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S&P 500: Solid investment or internet hype? | Investing basics explained

ETFs, REITs, SSBs, T-bills - what do they all mean?

askST Jobs: My boss keeps making passive-aggressive remarks. How should I respond?

1,310 BTO flats in Sembawang go on sale in November; under three years’ wait for them

Me & My Money: She went from designing buildings to creating healthy snack choices

Bridge to home ownership: Why Singapore is exploring build-to-rent

With their BTO flat about three years from completion, Henry Tay and Sarah Tong turned to renting their love nest after they got married in 2024.
With their BTO flat about three years from completion, Henry Tay and Sarah Tong turned to renting their love nest after they got married in 2024.

Young & Savvy

Expensive but worth it: Exhausted by the digital world, I turn to grandma hobbies

The writer has picked up analogue activities such as letter writing, scrapbooking, and film and polaroid photography.
The writer has picked up analogue activities such as letter writing, scrapbooking, and film and polaroid photography.

Nearly half of S’pore employers who use AI in HR do so for recruitment: SNEF survey

(From left) Skills and Workforce Development Agency deputy chief executive Tan Cheng Kwee; Dr Li Jia, Dean of School of Economics at SMU; Singtel group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon; and SNEF council member and Ninja Van CEO Lai Chang Wen at the SNEF Employers’ Summit 2026.
(From left) Skills and Workforce Development Agency deputy chief executive Tan Cheng Kwee; Dr Li Jia, Dean of School of Economics at SMU; Singtel group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon; and SNEF council member and Ninja Van CEO Lai Chang Wen at the SNEF Employers’ Summit 2026.

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Money Mentor

Headstart On Record Podcast

The world is on fire but hey I have matcha: How little treats are helping us deal with uncertainty

Labubus, blind boxes, bubble tea. Why do we keep buying things we don’t need?

Me and My Money

This former SIA steward went from planes to scoops and automobiles

Me & My Money

From the navy to bullion trading: Start-up founder builds wealth through precious metals, discipline

Me and My Money

Attending a programme in secondary school turned him into a serial entrepreneur at 28 

Work Bestie

askST Jobs: My colleagues get more flexibility because of family commitments. What about me?

Managers should ensure that accommodating some employees does not unfairly burden others.

Managers may assume that employees without children can always stay late, travel at short notice or work during holidays.

What it takes for fresh grads to land a job

‘A never-ending effort’: She chases down illicit product peddlers in Geylang

Tastemakers

Two 28-year-olds swop stable jobs to open $10,000 pasta stall Casa Osteria in Serangoon Gardens

Life Guide

What if cultural understanding were taught at uni, rather than assumed?

Students may no longer have the time to learn organically about one another’s culture. Here’s where universities must plug the gap.

Students in Return Of Return, the SMU production that gave rise to the undergraduate course Choreographing the City-State: Dance and Multiculturalism in Singapore.

Headstart On Record Podcast

Study hard, work hard, retire then die: Do Singaporeans spend our lives living someone else’s dream?

Video: How do Gen Zs know it’s time to move on from a relationship?

Young & Savvy

Why the new RTS won’t make me visit JB more often

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