I’ve been wanting to do nomination for my CPF account for a very long time but has always procrastinate on laziness. Last week, when a group of us are chatting about it in the chatgroup, I quickly made a decision to book for an appointment and I went down to the center during lunch hour….
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CDLHT – Q1 FY2017 Results & Thoughts
CDLHT announces its Q1 results this morning which was reasonable well received. NPI and DPU are up 6.4% and 9% respectively as a result of higher contribution from the New Zealand due to higher rental variable component that contributes to the stronger performance. Trading conditions in other parts of the market like Singapore, Japan, UK,…
Child Portfolio – “Apr 17 – SG Transactions & Portfolio Update”
We celebrated my elder son 3rd birthday during the weekend and thought I’d do my usual annual update on his portfolio on his birthday. As part of the annual exercise, I’d try to top up his equity position by giving him presents in the form of stock shares, which would help him compound over his…
Micro-Mechanics – DCF Analysis
I bought Micro-Mechanics for 15,000 shares at a share price of 86 cents back in Oct 2016 on the thesis of semi-conductor sector rebound and heading back into the upcycle momentum. The semi-conductor sector is cyclical in nature so it pays off big time if you can predict the bottoming and rebounding of the cycle….
Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) AGM & Thoughts
I attended FEHT AGM this evening which was held at Orchard Parade Hotels. I had quite a bit of hard time finding the hotel and had mistook it earlier for Orchard hotels which was just right opposite the premise. Thankfully I found it right on time, else I’d be late. It was my first AGM…
Which Market Should I Invest In?
There has been a few times when I saw people asking which markets should they invest their hard earned money in. The questions have drawn mixed responses depending on the circumstances of the economic situation we are facing. The US market has generally drawn many interests because they have companies globally which has plenty of…
“Apr 17” – SG Transactions & Portfolio Update”
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. CDL Hospitality Trust 60,000 1.465 87,900.00 17.0% 2. Fraser Logistic Trust 80,000 0.975 78,000.00 15.0% 3. IReit Global 73,000 0.745 54,385.00 10.0% 4. M1 20,000 2.13 42,600.00 9.0% 5. LippoMall Trust 80,000 0.40 32,000.00 8.0% 6. Comfortdelgro…
I Surrendered My Whole Life Policy And Lose 80% Of My Capital
I thought this will be a good case study to look back on what I did recently at some point in the future. I would not call this a mistake that I did because I think the policy has served its purpose for the past 4 years which I no longer needed it anymore. Still,…
Selling The Idea of Passive Income – 2
Exactly a year ago, I wrote an article on the various miscellaneous ways to sell the idea of passive income to the retail public. The link to that article is here. In that article, I articulated the main gist of the conversation that I had with my colleagues regarding the way passive income works. It was…
How Our Brains Are Wired To Make Investment Decision
We often get questions either in person or email asking us on our thought process when making investment decision. I tried to explain on one of my articles back then here on how I generally consolidate my thoughts around what’s needed to pass through an investment channel in my wired brain function before I put my money…