As an active investor myself, I spent countless hours browsing through different reports of the companies I am researching in order to be a step ahead of the other investors when it comes to investing. Even so, it is always difficult to be a step ahead when the market works almost round the clock twenty-four…
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Patience Is Required for Alibaba and JD.com
I thought I’ll pen down my thoughts after receiving a number of emails this week from various sources asking for guidance on two big China cap names – Alibaba and JD.com – both of which have seen shares plummeting each day for the past few consecutive weeks. Many readers would also know that I own…
What Does Working In a Start-Up Feels Like?
Today, we’ll talk about something that’s more personal – my own working experience since joining the start-up scene. As an avid traveler in the past who have been keeping tabs on some of the world’s most interesting places to visit, I was devastated as just about as many people have had due to the impact…
Is This The Right Time To Buy JD.com?
JD.com Inc., also known as Jingdong, is a leading Chinese e-commerce company headquartered and based in China. Although I don’t think investors need any form of introduction to the e-commerce retail space giants, many may not know that JD is not just a pretty face e-commerce marketplace that is gathering market share throughout and across…
5 Reasons to Invest in the LionGlobal Dynamic Growth: Asian Perspective portfolio
Lion Global Investors (“Lion Global”) – one of Asia’s leading asset management companies, has recently announced the launch of their latest managed portfolio – LionGlobal Dynamic Growth: Asian Perspective, exclusively available through Saxo Markets’ platforms. Led by experienced professionals and portfolio managers, the Lion Global Investors’ Curated Portfolios team has curated a globally diversified multi-asset portfolio…
Apr 2021 – Portfolio & Transaction Updates
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % Category 1. Manulife REIT 100,000 US$0.74 98,300.00 26.0% Dividend 2. Alibaba 300 US$245 97,000.00 25.0% Growth 3. Lendlease REIT 85,000 S$0.80 68,000.00 18.0% Dividend 4. Starhill REIT 90,000 S$0.55 49,500.00 13.0%…
Trade At Zero Commission With Phillip MetaTrader 5
Investing is a marathon journey that most of us would probably have to cope with for a long time in our lifetime. Choosing the right brokerage service and platform to safely put your money is an important aspect of the entire investing and trading journey for an investor. This is especially so for the beginner…
Evaluating The Thought Process Behind Putting Financial Independence As a Goal That Is Worth Pursuing
During the gathering over the lunch break in your office, you overheard a conversation regarding one of your colleague that he has decided to call it a day after working 15 years in a corporate world. He was apparently quitting not because he was going to move roles into another company but rather decided to…
Top 5 Common Spending Triggers
Many companies employ good digital marketers to come up with marketing ploys targeted at human preys whom they know have low boundaries to accept their very own spending triggers and emotions. Spending triggers subconsciously make many prey to temptation and spend money to replace and magnify an emotion they’re feeling – usually desperate, that resulted…
Dividend Investing vs Options Income Strategy – 3Fs Strategy
I’ve been getting quite a bit of questions from some people who have been following my writing for some time and they noticed the recent strategy changes in my equity portfolio and so they wrote to me to understand the thinking behind the idea. For those who are relatively new to my blog, my equity…