Category: Uncategorized

This is just a quick sharing updates. I was invited by a radio talk show CNA 93.8 to be on air this morning live at 10.30am to present my thoughts on the property market and Parc Clematis mega-project development in particular. Parc Clematis is a development project by developer SingHaiYi Group located across Jalan Lempeng,…

It’s been more than a month and half now since we last rented out our home in order to generate a healthier cashflow due to the unexpected situation that happened back in the family. Things are looking much better these days, with my Dad stabilizing and improving every single day through the rehab and he is…

When we buy a property for investment purpose, our immediate goal is to ensure that the property is cash generative and can at the very least cover the basic expenses that we incurred such as mortgage interest, maintenance fees and other one-off costs such as agent fees, renovation costs and so on. Anything that are…

Buying a home probably ranks as one of the most important milestone in our lives. After all, it is a huge investment that we have to pay upfront and will have to service for the most part of our working lives. Hence, it is common for people to think of their home as an investment…

Buying your first property can be confusing and time consuming because of the regulation changes that you need to keep up to and remain relevant to these changes. But whatever the changes are, they are ultimately down to how much the banks are willing to loan based on the regulations of the Tdsr and your…

No.  Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. Starhub (Short) 120,000 1.35  162,000.00 15.0% 2. HK Land   10,000 US$5.75    79,350.00 15.0% 3. Far East Hospitality Trust     3,000 0.69      2,070.00   0.4% 4. Ho Bee Land        300 2.29         670.00  …

As some of you might know, I had to reverse my sabbatical plan and return back to work due to some circumstances back home. I’ve completed the first full week of my new role in the startup firm so I thought I put down some thoughts on how is it different from my other corporate…

Most people think of savings in the traditional way where you keep the leftover of what you have in your bank accounts after spending. But what if I tell you that you could actually save even when you’re spending. Back in the 1950s, Diners club founder Frank Mcnamara first introduced a novel method of paying for purchases to merchants…

Following my recent article on Starhub, I’ve received a few inquiries from readers regarding what I think about SPH and if their current valuations are fair. SPH has been a very good dividend payers for many years in the past and is a past time favorite for dividend investors so I can understand if there…

I took up a pretty substantial short position for Starhub today at a price of $1.35. Starhub Limited is no stranger to most Singaporeans, as we probably use their services one way or another. At the peak of their share price, Starhub was trading at $4.13 back in 2014, but have since seen declining numbers…