– Frasers Centrepoint Trust (“FCT”), is pleased to announce distribution per unit (“DPU”) of 2.50 cents for the period 1 January to 31 March 2012 (“2Q12”). The 2Q12 DPU is a new all-time high for FCT and is 20.8% higher than the 2.07 cents distributed in the same period a year ago. of 5.49 times…
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Quitting your job in a dignified manner
In a few weeks time, I will be leaving my current company and moving on to a new role in a new set of environment. It has been a decision made not hastily or easily as such decision will probably change the face of my career for life. Sometime when it seems that when grass…
Becoming Wealthy Is Really That Simple, But It’s Not Easy
A prevailing belief held by many people is that there is some great secret to becoming wealthy. If you could just discover that secret, or find the “trick” to it, you could become wealthy. Few people realize, though, that the simple “basics” are all you need to build wealth. That said, the reason so many…
Sunday Times Series – “10 Year Savings Plan Pays Off”
Here is an article by the Sunday Times which I found to be interesting. The owner of Foord Asset Management, Mr Dave Foord, believes in investing for the long term so compound interest can work its magic. ‘Everybody can gain financial independence within 25 to 35 years,’ he said. ‘It’s possible to save and make…
~Portfolio Ending March 2012~
It has not been an active month for March. I have added a couple of small lots for MapleTree Industrial and Boustead through my SCB account and will probably add more to this in the coming months ahead. Looking forward to dividends flowing in April and May 🙂 Counters No.of Lots Average Price Total Value…
Introducing Global Stock – TELEFONICA S.A (TEF)
I have been monitoring for these two global stocks with high dividend play yield, France Telecom (FTE) and Telefonica (TEF). Today’s post will bring us to Telefonica, the number one Spanish private telecommunicator company. Telefonica, S.A. provides fixed and mobile telephony services primarily in Spain, rest of Europe, and Latin America. Its fixed telecommunication services…
Determining market direction with VIX
VIX is a traditional symbol for a volatility index. It is a measured of the level of impled volatility, not a historical volatility, based on the S&P 500 market. This particular indicator is seen as a “investor fear gauge”. In general, VIX starts to rise during times of financial distress (e.g we have seen VIX…
Sometimes it’s not too bad of a thing to keep your money in a bank
I am sure many of us have encountered a time when we see an opportunity and wanting to buy it yet have insufficient funds readily available. As people becomes more financially educated, the first thing that they learnt is that by putting their money in a savings account in the bank, they are effectively losing…
Are Singapore property still affordable at this price?
A good read news from Channel News Asia 😛 Singapore property prices is still low and affordable with good rental yields. A 2 room BTO HDB flat only cost $100K and after grants only cost $40K. Even someone earning $1K a month can afford to buy one. After he buys, the resale value can easily…
“I was cheap before frugal” – Classic
I was reading a post recently debating about the differences of being cheap and frugal and it does strikes a resembility between the two. (Let’s skip “spendthrift” for a moment because it is a huge gap that we all can easily identify). Assuming you are buying over a pair of shoes which cost one at…