Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The electronics magnate Pierre Chen, born in 1958, is one of the richest people in Taiwan, where he built the firm Yageo from scratch in 1977. He is also a leading Asian collector of western … Read more
People like to live in certain places, even when higher wages are on offer elsewhere. Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth and Tobias Seidel show that once you take into account people’s preferences, large cities offer a higher quality of life than previously thought. More than 50 per cent of the world’s population lives in … Read more
A majority of Singapore residents view measures in the latest annual budget as inadequate to help them cope with rising costs of living, according to a new poll. Among 1,002 adults surveyed by Singapore-based Milieu Insight, 55 per cent said the budget’s nearly S$124 billion (US$92.8 billion) in spending that includes shopping vouchers and aged … Read more
Becoming mortgage free is not just a practical goal to be sensibly evaluated as part of your wider investing strategy – although it is that for sure. There’s an emotional component to getting rid of your mortgage, too. And we shouldn’t ignore our emotions because they hugely influence our ability to stick to our plans. Feelings … Read more
Image Source: 123rf.com Moments throughout history forced people to find a way to “make it work.” The Great Depression was undoubtedly one of these times. Many families adopted new ways of life to get by, becoming experts in frugality. While times have changed, there are still some frugal living tips from the Great Depression that … Read more
