Patricia has always wanted to find someone to help her make sense of her family’s finances so that she can be a good steward of the family wealth. Originally, she and her husband, Stanley, came to us to learn how we help our clients invest their money to bring them closer to their life and…
Eliza and Noah are not really big on the idea of retirement. It is not that they find retirement repulsive, but because they have always found their respective career interesting and challenging. Eliza feels fulfilled and respected working as a physician in a government hospital. Noah started out in engineering, but an opportunity came along…
19 years ago, on this very same day, 19 men trained by al-Qaeda carried out a coordinated terrorist attack on the United States that had been planned for years. The attackers simultaneously hijacked four large passenger aircraft with the intention of crashing them into major landmarks in the United States, inflicting as much death and…
We would like to start off by thanking our clients for staying invested with us through the recent market stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. By staying invested, we have avoided realizing a loss, and with the US stock market making a new historic high, our portfolios have mostly recovered almost all the 2020 drawdown…
Many years ago, I wrote an article in this same column that was based on the documentary movie “Food Inc”. Director Robert Kenner lifted the veil on the food industry, exposing often shocking truths about what we eat, how it is produced and what the cost to our health is. In the bid to produce…
From an Economics Undergraduate to Master of Counselling graduate and ultimately Associate Adviser at Providend, Bryan ventured off the socially-sanctioned path after graduation in pursuit of his passion and work-life fulfillment. Check out this interview where Bryan Chan, Associate Adviser at Providend, shares his journey seeking a solution to his quarter-life malaise, harnessing on…
Are stock markets not seeing the economic reality? Stock markets continued to rise in July, led by the major tech companies that turned in strong results for 2Q 2020. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google all reported their results, and aside from Google, the other 4 reported strong results that saw their stocks rising to new…
As we go through life, change is one thing that remains constant. However, this does not mean that making any changes to your life is easy, especially when it involves relocation of your family, career change, and following your passion. Join us in this discussion as Chin Yu, Client Adviser at Providend, shares more on…
Stock markets lost some momentum going into June, with the S&P 500 up only 1.8% for the month after a blockbuster April and May. Emerging Markets picked up the slack by rising over 7% in June after a slower April and May. Regardless, the second quarter of 2020 has been stellar, and the best performance…
Greetings all! I recently joined Providend in a Senior Client Advisor capacity, but whilst I am new to the role, I have had a very long and fruitful association with the firm over the last 11 years (more on that in a bit!). I have worked in the asset management business for close to 19…
