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Stock market crashed again on Friday. This time round, it is not due to the Covid-19 but news that Beijing is governing stricter laws on Hongkong. Public Holiday next Monday, and I extended another day for myself by utilizing my leave on Tuesday. As a result of that, I received my salaries earlier than the…

The REITS asset class have been gaining popularity fast amongst the local investor scene since we have our first investment trust back in 2002. The earliest investment trust was CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) when it IPO in 2002 and today its market cap has since jumped 16 times to $9b over a period of 18…

According to Wikipedia, “Passive income is income resulting from cashflow received on a regular basis, requiring minimal to little effort by the recipient to maintain it.” It is a source of income that most people in this world strives to achieve because of the attributes that I will be going through below. Almost few people…

For a long time, I’ve been thinking why I had pursued the niche path to financial independence. Since I started working 12 years back, I’ve been trying to push aggressively my agenda for financial independence. I scrimped, saved and invest really hard for years just to try and get out of the rat race so…

Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT) announced its Q2 results last Friday evening with the Trust being the last few batch to announce amongst its other hospitality Reits peers like CDL Hospitality Trust, Ascott Reit and Far East Hospitality Trust. The latter all provided an operational update for its Q1 results as more companies are adopting a…

No.  Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. Silverlake 197,000 S$0.27      53,190.00 30.0% 2. Lendlease Reit   70,000 S$0.58      40,600.00 23.0% 3. CDL Hospitality Trust   39,000 S$0.94      36,660.00 21.0% 4. Jardine C&C     1,400 S$20.20      28,280.00 16.0% 5. Valuetronics  …

I’ve been accumulating quite a bit of Lendlease Reit over the past month and is currently my second biggest holding in the portfolio. In the past recent weeks, we’ve seen some solid rebounds in most of the equities in the market and it seemed to benefit everyone who has vested in the market. My current…

The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board is a compulsory comprehensive savings and pension plan for all working Singaporeans and Permanent Residents primarily to ensure that they have enough buffer for their retirement, healthcare, and housing needs in Singapore. When I started working in Singapore about 12 years ago, I started off as an employment pass…

It’s been 3 weeks since we last entered a circuit breaker lockdown that commenced on the 7th April. There are still about 4 more weeks to go before the circuit breaker is lifted so we are almost halfway through the mark (hang in there!). Kudos to everyone out there who’s worked hard in particular the…

Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MNACT) is scheduled to report their FY2019 results later today after the close of trading. The Reits have been an investor’s favourite for many years due to its staggering growth profile in the greater region of Beijing, Shanghai and Hongkong but with the tides turning, the question is if the…