May 15, 2021
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Sin Ting, 33 is the Chief Client Officer at Endowus, a a Singapore-based financial technology company that allows you to invest your CPF, Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) money, and cash savings.
Like many others, I started my investment journey by thinking that I could outsmart the millions of market participants around the world. I picked my portfolio of stocks based on news articles I read, or companies whose products I used.
I learnt quickly how humbling markets can be, but in hindsight, I’m glad I learnt this lesson early in my investment journey.
I was very fortunate to have a female mentor early on in my career who constantly reminded me that while I focused on managing clients’ wealth at work, it was also really important to manage my own money.