Why can wealth still leave us unhappy? A comment by former Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo caught my eye this week. Responding to why economic success does not necessarily translate into happiness, he said that “sometimes unhappiness may be a precondition for achievement”. It made me think about what we are really trying to achieve when we invest. For me, building wealth is not the end goal. It is about having greater security in retirement, being able to take care of the people I love, and having more choices over how I spend my time. That feels especially important when the market environment can change so quickly, as we saw with the sharp rise in bond yields and interest rates this week. The latest 6 month T bill yield jumped to 1.92%, from 1.70% just two weeks earlier, while the best fixed deposit rates in Singapore have also gone up....