Most people aspire to achieve financial stability to enjoy their retirement with peace of mind. My dream is no different from others. Since I entered the workforce, I have been working towards achieving financial independence before the age of 35 and having an early retirement. The journey which I took has pushed me out of…
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The Hour Glass – 7.5x PER 4% Dividend Yield – Where Is The Love?
7.5x PER and 4% dividend yield, but why isn’t the market providing more love to this company by re-rating them higher? This was the exact question running through my mind when I purchased this company and then divested it thereafter, within a short period of time. I’ll go through some of my thought process, as…
May 19 – Portfolio & Networth Update
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. Vicom 31,300 6.59 206,267.00 23.0% 2. Netlink Trust 236,000 0.83 195,880.00 21.0% 3. Far East Hospitality Trust 3,000 0.64 1,920.00 1.0% 4. Ho Bee Land 300 2.36 708.00 0.1% 5….
The Day We Turned From Green To Red
No, I’m not talking about my portfolio, that would be extremely sad. After 24 years of residing in Singapore, I finally had my Singapore citizenship transition done, approved and granted. I had applied them together with my immediate family members so all of us were granted the citizenship and we turned red together. This afternoon…
Bukit Sembawang Pays Out 22 cents Dividends – FY19 Results
I wrote an article on Bukit Sembawang some time in March recently which you can find here. Bukit Sembawang has recently announced their full year 2019 results which impresses on earnings, with full year NOPAT increasing by 100% year on year despite taking a hit in their Q4 earnings. On the topline, revenue and cost of…
Mini-Retirement [Series 3]: My Last Week Of Current Employment
To keep track on the “Mini-Retirement” series which I started a few months ago, I’ll try to update as much as possible as I can on any resulting movement and direction from the impact taken on this action. For those who are new to this series, the background of the story started when I made…
Reits Symposium 2019 – A Full Day Reits Event For Investors
Following my previous post on the Reits Symposium, the day has finally arrived for all Reits investors. The event was held on level 4 at the MBS Expo Convention which has a good full house crowd they have been raving about. They give pretty good kits goody bag once you have signed in which includes…
Dividend Income Updates – Q2 FY19
With all the earnings announcement finally done and underway (Netlink was the last to report yesterday), it’s my favorite time of the year where I get to tally the amount of dividends I will be receiving this quarter. Please do note that this 2nd quarter covered the period of the dividend cashflow from the period…
Genting Singapore Ltd Q1 FY19 Results – Higher Capex & Lower FCF This Quarter
This will be just a quick update on their latest quarterly results since my last article on them which I wrote in March (here) and April (here) recently. Genting Singapore Ltd reported its Q1 FY2019 results yesterday evening which saw topline revenue and gross profit dropped by 5% and 16% respectively to $640m and $289m. Net…
The Stock Market Crashed Today!! Admit If You Shit In The Pants Today
It’s been a while since we last hear of something negative in the markets which sent markets across the globe plunging which most investors have to face in their routine battle against the market. With the infamous Trump’s Trade Tariffs back with more vengeance this time, this escalation has sent markets across the globe spiralling…