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Would you risk a guaranteed 4 per cent? Opinion

I would not risk the risk free 4 per cent

The Business Times asked whether you should risk your risk free 4 per cent CPF return. My stand: keep the Special Account untouched, and invest the Ordinary Account instead. Here is the maths, and the principle behind it.

Sumit Tiwari · August 2026 · 4 minute read

A true story

The most dangerous thing in a retiree's portfolio

He had paid off his property, built his businesses, and settled his children. Five years later, everything we planned was gone. It was not a scam that found him. It was something harder to screen for.

Sumit Tiwari · July 2026 · 4 minute read

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