Tiger Brokers is one of the latest fintech brokerages that has come and joined the retail scene in Singapore, providing low-cost competitive offerings to the retail investors. On the 10th Jun 2020, Tiger Trade launched its online trading access to the Singapore Exchange, adding to its current list of the other two major stock exchanges…
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Yoon Salon: Professional Hair Services Within Your Reach
Every once in a while, it’s nice to indulge in treating and pampering ourselves a little better in a fancy salon which for the most part are affordable to the majority of us for our regular hair care needs. Since the start of the circuit breaker, I haven’t been able to get out of the…
Why I Think Comfortdelgro (SGX: C52) Is A Strong Recovery Candidate Play
Comfortdelgro (SGD: C52) has been one of the companies that has been affected quite badly since the start of the Covid-19. It joined the lists of other industries such as airlines, aviation, retail and hospitality industry that is severely impacted by this pandemic crisis. Since the start of the year, the company has dropped by more…
How Covid-19 Has Changed The Whole Dynamic About F.I.R.E
The Financial Independence Retire Early (F.I.R.E) movement has for the past few decades thrived on the ability to act on whatever you like, whenever you want, wherever you are at the expense of not anyone but yourself who can make that decision. The unprecedented case of Covid-19 which we are currently living through has clearly…
Jul 2020 – Portfolio & Transaction Updates
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. Silverlake 200,000 S$0.25 50,000.00 25.0% 2. Wilmar 11,100 S$4.26 46,860.00 22.0% 3. Comfortdelgro 15,000 S$1.47 22,050.00 10.0% 4. Baba (HK) 200 HK260 9,335.00 5.0% 5. GA Pack (HK) 9,000…
Revision of Terms and Interest Rates – DBS Multiplier Account (w.e.f 1 Aug 2020)
You might recall that the last update (Link Here) I made with regards to the DBS Multiplier was in May 2019 last year. Back then, they’ve enlarged the proportion of the categories and interest rates, making the maximum effective interest rates on applicable transactions up to 3.65% on the first $100k. Since then, we’ve seen…
A Speculative Story of Three Potential “Multi-Bagger” Positions
In the past recent days, I’ve taken three small speculative positions and have kept them relatively small as an overall percentage of the portfolio. These are positions which I’ve taken without doing too much due diligence and reading too much of its fundamentals due to the nature of the companies (but yes I’ve weighed in…
Why You Should Still Pursue Financial Independence Even If You Love Your Job
A reader contacted me recently and we chatted a little bit in exchange about her situation. I obtained her permission to share her story since I believe someone out there may be in a similar situation as her. As promised, I will leave out certain key information which may be deemed confidential. About Her: She…
Wirecard AG – Best and Worst Case Scenario
If you have not heard by now, the latest scandal involving a blue chip payments aggregator company, Wirecard has sent its shares plunged down by nearly 62% after the company revealed that for the third time they are unable to publish its annual report for FY2019 on time. Unlike the previous two sessions, this time…
Thought Process On Picking Your First Stock
I’ve had countless queries in the past and a couple of emails recently from readers who are interested to start investing and one of the commonly asked questions is ways to pick the correct stock to invest. The first stock purchase for an investor is always intriguing. The emotions when you first purchase your stock…