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Where’s Your Mercedes?
By Agedashi23cents  •  August 7, 2017
An elderly man was taking a smoke break with his younger non-smoking colleague. "I have a question to ask, says the colleague. "How many packs a day and for how long have you been smoking?" . "3 packs a day for fifteen years," says the smoker. “Fifteen years!” the colleague remarked in awe. “That's costs so much money. At $10 a pack of cigarette a day, you’re spending $10,950 a year not accounting for inflation and in 15 years, you would have spent $164,250! If you had invested that money at a respectable interest rate for the past 15 years, you’d have enough to buy a Mercedes!” The smoker smiles and asks his colleague, "Do you smoke?" "No!!!" he replied "So where is your Mercedes?" This story was adapted from its original "Where's Your Ferrari" version to fit into Singapore's context as a Ferrari would cost well over SGD 1 million to own......
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By Agedashi23cents
In my line of work as an accounts and audit person, it was said that "Not documented means no work done!' Therefore this blog was created to document the mistakes and learning in my journey towards the path of financial freedom through aggressive savings and investments in forex and equities. Being a complete novice in these areas, any criticism or guidance is most welcomed. One of the best ways to keep yourself accountable is to announce to others what you plan to do -- so publicly announcing that i am going to do these challenges is a great first step.
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