Sooooo apparently, the market crashed last week. I had no idea, because I was in the middle of my reservist training. Yep, I was sweating it out in an ulu camp in Pasir Ris, with no clue about what was happening in the outside world.

Which is kiiiiind of like what my investing style is like.

Unlike most of my fellow financial bloggers who know what’s going on in the world economy, I’m pretty clueless most of the time. This week, my “financial influencer” WhatsApp group (yeah, it’s a thing) was buzzing with exciting commentary about China, Malaysia and interest rates. But I was too busy figuring out which combat ration I eat for dinner – glutinous porridge with ground nuts, or Indian style spicy noodles with chicken sausage?

(yeah, I like eating combat rations. I’m weird like that.)

So while I was in the middle of the jungle ...