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With the recent volatility in the market, it is a good time to review our strategies of how we are going to approach the market downturn which is part and parcel of investing. During the past few weeks, I have also received a few inquiries asking how I am going to approach the correction or potentially a…

So you’ve come to the conclusion that it would be a good idea to own a home in Singapore, and why not? It’s a great country though it is a bit on the expensive side. It will be up to you to navigate the housing market and find the perfect place to live, but fortunately,…

It has been a bittersweet ending approaching the end of my 20s as I look back at the past decade and saw many things in life that made me who I am today and beyond.   As I move towards a brand new modern theory age of the 30s, I tried to look back at…

Finally, the time for the big 3 is here as I bid farewell to the 20s of my life.   I turned 30 years old today and as part of the customary edition of the annual post, I usually tried to review part of my finances as a comparison against the target I have set…

The bloodbath today in the STI market has given everyone plenty of things to think about. However, in the midst of a red market, I managed to divest my holdings in Noel Gifts International at a price of $0.34, a 15% gain from the entry price. This was on the back of an experiment done…

I received a lot of email request asking me on my thoughts about the recent short seller reports that plunged Silverlake to 26% down a single day before it was halted. I spent the whole weekend reading the 42-page report and it was very comprehensive. To be fair, some of the allegations made was not…

 No.  Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. Vicom 8,000 5.90 47,200.00 15.0% 2. China Merchant Pacific 45,000 0.96 43,200.00 14.0% 3. Kingsmen 36,000 0.81 29,160.00 9.0% 4. Accordia Golf Trust 22,000 0.63 13,860.00 4.0% 5. CapitaCommercial Trust 8,000 1.30 10,400.00 3.0% 6. Nam Lee…

Oh boy, the last time I wrote a piece on the issue of warchest (see here) and pacing your buying activities article (see here) was back earlier in the year in Mar and June respectively. Back then, the mood in the market was extremely buoyant and it appears that nothing could stop the market from…

I recently added 8,000 shares of CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT) at a price of $1.33 into the portfolio. This is on the back of a great recent fall from the high of $1.94 in recent times to the current low at $1.33. I was looking through closely and waiting for a comfortable price to get in…

The time has come again when we as dividend income investors enjoy the fruit of our labor. This has become one of my favorite section as I am able to enjoy the dividend income received year after year at this very same time as the businesses I am vested in flourish. When they do, these…