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Merger & Acquisition has been a widely debated topic on whether it will bring value to existing shareholders. Of course, when we talk about this, investors and analysts will think the likes of accretive or dilutive deals. In general, almost all existing investors would be happier to see an accretive deal being carried out. They would suck…

We hear a lot of wise advice throughout our investment journey from what we feel as the best investor of all time, Warren Buffett. There are many of them which I vividly remember but there is one in particular which I thought was extremely going to be useful. I came across the Buffett’s analogy of…

I went to HK last Wednesday to settle some personal matters which needed my attention, stayed there for 2 nights and returned back to Singapore yesterday night. I took an SQ flight this time because I thought the price was pretty reasonable (not sure if it’s related to the oil falls) as compared to the…

I manage to divest all my 15 lots of Ascott Reit today at a price of $1.31. This has been a very good performing counters for years and gave me a very decent capital and dividend gains. Thank you Ascott. However, given the recent run-up for Reits in general and the reason why I would…

If you have been following my blog for quite a while, you would know that I spend a whole load of money on dining in general and they can add up quite a bit at the end of the month. On average, I usually spend about $100-$150/week on weekends just on dining alone. Add those groceries…

I am pretty sure that I am going to receive quite a bit of backlash after this post following some unsightly comments from the hardwarezone forum for my decision to divest AHT two weeks ago. Regardless, I will try to be as transparent as possible and hope readers do their own diligence before deciding to…

It’s been quite a while since I’ve last been to AGM which I think was for FCT last year during around the same time. The venue was the same at Alexandra Point which seemed very familiar to me by now. The AGM started at 10am in the morning, and I made my way slowly there…

 No.  Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. FraserCenter Point Trust 30,000 2.01 60,300.00 21.0% 2. China Merchant Pacific 47,000 0.98 46,060.00 16.0% 3. SembCorp Ind 9,000 4.19 37,710.00 13.0% 4. Vicom 6,000 6.30 37,800.00 13.0% 5. Ascott Reit 15,000 1.29 19,350.00 7.0% 6. Mapletree…

In one of my resolutions for this year, I have plans to read at least 12 books in a year which translate into a book a month. Over this weekend, I went to the Amazon to make my first step into purchasing these books and these are books with great reviews recommended by either friends…

I am vested with 15 lots of Ascott Reits since my last participation in their Rights Issue which they raised back in Nov 2013. If you are interested, you can view them here and here. Before that in Jan 2013, they have raised another private placement which you can view them here.   I don’t…