Earning decent salary doesn’t not guarantee you a decent networth. It takes much knowledge and discipline as well.
It’s a slow Saturday and I found this article at AsiaOne which reposted an old article from Her World magazine.
[35 and flat broke | AsiaOne Business]
It talks about how well earning females in the age group 30 to 36 are struggling to have a positive networth.
Clara*, 34, and her husband Dennis*, 36, both lawyers, have a combined salary of $17,000 a month.
...So when they tied the knot three years ago, Clara assumed they could easily afford a big wedding in Bali and a nice condo.
They went ahead with these, but she now estimates that they’ll spend several years paying for their splurges.
“We spent $100,000 on our wedding, a six-figure sum on our condo in a prime district, and even more money renovating and outfitting it (Read more...)