Cruise Your Way to Financial Freedom

Everyone is interested in making money, having a good life and retiring comfortably. But how do you go about planning for future financial security and more importantly, how do you achieve financial freedom? The reality is that job security lessens and incomes dwindle as we get older. To maintain a decent lifestyle, it is essential to build savings and invest them prudently while in your prime earning years. It is hard work, but it has to be done. Well-known financial writer and investor Mano Sabnani stresses the importance of financial independence and shares his money secrets on building an investment portfolio to achieve a passive income for a comfortable retirement. Topics in the book include simple financial literacy, core principles of investing, what and how to invest for best long-term results, and how to select the right stocks to invest in. Mano’s Money Secrets includes his investment principles and strategies as well as his views on the Singapore stock market, banks and property/REITs. He also provides guidance on how not to get caught up in speculation and scams. The book’s conclusion is that real happiness is achieved only when you have financial independence and little or no financial worries.

Mano Sabnani is currently Chairman and CEO of Rafflesia Holdings, a company he founded to pursue opportunities in the investment, corporate advisory and media sectors. A well-known activist investor, financial writer and advisor, Mano held senior positions with The Business Times and The Straits Times from 1977 to 1995. He then joined DBS Securities as Director of Research, moving on to other positions within the group. He left DBS Bank to join Corporate Brokers International (CBI) as Executive Director. CBI was focused on nurturing and investing in small, promising companies. He also spent 5 years as the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of daily newspaper TODAY from April 2003.