Author: B

Many people, including my own parents and friends, have bought stocks using the 52-week high/low indicator. But how useful is the indicator in determining your future returns? Based on the modified “Dogs of the Dow” method, it seems that there is some degree of success but by no means is a guarantee based on my…

Readers and friends of my blog will know that my workload is shitty, not in a physical way but one which is common in a corporate world. The nature of my role as an accountant isn’t something that people would take on, less mention envy. The ironic to that is promotion for the role comes…

Sembcorp Industries saw FY13 revenues rising 6% while net profit climbed 9% year on year. Its Utilities core business delivers a steady performance compared to 2013, achieving 20% growth in net profit yoy. Other key performance round-up includes: Turnover at S$10.8B, up 6% Profit from Operations at $1.3B, up 4% Net Profit at $820M, up 9%…

As a passive income investor, one of the main objective is to look at dividend growth stock that can give us passive return that well compensates our need. Some may be comfortable at 4% yield while others may require 7% yield. But all in all, a company that can increase their dividends over time will…

Vicom Ltd has just released their FY results yesterday evening which I thought was decent.     Results Highlight   Vicom’s revenue grew 8.1% year on year to $105m while profits grew 7.7% higher at $28.4m.   Considering the company’s activity slowdown in the past year, this is decent numbers we are talking about.  …

On 6 Feb 2014, Second Properties Ltd has entered into an option agreement to dispose all their properties at a price of $175,376,412, which is somewhat a premium to the total market value of $134,773,500. Rationale The proposed disposal is expected to unlock equity value tied up in the real estate for a number of…

It is the end of the January month and we can already see some turbulence in the market, especially affected by the news of the EM crisis we are having right now. The overall STI index has gone down by 4.42% in this one month alone and it does look like the trend will continue…

Readers of my blog would know that I love dividends from my investments as they provide a good cashflow turnaround for my daily life’s activities. I love companies that return good shareholders’ value in the form of dividends. To me, distributing out dividends to investors is something that is  tangible and should be the number…

To all readers of 3Fs, I am wishing everyone a Happy Lunar New Year 2014 and in the year of horse may we remember to prioritize family and health first, then money 😉