Credit Bureau Asia (CBA) has just lodged its final prospectus for an initial share offering that will raise S$53.9 million. This comprises an offering of 28.5 million placement shares and 1.5 million public offering shares at an offer price of S$0.93. Separately from the IPO Offerings, the Cornerstone Investors will subscribe at an aggregate of 28…
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How P6 Pupils Deal With The Fate of Their Future
The Primary 6 pupils collected their first major national examination results in the form of PSLE on the morning of the 25th November – one which is likely to be extra special this year due to the circumstance of the COVID-19 situation. As these students go deeper into the future from their present moment, uncertainty…
Nov 2020 – Portfolio & Transaction Updates
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % Category 1. Comfortdelgro 80,000 S$1.54 123,200.00 24.0% Recovery 2. Jardine C&C 4,000 S$19.83 79,300.00 16.0% Recovery 3. Bank of America (US) 2,000 US$27.00 73,440.00 15.0% Recovery 4. Lendlease Reit 85,000 S$0.645…
Will There Be Light At The End of The STI Tunnel?
As of 31st October 2020, the STI index had lost 24.9% year to date. We are once again in the market cycle where fear and turbulent times are over-riding investors’ sentiments towards the market. In fact, a Bloomberg news article reported last week that Singapore and Thailand are two of the worst-performing market in Asia…
Lendlease Global Commercial REIT – Q1 FY2021 Business Update Review
Lendlease Global Commercial REIT announced its Q1 FY2021 business update this morning which I will quickly go through below. As some of you might already know from my previous update, Lendlease REIT remains one of my biggest portfolio holdings and I am cautiously confident it will continue to become a good investment for the mid…
Oct 2020 – Portfolio & Transaction Updates
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % Category 1. Comfortdelgro 80,000 S$1.47 117,600.00 26.0% Recovery 2. Micro-Mechanics 18,000 S$2.57 46,260.00 10.0% Dividend 3. Tencent (HK) 400 HK$560 40,727.00 9.0% Compounders 4. Starhill 90,000 S$0.44 39,600.00 9.0% Recovery…
Liquidity and Network Flywheel Causes Multiplier Effect On Business and Shares Valuation
One of the most important elements of a tech platform business model is the ability to create multiple expansion network effects. A network effect is often described in economics and businesses as one of the key pillars of success as it depicts a contagion behavior of one additional usage of products or services that will…
Standard Chartered Home Loan Promotion At 1%!
The pandemic we are experiencing today has pushed interest rates to record low across the globe, with some nations already headed into negative interest rates. For homeowners, this is a blessing in disguise because the fall in home loan rates means owners will get to save more on interest payments. 3M Sibor has dropped significantly…
Why Are High Income Earners Struggling Too With Wealth?
An interesting article from TODAY (Link Here) shows why for the majority of people, even a highly paid career such as a pilot – they continue to struggle and face the crunch to survive when these are considered high-income earners. The article interviews a random selection of 12 pilots, and while the sample number is…
Sep 2020 – Portfolio & Transaction Updates
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % Category 1. Comfortdelgro 40,000 S$1.50 60,000.00 26.0% Recovery 2. Wilmar 10,000 S$4.40 44,000.00 19.0% Momentum 3. Micro-Mechanics 18,000 S$2.24 40,320.00 17.0% Dividend 4. Lendlease Reit 55,000 S$0.70 38,500.00 17.0% Dividend…