Author: B

First of all, apologies for the lack of postings in the last couple of days as I was busy preparing for both work and school projects due. Being as busy ever, I still kept a look out everyday on the macroeconomic front news to keep up with the latest news on what is happening around…

The week has been really productive for me as I’ve managed to stay at home and read a few good articles and understand a bit on the valuation theories by various asset fund managers, one of which is Jeremy Grantham whose articles have been published a few times by fellow blogger Drizzt. For those who are…

If you are a football fan, you would have heard the news that Shinji Kagawa has returned to his previous club Borussia Dortmund after a rather disappointing move to Manchester United that did not quite work out for him. I used to think that was weird because I thought he would have think and agree…

Known for one of his famous single, “I’m Yours” which broke records chart for the consecutive 76 weeks, Jason Mraz is ready for early retirement before he reaches the age of 40. Now, at the age of 37, he has one more album left on his contract with Atlantic records and then he plans to…

I turned 29 years old today and this is third edition of the birthday post. As a customary edition of this posting, I usually start by evaluating how I did in the past one year against the projection target set. Then   will post on something lighter on this birthday edition. 28th Birthday Edition 27th…

Mapletree Greater Commercial China Trust has been granted provisional condition for their issuance of a $75 Million Bond on the 28th Aug and here are the terms and conditions: – Issue Amount: $75 Million – Maturity Date: 8 September 2021 – Coupon: 3.2% – Issue Price: At Par Value – Payment Date: Yearly on the…

Bonuses are a very subtle object when it comes to performance management. And it is very strange to see that because as the name suggests, they are basically …. “bonus”. So if your employer gives it to you, thank you and take it and if they do not, employees should not grumble too much. You…

 No.  Counters No. of Lots Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. FraserCenter Point Trust 30 1.955 58,650.00 21.0% 2. Vicom 6 6.60 39,600.00 14.0% 3. SembCorp Ind 7 5.07 35,490.00 13.0% 4. SPH 5 4.16 20,800.00 7.0% 5. Ascott Reit 15 1.23 18,450.00 7.0% 6. Mapletree Greater China…

All of us wants to earn good returns in the stock market. While some retail investors do their diligent fundamental analysis about the company they are invested in, some others are simply taking the short cut by replicating other’s portfolio – usually the person they admire. A quick look at the hardwarezone forum and/or facebook…

This is going to be a very unusual post that you do not often see in my blog. Frequent readers of my blog would know that I am currently working in one of the Reits company listed in Singapore and since I’ve been in the company, I’ve been covering a number of roles including the…