Author: B

It’s been almost a year and a half since I last travel on an aeroplane with my wife on a honeymoon with Japan.  This time, I will be on a study mission trip to Europe for just slightly more than a week. I think it’s going to be an eye catching experience as I had…

Following SGYI posts (which I thought was very well written) recently on  “Practising Frugality to Achieve Happiness in a High Cost of Living Environment”, I thought this post was going to be somewhat related.   You see, many of us are fortunate enough to be in the shoes we are in right now. The problem with…

In my previous post, I have discussed quite a bit on the core business for the vehicle testing and inspection for Vicom. Today, we will look at the other side of its business – the non-vehicle testing services in the form of Setsco, a subsidiary owned by Vicom since 2003. Setsco provides calibration, testing and certification services…

The recent price decline in Vicom has caught my attention. It has fallen from a high of $6.60 to a recent $5.85 and I received queries from a reader whether the stock is a buy at this price. I told the reader who emailed me that I do not give a recommendation, but can provide…

We often hear that starting your investment when you are at a young age is a good thing as it allows more time for compounding to take effect. But this is on the premise that everything else remains constant and time is only the variable factor that is considered. I’ve come across stories of many…

There’s a quote by Warren Buffett that says: “Give your kids enough so that they would feel they can do anything but not too much that they would feel like doing nothing” For those of you who are parents (or becoming parents to be), you would probably agree once you have children, your emphasis on life…

I have been watching out for a few lists of property stocks lately where they are trading at a discount to their book value. This is not surprising given the disappointing market sentiment towards various property curbs we have in Singapore such that companies are holding massive amount of property development in their books, and…

Coming from a back to back 6 hours examination for Investment Banking and Private Equity I took on Saturday, I attended the course on Value Investing Mastery Course (VIMC) on Sunday organized by Bigfatpurse, made up of Alvin, Louis, Jon and Alex. I need to thank Alvin and the team for inviting me to the…

There has been a decent number of going concern recently from fellow bloggers that taking on debt is seen as a no go and some even try to completely avoid them as they are seen as a bad apple. Similarly, the approach these very same people take when it comes to investing is to filter…