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The last payment on a small investment property is due to be paid in early June and I am considering whether I should keep the property mortgage free or remortgage it and invest the money elsewhere. One of the reasons I am considering this is that Hong Kong uses an antiquated land title system...

Looking for recommendations for wireless headphones. They'll be used when running and hiking so they will get covered in sweat and rain. Needs to be iPhone compatable. I've been using Powerbeats and have got pretty fed up with their unreliability - specifically long delays in connecting and...

We will be taking our children to NY for 5 days next month (as part of a longer trip) and want to make the most of their time there. We have scheduled visits to the Natural History Museum, the Met and Statue of Liberty and tickets to a Broadway show. Any other recommendations would be very...

Another article claiming that retirement shortens life expectancy: Retirement Will Kill You - Bloomberg While I can agree that retirees need to keep themselves physically and mentally stimulated and socially engaged, I'm not convinced by the findings. On the link between longevity in retirees...

A nice post on the advantages and disadvantages of early retirement: http://www.financialsamurai.com/2013/03/19/what-does-early-retirement-feel-like-the-positives-and-negatives/ I like the concluding paragraph: Well .... maybe not the last sentence .....

I have a term life policy which I am intending to cancel. The reasoning for cancelling is that if I have enough money to support myself and my family once I FIRE, then there must be enough money to support my family without me. There is no estate duty in Hong Kong (nor is there expected to be)...

A recently released Sweedish study that looked into the link between chocolate consumtion and stroke risk in men concluded that: :dance::dance::dance: theheart.org: trusted cardiology news and opinions Filed next to the studies which show that red wine is good for the heart.

Mathew Ridley has posted a list of 17 reasons to be optimistic on his blog http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/reader's-digest.aspx While I am not as optimistic as Mr Ridley for a number of reasons (global warming, debt/deficit issues, extinction of species, desertification, etc etc etc)...

Somehow, I don't think this paper was written with early retirees in mind.....or anyone who lives in the real world for that matter: Investors Chronicle - Academics say wait until 35 to save London's CASS Business School issued a paper suggesting that people shouldn't start saving until they...

A short but interesting paper published by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Equity Returns in the Coming Decade - Center for Retirement Research at Boston College From the conclusion: Nothwithstanding the "provided that" and "ïf" qualifications, the conclusion that 6.5%...

Over the weekend, I came accross this article: Ephrem: It contrasts sharply with the many reports (often based on anecdotal evidence) that conclude that people who work longer live longer. As with the studies going the other way, there is still a substantial lack of clarity on the question...

I saw this article on Yahoo: peak-age-of-financial-reason: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance Over the last few years, the newspapers/internet have been full of stories about (often) elderly people who have lost substantial amounts of their wealth and their ability to support...

Hi All I found this forum through one of the blogs I visit from time to time. By way of introduction I'm an expat living in Hong Kong planning/hoping to hit my retirement number by the end of 2011 and retire one or two years after that (end of 2013 at the very latest). Given that I have...