Lionel Yeo, blogger, ramen slurper and bathroom dancer; so goes the introduction on cheerfulegg.com. The description of the man is fascinating and the same could be said for the content on the site.

We met up recently to chat about personal finance, writing a blog, and got Lionel to tell us more about his hot-off-the-press ebook: Automatic Investing – The No Stress Guide to Index Investing in Singapore.

One of the first things we discovered was that cheerfulegg is not Lionel’s first blog. His interest in finance began while he was pursuing his degree overseas. He started testing trading strategies and wrote another blog (which has since been taken private) to record his trades and share his thoughts.

It didn’t take him too long (and thankfully not too much money) before realizing that trading is not for him. Instead, he delved deeper into the world of psychology, personal finance, ...