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Published Sun, Jun 5, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    FINANCIAL literacy is not rocket science, said a top financial literacy trainer who made his first investment at age 12 and started investing in individual stocks at 21.

    Rather, being financially savvy is about taking ownership of one's finances and being independent, said Seow Chin Juen, now 24 years old and a final-year economics major at Singapore Management University (SMU).

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