Creating a MAS T-Bill Calendar

How I sync the MAS T-Bill calendar to Google Calendar

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I finally had enough of manually checking the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) T-Bill calendar from the official site. Just miss the buying window? Great! now I’ll have to wait for another week or so.

Sometimes life gets in the way, then you forget, then you miss again. All that cash just sitting there doing nothing. I mean, there must be a better way to handle this, right?

Context: MAS T-bills are considered safe investments. It has lower credit risk than fixed deposits, which makes it an attractive investment option (~3.8% in 2023). Check the historical MAS T-bill yield here.

Idea

Existing Solution

Before diving into any project, I always like to see if there are existing solutions that might fit the bill. In my search, I stumbled upon ilovessb.com, which supports email notifications.

That’s a step in the right direction, but there’s still the possibility of missing those email notifications. Plus, I don’t really feel like giving away my email.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar notifications on the other hand are pretty neat. It supports device notifications, emails, or…