With 2 tradings days remaining in 2019, its once again time to review how 2019 went for me. 1. Career The hospitality trading environment was challenging this year. With political unrest in various countries and the US-China trade war, travel demand was dampened. Consequently, my employer should not have performed up to expectations this year. We'll see when the latest … [Read more...] about 2019 Performance Scorecard
Archives for December 2019
Personal Lessons from 2019
It's the holiday season. As I cruise through the gift exchanges, Christmas gatherings and festive merrymaking typical of December, it is also usually the time I think about the year I've had and the lessons I've learnt. As we send off 2019 (and the decade) into the sunset, here are my personal lessons of 2019 which I will bring forth into the new year. On … [Read more...] about Personal Lessons from 2019
Evaluating Accordia Golf Trust’s Divestment Offer
Accordia Golf Trust (AGT) recently received a non-binding proposal from its Sponsor to buy out its golf courses. After a lengthy 3 day trading halt, I was quite underwhelmed when the Trust decided to announce a single figure with a distinct lack of concrete details: JPY 63,167 mil OK it was a 2 page announcement, but the only relevant parts were 1 or 2 lines surrounding … [Read more...] about Evaluating Accordia Golf Trust’s Divestment Offer
Annual Personal Tax Housekeeping
2019 is coming to a close and the window to manage your tax bill is closing. This is usually the time of the year where I do a rough tax computation to check my tax exposure for this year. I was pleasantly surprised to see that my income has almost crossed over to the next tax bracket. Apparently, my blog and side hustle income had put me over the top. However, due my … [Read more...] about Annual Personal Tax Housekeeping