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This post is dedicated to the one and only mother of our baby Oscar and also to every mother in the world. It is a role which pays next to nothing but the amount of dedicated hours needed to take care of the children is immensely huge. There are no emergency, sick and vacation leave,…

The month of May has been my favorite month of the year because of dividends that start pouring in, rewarding shareholders that believe in the company throughout the thick and thin. I love dividends simply because they are hard actual figures that anyone anywhere in the world can earn. They represent the fruit of my…

Sembcorp Industries has just release its first quarter set of results for FY14. The highlights were: Turnover  at $2.6 billion, up 12% Profit from Operations at $300.9 million, down 4% Net Profit at $184.8 million, up 5% EPS at 10.3 cents ROE (annualised) at 13.5% My thoughts Following my post back in Feb, we would…

The life expectancy we have in Singapore is probably around 80 years old. By then, irregardless of what happen during the course of our life, we probably have to bid farewell to our tiny little earth when time is up. Because of this, many people are advocating us to live life each day to the…

First time in doing anything is never easy. You get the tension and nervous syndrome that came out random from your body system sending special moments of spiral when you do things for the first time. First time is also special because it is the one moment in your life that you could probably remember…

I started out my journey some 4+ years ago and back then I had set out a 10-year projection target for myself. I tried to review them at the every interval of my birthday month to see how I was doing and if the target was overly ambitious. Projection Target Year Year Starting Capital Cumulative…

When corporate firms signal their intention for restructuring an organization, there will always be uncertainty that sends their employees morale down their spiral. In today’s context, we see pressures coming in from top management and shareholders on how they can come up with a leaner processes that will drive up their profit margin and lower…

FCT has finally announced a proposal to acquire Changi City Point at $305 Million to inject the abovementioned asset into their existing sub-urban malls portfolio.     I’ve got a feeling that investors have been waiting for this acquisition for some time now, given the recent lacklustre organic growth opportunities especially on their performance for…

If you have been investing for some time, you would probably have developed some kind of an exit strategy in selling your assets. Whether your assets are stocks, funds or properties, all of us would have an exit strategy preference that is different from the other.  For instance, if we are talking about stocks, these…