Minimalist in the city
Hello, this is Dave and Kate. Together with our 3 year old daughter Ally and newborn Ashton, we are a family of 4 currently staying in Singapore. Many thanks for visiting our blog and we hope that you will find our stories inspiring and helpful.
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Personal Finance By Minimalist in the city • March 2, 2026
Investing Lessons Part 4: Why Physical Gold Became Part of My Portfolio When I bought physical gold for the first time in 2024, it surprised some people — including myself who used to advocate Warren Buffett’s take on...
Personal Finance By Minimalist in the city • February 15, 2026
Investing Lessons Part 3: What the 1929 Crash Taught Me About Cash Reserves Two books sat on my reading list for very different reasons. Both ended up teaching me the same lesson. The Great Depression: A Diary by Benjamin...
Personal Finance By Minimalist in the city • February 15, 2026
Investing Lessons Part 3: What the 1929 Crash Taught Me About Cash Reserves Two books sat on my reading list for very different reasons. Both ended up teaching me the same lesson. The Great Depression: A Diary by Benjamin...
Personal Finance By Minimalist in the city • February 9, 2026
Investing Lessons Part 2: Asset Allocation and Portfolio Resilience After sharing how my investment approach evolved over two decades in Part 1, the natural question becomes: how does it all fit together? Asset...
Personal Finance By Minimalist in the city • February 9, 2026
Investing Lessons Part 2: Asset Allocation and Portfolio Resilience After sharing how my investment approach evolved over two decades in Part 1, the natural question becomes: how does it all fit together? Asset...
Personal Finance By Minimalist in the city • February 1, 2026
Investing Lessons Part 1: How My Investment Philosophy Evolved over more than two decades (Originally shaped over two decades of investing) This year, I’ll be revisiting how some of my thinking has changed over time—including how I...
Personal By Minimalist in the city • January 29, 2026
Minimalist in the City – Reflections of 2025 Photo from: Grampians, Victoria Australia A Quiet Start to the Year and I’ve finally settled back into my routines. After the school holiday break...
Personal Finance By Minimalist in the city • May 21, 2025
Reinventing Midlife: “Why Some Wish They Had Quitted Their Careers 5 Years Earlier to try something else” 𝗧𝗵𝗲 “𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁” 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰...
Personal Finance By Minimalist in the city • May 1, 2025
My Financial Literacy Journey With CPF: Giving Back As A CPF Volunteer CPF Volunteer Appreciation Dinner 2025 As I sat down at the recent CPF Volunteer Appreciation dinner 2025 to reflect on the journey that has...
Personal By Minimalist in the city • April 13, 2025
Reflections: The Balance of Life – Prolonging Existence Through Excess vs. Embracing Moments Through Minimalism Why do we seek to prolong life? This calm yet provocative question came from a close friend whose parent, at over 80, had just undergone a costly...
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