First of all, I would like to thank MoneyMatters for the editing and publishing of my article. My article on “6 Simple Steps to Wealth” was published on yahoo this week (Click Link Here). Not surprisingly, everytime I read an article on yahoo that are related to some Singapore news, the people who commented on it would…
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Review of Neratel results FY2012
Nera Telecommunication reported Q4 results which saw them going lower 5.3% on its revenue QoQ but an impressive 14.5% increase YoY due to higher turnover from the Telecom and Infocomm business segments. Operating expenses increase slightly YoY due to the higher payroll and admin charges. This resulted in a 25.3% Gross profit margin increase YoY from $44.6m…
Review of SIA Engineering Q3 Results
SIA Engineering reported Q3 results PATMI of SGD 204.2m, with revenues 8% weaker YoY on lower fleet managemen and project revenue. Nevertheless, the company has managed to save on cost control, contributing to an overall operating margin of 10% YoY. At current price, the stock is trading at a high PE ratios of 20.5, which…
My Portfolio PE Ratio
Counters Current P/E P/E High Avg (5 years) P/E Low Avg (5 years) Beta FraserCenter Point Trust 8.61 17.63 5.35 0.95 SPH 17.73 17.26 13.23 0.47 SIA Engineering 20.56 17.23 7.77 0.72 Neratel 9.48 12.27 6.94 0.54 First Reit 10.48 10.31 3.79 0.74 Ascott Reit 9.46 9.35 5.29 1.47 PLife Reit 12.58 17.93 9.84 0.61…
Don’t judge a book by its Cover…or a person’s character by its label
We all learned the concept of “Don’t judge a book by its Cover…” early in our childhood. But of course we are all still guilty of it. Ask yourself this: How many times did you pre-judged a person by your first impression? We are constantly making judgments about the people we interact with – the…
Ascott: Raises S$150m Private Placement
For Ascott investors who have not heard the news, Ascott has raised a private placement of ~115m new units at an issue price of S$1.305 per new unit raising proceeds of up to S$150m. This may come as a surprise to some as the management has stated in the recent briefing that they will be comfortable…
How do you know whether you’ve reached Financial Independence?
If you are going to a place or a party, you will know that you’ve reached there when you recognize the place and your friends greeted you at the party. With increasingly more and more people embarking the Financial Independence journey, how do you know whether you’ve reached there one day. Do you measure it…
S-Reits – Time to take profits?
The increasing demand for yield hunt, in particular the S-Reits has grown even stronger in recent months, leading to further yield compression. As of current price, we have now seen more and more Reits falling below into the <6% category. I remember just a year ago, most S-Reits are easily in the 6% yield category….
“Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying…”
Movies can become an important piece of inspiration to us. One of the movie which I’ve watched over the past weekend is “Shawshank Redemption”, a great movie with lots of messages and inspirations. If you have not watched it previously, stop whatever you are doing right now, start downloading them, grab a popcorn and…
“Jan 13” – US Transactions & Portfolio Update
Counters No. of Shares Average Price (USD) Total Value (USD) based on average price Market Price (USD) Total Value (USD) based on market price Total Dividends collected (USD) since purchase Verizon (VZ) 20 43.22 864.40 43.59 871.80 0.00 AT&T (T) 20 34.43 688.60 34.37 687.40 0.00 Coca-Cola (KO) 5 37.07 185.35 36.96 184.80 0.00 Total…