Singapore Saving Bonds (SSB) above 3% again. Buy or Bye?

I posted the above article on 2 March 2023. My guess now is I will buy more SSB to keep instead of Bye.

However, SSB liquidity is around 1 month. Meanwhile I still want to keep my cash liquid to capture any potential market opportunities. Hence, I will continue to keep my money via the two options below which I have mentioned previously (See post: SAVERs – How to maximize your interest and my Market Transaction/Updates). But I have took out the option for Treasury bill as the recent 3.65% is not attractive to lock up my funds for 6 months. I rather put either of the two options below.

Option 1: MoneyOwl WiseSaver – few days liquidity higher interest

MoneyOwl Wisesaver is investing in Fullerton SGD Cash Fund – Class A (SGD) which invested mainly in SGD Fixed Deposit and backed by Temasek. MoneyOwl itself is under NTUC income. It is as safe as you can get!

https://www.moneyowl.com.sg/wisesaver/

The latest rate is around 3.95%. This is liquid and you can take out anytime. Compared this to the latest 6 months Treasury Bill of 3.65%. It’s more worth it!

Insure, invest, or do a financial planning with MoneyOwl and get welcome Grab credits when you join using my referral link/code. You can use my referral link (or key in 6SHU-93MC) to get free $20-$60 Grab Vouchers when you invest with them.

To earn the first free $20, simply sign up for WiseSaver which the underlying fund is Fullerton Cash Fund – invested in rolling SGD Fixed Deposit and backed by Temasek. Then put in minimum $10 via FAST transfer to fund this account to earn full liquid ~4% yield. Since free money and risk free, why not?

Option 2: Fundsupermart Autosweep – slightly lower interest but immediate liquidity

The latest yield is 2.824% which is very decent. But the most attractive part of this option is that I am able to use the fund to trade directly and immediately. Option 1 Moneyowl WiseSaver may take a few days to transfer the money out.

Personally, I am using FSMOne.com to invest in funds & ETFs (including money market funds).

FSM is good due to the low comms and the free transfer from FSM to CDP (last year I did a few transfers and took less than a week to transfer. However, my most recent transfer was initiated on 4 Feb 2023 but the transfer to CDP was only done on 23 Feb 2023 around 2pm). Hence, user might want to take note.

If you do not have an account, you can sign up here. Please use my FSMOne referral code: P0413007.

https://secure.fundsupermart.com/fsmone/cash/autosweep-account

My humble view

Of course, although I still think the Macros are still not good and market will go down within the next few months, but FED could keep printing to print their way out for “bailout” until something break/crack.

Meanwhile, if there are good opportunities to accumulate strong companies, I would because I follow this idea “No Dividend No Buy and only buy those that I am willing to keep long term of at least 10 years. Must pass sleep test.”. (See related post: If I am a dividend investor, this is what I would do….)

Additionally, I would continue to trade and earn some pocket money. Last Monday during the dip, I bought Mapletree Industrial Trust (ME8U) at $2.25.

Lastly, I would keep calm and collect dividend/interest. This month I will be collecting about 4k worth of dividends from various shares and interests from various account. Luckily, despite that I am only 40% vested, my whole year estimated dividend/interest per month is around SGD$3447.78 per month or SGD$41373.34 per year or SGD$113.35 per day.

The above cashflow should be more than enough to cover my household monthly cash expenses of around SGD$3000 per month. Do note that these cash expenses exclude my house monthly mortgage and childcare fee. The reason why I excluded this is because my spouse and my CPF OA current total amount exceeded total loan that I still owed to HDB. Hence, I can pay off the flat anytime that I want to but I don’t wish to do so. For childcare fee, I have already locked up the sum in CDA acccount which will pay the fee via monthly GIRO automatically, hence I don’t need to bother with this too.

Of course, there is also the monthly paycheck that we have sacrificed our time to earn it.

Please also dont forget to build up your CPF account (See post: My Special Account Money (SA) in Central Provident Fund (CPF) – Cornerstone or Last Resort for Retirement?) too!

The very last but the most important point that I want to mention again and again is don’t forget to live Living a regret-free fulfilling life daily regardless of circumstances (See recent post: 11 Important Unexpected Life and Money lessons to learn from Your Children). Also see all my related posts in Care Your Present category.

Good articles that you should read!

People are drawn to dividend investing.

Why? Firstly, dividends provide a regular stream of income, allowing investors to receive a portion of the company’s profits on a periodic basis. This can be particularly attractive for individuals seeking consistent cash flow or looking to supplement their existing income. Additionally, dividend investing is often viewed as a more stable and predictable investment strategy compared to relying solely on capital appreciation.

I always write and share articles, especially on dividends which many people love them. Do read them!

Alternatively, you can go the right side of my page, there is a search bar where you can simply search “dividend” to see all my articles related to dividends!

Of course, you can search for other things that would interest you such as “Careyourpresent”, “Reits”, “Side Hustles”, “Fixed Incomes”, “Savings” etc.

CAREYOURPRESENT

Money just buy you the chance of freedom.

When you are young and working, you exchange time for money. When you are old, you can have lots of money but you can’t buy time back, especially the things that you have missed while busying striking out in career. Of course, if you love your career, and consciously know that you are missing out the first time your child walk or talk, that’s ok, but if you are the other spectrum, please do something about it.

Your kids grew up and they no longer need you to accompany them. They no longer want to sit on your lap to share/do things with you…all these time you spent in your 9 to 6 or even longer cubicles…can the money that you have earned by you back these?

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

I have picked out some of the more life reflecting articles of the CAREYOURPRESENT series. Do read them:

You can read more about my articles on Careyourpresent via the Category “Careyourpresent” or simply click “Careyourpresent” via the main menu bar.

REMEMBER:

Love your life daily.

You have one less day with your spouse, parents, children and yourself.

Time is ticking away.

For each passing day,

Enjoy and Treasure your Life!

For those who are interested in regular updates of my articles, please join the others to sign up for my free newsletter to has my newest blogposts sent to your mailbox for free!

For real time exclusive updates on market news/life (especially Crypto markets where the news move fast, important news will be shared directly via tweets or telegrams), do also join the platforms below and engage with other like-minded people!

You may also contact me via [email protected].

If you’re looking referral codes, do check out my referral and ebook page. Give it a try and who knows? You might end up loving these platforms! To be absolutely fair to all the readers, I am definitely using all these companies and they are useful to me! Likely will be useful to you too!

At the same referral and ebook page, you can also download my free ebooks and other free resources.

For quick references to these resources, you can see below.

  • Ebooks and other useful resources on enhancing productivity (Investment, Excel, Notion etc). Currently most of it are free at this moment (subject to change).
  • WeBull: A powerful brokerage with nice free welcome gift. You can refer to my guide here on how to signup! 4 Simple step only! Click here to register a new account!
  • MoneyOwl: You can use this 6SHU-93MC to get free grab vouchers and highly safe liquid cash fund account.
  • Trust Bank – You will enjoy free FairPrice E-Voucher referral if you sign up via my referral code KNDBPEPT. Simply download the Trust Bank SG App on the App Store or Google Play Store. Tap on “Use referral code” immediately after you start the app and key in: KNDBPEPT
  • FSMOne: P0413007. Good account to keep liquid cash in autosweep and to purchase investment at low fee.
  • Hostinger: You can use this link for hosting your new website. 20% off hosting!
  • Crypto.com: Use my referral link https://crypto.com/app/h92xdfarkq to sign up for Crypto.com and we both get $25 USD 🙂

Webull: Spend $0.01 and earn US$50 to US$500 for free!

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Welcome Free Money

Free money that comes from minimal effort. Everyone loves it. So, do you? As mentioned in my blog many times, I would only share things that I am using.

Recently there are many people sharing about this promotion – Spend $0.01 and earn US$50 to US$500 for free! This is basically the most recent promotion by Webull until 31 March 2023!

The best part is you can deposit any amount ($0.01 will do!) and get 5 free shares if you hold this amount for 30 days. This is the best promotion that Webull has so far since they onboard Singapore’s shore months ago.

Original I didn’t want to sign up another brokerage account, but this is simply too attractive. Usually, I would like to test any new account with small sum first before actually using it.

If you refer to the promotion by other brokerages (even the early promotion by Webull), the welcome bonus usually required user to deposit $xxx or even $xxxx! This is not suitable for most people who simply like to test the account with small amount first. Even better still, there is no need to perform any trade!

Thus, this is the best promotion ever and I have signed up two nights ago on Thursday Night (16 March 2023) at around 11.00pm and got my approval before midnight on the same day. After which, I only funded SGD$0.01 and I got my 3 free lucky draw shares worth US$30 around 08.42 am on the next day!

I am not so lucky to draw the shares of higher values, but luck will be better for you! Total there will be 5 lucky draw chances (3 draws upon funding $0.01 and 2 draws after you maintain SGD$0.01 for 30 days). Each lucky draw chance gives you the chance to draw share worth US$10 to US$100, so in total you can earned a minimal of US$50 to the maximum of US$500 for SGD$0.01 with little time spent! (See screenshots below!)

Let me share with you on what I have did.

4 Simple Steps to get free money and a very decent brokerage account

Step 1: Registration

Click here to register a new account.

After clicking “Sign Up” you will be directed to registration page.

Here are what you need to do:

  • Fill in your phone number
  • Click “Send Code” and the system will send a code via SMS to you
  • Key in the verification code
  • Read and agree with Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy
  • Click “Next”

You have successfully registered for a new account! Now, it’s time to set up your account.

Step 2: Setup Your Account

The next step is to setup your account. To do so, here are the steps you need to take:

  • Download Webull App on your mobile
  • Login with your mobile number
  • Click on the “Open Account” tab at the bottom center of the screen
  • Fill up your particulars. For simplicity, you can login with your Singpass.
  • After submitting your particulars, wait for Webull’s approval (my approval took only 30 minutes from the time that I have applied). You will receive an email from Webull to tell you about your account’s approval.


Click “Open Account” to start setting up your account. Then, fill up your particulars.

After submitting the form, you will be shown this page. Wait for approval email from Webull.


After approval, you can go to the app and click Webull logo at the bottom center. Then, set your trading password.

Step 3: Make a Deposit of ANY amount in 1 transaction (SGD $0.01 will do)

After your account is approved, it’s time to make a deposit. Inside Webull app, select “Webull” tab at the center bottom of the screen.

There are 3 ways to make deposit: eDDA, Fast or Telegraphic Transfer.

eDDA method means you’re authorizing Webull to transfer money from your bank account into your Webull account. Setting it up is very easy, just click on “eDDA” then follow the instructions, login to your internet banking, set the amount limit and you’re done.

FAST method means that you need to manually transfer money from your bank account using FAST option. This is only applicable for deposit made in SGD. After you’ve done the transfer, you need to click “Notify Webull of Transfer Completion” and the money will be reflected into your account within 5 to 10 minutes.

Telegraphic Transfer (TT) method means that you need to manually transfer money from your bank account using the traditional Telegraphic Transfer method. This is applicable for deposit made in SGD, USD or HKD. After you’ve done the transfer, you need to click “Notify Webull of Transfer Completion” and the money will be reflected into your account within 1-3 days.

Please note: The registered name of the bank account holder and Webull account must be the same for all deposits and withdrawals. Deposits must be from your own individual bank account, not third-party bank accounts, joint accounts or third-party payment platforms.

To make deposit, click Webull logo at bottom center, then click “Deposit Now”. After that, choose your deposit method.

This month promotion requires you to deposit any amount in a single transaction and maintains it for 30 days.

After depositing your SGD, if you want to convert it to USD to purchase stock in the US market, here’s how.

Click Webull logo, then click “Details”. After that, scroll down to find “Exchange Currency” button.

Step 4: Maintain Your Account for 30 Days

Next, you need to maintain you Net Cumulative Deposit at SGD 0.01 or above for 30 days after the initial deposit. That means, all your total deposit minus total withdrawal should be at least SGD 0.01.

It is alright if your portfolio falls below SGD 0.01 during the holding period, as long as your Net Deposit is at least SGD 1. If you don’t perform any withdrawal, your net deposit remains SGD 0.01.

After meeting all of the above simple steps, you will receive your rewards within 7 business days. Please remember to use the rewards WITHIN 30 days. After 30 days, the unused rewards will be expired.

Do take note of the T&C for the first 3 lucky draw chances and the 2 additional lucky draw chances later:

Good articles that you should read!

People are drawn to dividend investing.

Why? Firstly, dividends provide a regular stream of income, allowing investors to receive a portion of the company’s profits on a periodic basis. This can be particularly attractive for individuals seeking consistent cash flow or looking to supplement their existing income. Additionally, dividend investing is often viewed as a more stable and predictable investment strategy compared to relying solely on capital appreciation.

I always write and share articles, especially on dividends which many people love them. Do read them!

Alternatively, you can go the right side of my page, there is a search bar where you can simply search “dividend” to see all my articles related to dividends!

Of course, you can search for other things that would interest you such as “Careyourpresent”, “Reits”, “Side Hustles”, “Fixed Incomes”, “Savings” etc.

CAREYOURPRESENT

Money just buy you the chance of freedom.

When you are young and working, you exchange time for money. When you are old, you can have lots of money but you can’t buy time back, especially the things that you have missed while busying striking out in career. Of course, if you love your career, and consciously know that you are missing out the first time your child walk or talk, that’s ok, but if you are the other spectrum, please do something about it.

Your kids grew up and they no longer need you to accompany them. They no longer want to sit on your lap to share/do things with you…all these time you spent in your 9 to 6 or even longer cubicles…can the money that you have earned by you back these?

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

I have picked out some of the more life reflecting articles of the CAREYOURPRESENT series. Do read them:

You can read more about my articles on Careyourpresent via the Category “Careyourpresent” or simply click “Careyourpresent” via the main menu bar.

REMEMBER:

Love your life daily.

You have one less day with your spouse, parents, children and yourself.

Time is ticking away.

For each passing day,

Enjoy and Treasure your Life!

For those who are interested in regular updates of my articles, please join the others to sign up for my free newsletter to has my newest blogposts sent to your mailbox for free!

For real time exclusive updates on market news/life (especially Crypto markets where the news move fast, important news will be shared directly via tweets or telegrams), do also join the platforms below and engage with other like-minded people!

You may also contact me via [email protected].

If you’re looking referral codes, do check out my referral and ebook page. Give it a try and who knows? You might end up loving these platforms! To be absolutely fair to all the readers, I am definitely using all these companies and they are useful to me! Likely will be useful to you too!

At the same referral and ebook page, you can also download my free ebooks and other free resources.

For quick references to these resources, you can see below.

  • Ebooks and other useful resources on enhancing productivity (Investment, Excel, Notion etc). Currently most of it are free at this moment (subject to change).
  • WeBull: A powerful brokerage with nice free welcome gift. You can refer to my guide here on how to signup! 4 Simple step only! Click here to register a new account!
  • MoneyOwl: You can use this 6SHU-93MC to get free grab vouchers and highly safe liquid cash fund account.
  • Trust Bank – You will enjoy free FairPrice E-Voucher referral if you sign up via my referral code KNDBPEPT. Simply download the Trust Bank SG App on the App Store or Google Play Store. Tap on “Use referral code” immediately after you start the app and key in: KNDBPEPT
  • FSMOne: P0413007. Good account to keep liquid cash in autosweep and to purchase investment at low fee.
  • Hostinger: You can use this link for hosting your new website. 20% off hosting!
  • Crypto.com: Use my referral link https://crypto.com/app/h92xdfarkq to sign up for Crypto.com and we both get $25 USD 🙂

Top 10 Regrets in Investment

Posted on by careyourpresent

Regrets in Investment

Picking the stocks that will do well for an investor is a little bit of an art and a little bit of luck. If you read up on investing, you will find that most of us are not incredibly good at it- even if we start out with a financial background. Hence, they are often many regrets in investment.

I think the problem lies in the fact that the majority of investors go into this weird world expecting to succeed after the first couple of tries. Investing money is like weightlifting or running. You need to learn how to be disciplined and put forth continuous effort in order to see results.

Investing is a crucial aspect of financial planning, and a well-executed investment strategy can have a significant impact on an individual’s wealth over time. However, many often wonder what their regrets and often have regrets about their investment decisions, and these regrets can result in missed opportunities, underperformance, or even losses.

Since recently ChatGPT is getting popular. Let me ask ChatGPT and see what I get.

Top 10 Regrets in Investment – Courtesy of ChatGPT

Disclaimer: The paragraphs below are written by ChatGPT, not me.

  1. Failing to start investing early

One of the most common investment regrets is failing to start investing early. The power of compounding means that the earlier an individual starts investing, the more time their investments have to grow. Unfortunately, many individuals delay investing until later in life, and this can result in missed opportunities for growth. To avoid this regret, investors should start investing as soon as possible, even if it is a small amount. A regular investment plan can help in building wealth over time.

  1. Not having a well-defined investment plan

Investing without a well-defined plan is like driving without a map. A clear investment plan should include the investor’s financial goals, risk tolerance, and investment time horizon. Without a clear plan, investors can make poor investment decisions or miss opportunities that align with their goals. To avoid this regret, investors should have a well-defined investment plan that aligns with their financial goals and regularly monitor their progress to ensure that their investments are on track.

  1. Failing to diversify investments

Concentrating all investments in one asset class or sector can lead to significant losses in case of market volatility or economic downturns. Investors should diversify their portfolio across different asset classes and sectors to spread their risk. A well-diversified portfolio can help reduce the impact of market fluctuations and provide a higher level of stability. To avoid this regret, investors should diversify their portfolio across different asset classes, sectors, and regions.

  1. Investing based on emotions

Investing based on emotions, such as fear or greed, can lead to poor investment decisions and result in underperformance. Investors should avoid making investment decisions based on their emotions and instead base them on research, analysis, and a well-defined investment plan. To avoid this regret, investors should maintain a disciplined approach to investing and avoid getting caught up in market hype or short-term fluctuations.

  1. Timing the market

Timing the market by buying and selling investments based on predictions of market movements is a common regret among investors. It is difficult to time the market successfully, and attempting to do so can lead to missed opportunities and losses. Instead of timing the market, investors should adopt a long-term investment strategy that aligns with their financial goals and risk tolerance. To avoid this regret, investors should focus on a long-term investment strategy and avoid making investment decisions based on short-term market movements.

  1. Failing to monitor investments

Not regularly reviewing investment performance or adjusting investments to align with financial goals can lead to missed opportunities and underperformance. Investors should regularly review their portfolio’s performance and adjust their investments to ensure they align with their financial goals and risk tolerance. To avoid this regret, investors should set up a regular review of their investment portfolio and make adjustments as needed.

  1. Not understanding the investment risks

Lack of understanding of the risks associated with investments can lead to unexpected losses. Investors should understand the risks associated with their investments and make investment decisions that align with their risk tolerance. To avoid this regret, investors should conduct thorough research and analysis of potential investments and understand the risks associated with them before investing.

  1. Chasing hot investments

Investing in popular or trending investments without doing proper research and analysis can lead to poor performance and losses. Investors should avoid chasing hot investments and instead focus on long-term investment opportunities that align with their financial goals and risk tolerance. To avoid this regret, investors should conduct thorough research and analysis of potential investments..

Investing is a crucial aspect of financial planning, and a well-executed investment strategy can have a significant impact on an individual’s wealth over time. However, investors often have regrets about their investment decisions, and these regrets can result in missed opportunities, underperformance, or even losses. In this article, we will explore the top 10 regrets in investment and how investors can avoid them.

  1. Overreacting to short-term market fluctuations

Overreacting to short-term market fluctuations can lead to poor investment decisions and result in underperformance. It is essential to keep a long-term perspective when investing and not get caught up in short-term market movements. Investors should avoid making impulsive investment decisions based on short-term fluctuations and focus on their long-term investment strategy. To avoid this regret, investors should stay disciplined in their investment approach and avoid making hasty investment decisions based on market fluctuations.

  1. Not seeking professional advice

Failing to seek advice from a financial advisor or professional can lead to missed opportunities and poor investment decisions. A financial advisor can provide valuable insights into investment opportunities, help in developing an investment plan, and guide investors in making informed investment decisions. To avoid this regret, investors should seek professional advice from a financial advisor who can help them in developing an investment strategy that aligns with their financial goals and risk tolerance.

Do you have any of the above regrets? Is ChatGPT powerful? Perhaps AI will be changing the world in future?

Good articles that you should read!

People are drawn to dividend investing.

Why? Firstly, dividends provide a regular stream of income, allowing investors to receive a portion of the company’s profits on a periodic basis. This can be particularly attractive for individuals seeking consistent cash flow or looking to supplement their existing income. Additionally, dividend investing is often viewed as a more stable and predictable investment strategy compared to relying solely on capital appreciation.

I always write and share articles, especially on dividends which many people love them. Do read them!

Alternatively, you can go the right side of my page, there is a search bar where you can simply search “dividend” to see all my articles related to dividends!

Of course, you can search for other things that would interest you such as “Careyourpresent”, “Reits”, “Side Hustles”, “Fixed Incomes”, “Savings” etc.

CAREYOURPRESENT

Money just buy you the chance of freedom.

When you are young and working, you exchange time for money. When you are old, you can have lots of money but you can’t buy time back, especially the things that you have missed while busying striking out in career. Of course, if you love your career, and consciously know that you are missing out the first time your child walk or talk, that’s ok, but if you are the other spectrum, please do something about it.

Your kids grew up and they no longer need you to accompany them. They no longer want to sit on your lap to share/do things with you…all these time you spent in your 9 to 6 or even longer cubicles…can the money that you have earned by you back these?

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

I have picked out some of the more life reflecting articles of the CAREYOURPRESENT series. Do read them:

You can read more about my articles on Careyourpresent via the Category “Careyourpresent” or simply click “Careyourpresent” via the main menu bar.

REMEMBER:

Love your life daily.

You have one less day with your spouse, parents, children and yourself.

Time is ticking away.

For each passing day,

Enjoy and Treasure your Life!

For those who are interested in regular updates of my articles, please join the others to sign up for my free newsletter to has my newest blogposts sent to your mailbox for free!

For real time exclusive updates on market news/life (especially Crypto markets where the news move fast, important news will be shared directly via tweets or telegrams), do also join the platforms below and engage with other like-minded people!

You may also contact me via [email protected].

If you’re looking referral codes, do check out my referral and ebook page. Give it a try and who knows? You might end up loving these platforms! To be absolutely fair to all the readers, I am definitely using all these companies and they are useful to me! Likely will be useful to you too!

At the same referral and ebook page, you can also download my free ebooks and other free resources.

For quick references to these resources, you can see below.

  • Ebooks and other useful resources on enhancing productivity (Investment, Excel, Notion etc). Currently most of it are free at this moment (subject to change).
  • WeBull: A powerful brokerage with nice free welcome gift. You can refer to my guide here on how to signup! 4 Simple step only! Click here to register a new account!
  • MoneyOwl: You can use this 6SHU-93MC to get free grab vouchers and highly safe liquid cash fund account.
  • Trust Bank – You will enjoy free FairPrice E-Voucher referral if you sign up via my referral code KNDBPEPT. Simply download the Trust Bank SG App on the App Store or Google Play Store. Tap on “Use referral code” immediately after you start the app and key in: KNDBPEPT
  • FSMOne: P0413007. Good account to keep liquid cash in autosweep and to purchase investment at low fee.
  • Hostinger: You can use this link for hosting your new website. 20% off hosting!
  • Crypto.com: Use my referral link https://crypto.com/app/h92xdfarkq to sign up for Crypto.com and we both get $25 USD 🙂