The revised cooling measures implemented in the middle of 2018 has finally pushed Q418 sales to a dip since Q217. It was only slightly down by 0.1% quarter on quarter and most of the decline was mainly due to landed sales so in all essence the demand for private property is still pretty buoyant. With…
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The Golden Handcuffs
Your job pays you well. The benefits covered under your employment are comprehensive. You love socializing with your circle of friends. Everything is good, except you dislike your job. You dislike your job because it downbeats you hard enough to become a prisoner and dictates you to do things against your wishes. On some days…
Thinking of Every Investment In A 10 Year Timeframe Will Help Frame Your Decision Easier
Happy New Year Folks! With the official start in 2019, I wanted to start with an article that advocates a long term mindset strategy that can help you make better informed decisions as investors. This is something which I’ve personally used when I look into buying the equity of these companies. It has helped me…
Topping Up $7,000 For My Special Account (SA) For Tax Relief Purpose
You know you are always behind when it is towards the last day before the new year and you are rushing towards finding reliefs for your tax assessment before it closes. This year, I am leaving it again to the last minute month of the year as cashflow was struggling a little bit in the…
Reflection of 2018 And What To Look Forward In 2019
As we wind down this week towards the last week of 2018, I wanted to reflect on a few aspects related matters that is important to me. I feel it is important to keep abreast of the situation and we reviewed them after each year has passed. Job / Career I left my 6 years…
2018 XIRR Performance & Networth Updates
Time really flies these days when we are in our mid 30s, pegged by a combination of busy work and heavy loads of watching our children grow as each year past by. I wanted to wrap things up for the year given that I will be taking a holiday trip to Bali with my family…
SIA Engineering – Is It Time To Buy This Company After 22% Decline This Year?
SIA Engineering has been an investor’s favorite for many years because of their moats servicing the maintenance and repair lines for various different airlines, with their own SIA planes taking up the majority of the recurring business. It does look like a defensive business because every capacity planes that are increasing each year would have…
Is Investing In Growth Always A Good Thing?
When investors like us invest in the stock market, the goal is always trying to grow our wealth over time. Investors are generally thrilled by the prospect of growth in general, whether they are referring to their income, savings or even the companies that they invest in. We just love things going in the “up”…
Investing Action Bias Can Be Detrimental To Your Strategy
I was having a short holiday trip with my family to KL in the past week so I did not particularly overlook the market too much other than quickly checking for news at night when my children has fallen asleep. At times, I felt a bit guilty for ignoring my portfolio a little while I…
Investing Is So Damn Tough You Are Right
To say that this has been a tough year for investment is an understatement. Investing, as a general form of growing your wealth is so damn tough that for one not to be losing money is sometimes already seen as a form of success. I can totally relate why many people avoided them like a…