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2018 in review - Finance and Career

Finance It's just three more weeks before the end of 2018. With the dividends and coupons in already, it's time to wrap- up the finance performances for this year. 1. Stock Investing This is the year of the telecommunications for me. Only sale of the year is M1, while I purchased Singtel, Starhub and Lippo Malls Trust. Summary: Dividend - $4,120.20 Current Market Value - $50,440 Realized Gains - $1235.89 Paper Losses - $4,396.65 2. Bond Investing I talked about the Singapore Savings bonds having a relatively good short term interest here previously. Apart from the SSB that I bought at the beginning of the year, no other bonds were purchased. Summary: Coupon Received - $4,359.10;  Redemption Value - $140,000 (market value not considered, as there are no plans to sell them before redemption date for the time being). When I did a simple calculation, this is about 3.11 % of the redemption value. Not too bad for bonds. 3. Endowment Plan No endowment