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It’s been a while since I last went to a focused group survey, especially on a wonderful Friday evening when you can use the time to enjoy a nice dinner with your loved one, watch a movie with your friends or chill-out with your colleague. Instead, I chose to spend the time on a focused…

I see the way the human nature (for most people) transition over time in 3 big steps, from single to married life to having extended little minions in the family members. As I am close to the end of having our own personal honeymoon world in these past 9 months of marriage, I would like…

I came across these two pictures which I do not know fully whether it holds truth, but if it is then we know what is the kind of respect we do need to give these two different people. Christiano Ronaldo, a player at Real Madrid football club is the current FIFA World Footballer of the…

While browsing, I came across an article on how tourism will play a significant part in growing Singapore. For those investors who are particularly vested with hospitality stocks such as Ascott, Far East Hospitality Trust, CDL Trust, this comprehensive report will be extremely helpful to you. Tourism Tourism in Singapore is well supported by the…

By now, I think all of us would have heard about the case surrounding MH370 missing airline en-route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. 239 passengers were on board and if the news turned to be negative, this could be the most fatal airline incident since 2001. The first thing when I heard about the news…

In our Malay language, there is a proverb which said “Sedikit-sedikit lama lama jadi Bukit”. In literal translation, it means bit by bit and over time it will accumulate into a mountain. How true is that? When I first started my dividend investing journey back in 2011, I remembered receiving very little dividend income from…

Many people, including my own parents and friends, have bought stocks using the 52-week high/low indicator. But how useful is the indicator in determining your future returns? Based on the modified “Dogs of the Dow” method, it seems that there is some degree of success but by no means is a guarantee based on my…

Readers and friends of my blog will know that my workload is shitty, not in a physical way but one which is common in a corporate world. The nature of my role as an accountant isn’t something that people would take on, less mention envy. The ironic to that is promotion for the role comes…

Sembcorp Industries saw FY13 revenues rising 6% while net profit climbed 9% year on year. Its Utilities core business delivers a steady performance compared to 2013, achieving 20% growth in net profit yoy. Other key performance round-up includes: Turnover at S$10.8B, up 6% Profit from Operations at $1.3B, up 4% Net Profit at $820M, up 9%…