Asia Compounder is a Singapore-based newsletter for the reader who's outgrown the basics.
If you've maxed CPF, opened SRS, set up a brokerage, and bought your first low-cost index ETF — and you're wondering what compounding looks like from here — this is for you.
I'm Zhi Jian Gan, a 31-year-old generalist based in Singapore. I'm publicly building five compounding income engines from a starting capital of SGD $3,000. Every Sunday I publish what worked, what didn't, and the math behind the choices.
Three promises
1. Real SGD numbers. Allocation, P&L, mistakes. Hidden numbers are how most finance content lies. I'd rather be specific. (See the public scoreboard for the running ledger.)
2. One framework or one mistake per issue. Not motivational. Not theoretical. Something I'm actually using or processing, with the math behind it.
3. An Asia-specific angle. Most finance content I read is US-centric and the math quietly breaks for Singapore investors. Asia Compounder is built around the specific arithmetic of where we actually live.
What you'll never see here
"10 stocks to buy now" lists
Affiliate-marketing junk dressed as advice
Upsells to a $1,997 course
Generic finance-influencer motivation posts
AI-hype or crypto-hype not tied to a concrete number
Anything that wouldn't pass a peer review by a smart friend who actually invests
Who this isn't for
Beginners still working through the CPF and SRS foundations. Seedly is genuinely good for that — start there. Come back here once the basics are absorbed and you're asking "what next?"
If you're new, the start-here page sequences the three pillar articles in the right reading order. About 25 minutes total.
If you want the weekly running thread, subscribe at the box on the homepage. New issue every Sunday morning SGT.
— Zhi Jian Gan
Singapore
@asiacompounder on X