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What is ElderShield?
ElderShield is a Long-Term Care insurance scheme that Singaporeans are enrolled in on an opt-out basis when they reach the age of 40 years old. It is designed to provide a monthly payout to the insured upon severe disability typically associated with old age (hence the name).
Similar to MediShield, the premiums are payable by a CPF Member’s Medisave account, and there are optional supplements to be purchased with private insurers (as of writing, three insurers offer such supplements).
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Can You Afford It? How Mental Accounting Affects Proper Judgment
Most people, if not everyone, use mental accounting on a daily basis when it comes to financial decisions. A common example would be the way a person more readily spends his year-end bonus.
Take one more example: If you were going to spend $100 on an item and realised there was a cheaper source 15 minutes away selling it for $95, would you take the effort to obtain it from the cheaper source? What if the item was $10, and the other place was selling it for $5?
Aviva New Whole Life Policy – MyLifeChoice
Aviva is introducing MyLifeChoice, a new participating whole life insurance policy that features a Minimum Protection Value (MPV) and Guaranteed Extra Protection (GEP) option amongst other new features. Aviva MyLifeChoice replaces IdealLiving, Aviva’s previous whole life offering, and marks the extinction of guaranteed premium rates for critical illness coverage in the market.
Online Seminar on Techniques to Predict Future Investment Returns
Seminar Speaker, Mr. Wilfred Ling
There will be an online seminar conducted this Saturday, 24th September 2011 at 10:00AM regarding Techniques to Predict Future Investment Returns
There are many techniques used to forecast the future. Forecasting the future in investment is called ‘capital markets expectations’. Without formulating an expectation of the future, it is not possible even to plan for one’s retirement because future inflation, interest rates and investment returns are completely unknown. In the investment circles, all investors make some kind of forecast. The question is: are these forecasts accurate?