July has been a rather busy period for my portfolio as it undergoes a restructuring process as I decide to sell my low dividend yield stocks which coincidentally had a run-up in July. On my Singapore portfolio, I have sold my positions notably in Comfort, CMT and CMA, all of which had a run up…
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Goals vs Dreams – Setting Goals and Reaching Dreams
Everyone of us have our own goals and dreams. While the two may seems like complimenting each other, many people have mistaken goals for dreams and dreams for goals. Goals are dreams with deadlines. A “goal” is something that you, yourself, have the power to make it happen… and it has to be realistically realistic and achievable….
“The Power of Now…”
Presenting “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle is a book that sheds light on the issue of understanding the depth of the present moment which is NOW rather than the future. In the book, the author explains that humans tend to think about the future all the time, a concept of thinking of the thought and…
Importance of constant communication with your children
Constant communication with your children is an essential process which involves engaging in a small conversation topics that keeps both you and your children updated on the daily lives’ activities. Some conversation can be very hard to begin with, especially those involving wealth and financial related. Some parents may think that their children are not matured enough…
Save your money for August!!!
A lot of the STI companies are going ex-dividend in the month of August, most notably Singtel, Comfort, ST Engineering, Boustead, SATS, REITS and many more – which means that it is probably a buying opportunity for dividend investor, whom has been waiting in the sidelines for a long time now due to many people searching…
Should you practice Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) Up?
Many people practice Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) down, but do people practice averaging up? To begin, DCA up is a practice to purchase share at a higher price than you already bought in order to achieve a larger position in your portfolio. Averaging up is a more sensitive issue which many people did not advocate because people simply…
Initiating a commodites position – Boom or doom?
It was 9.am in the morning as I checked into my Singapore account. The previous night DJI slumped to 250 basis points as Moody downgrades the grades for up to 15 banks. How will STI perform today? I believe everyone will agree that valuations for some of the blue chips that we have here is…
Dividend – Your Crossover Point
Are you a dividend investor? If so, what is the desired outcome that you wish to achieve at the end of the journey? The goal of every dividend investor is to accumulate a portfolio of dividend income producing stocks, mostly defensive in nature – which would in turn give out dividend income to investors….
Oil Price Down = Buying Opportunity for Transportation?
Commodity Oil has been pushed lower in May due to weak market sentiment of the economy, sending the price from 100+ level to around 90. With oil beginning to show some kind of weakness, we might see a buying opportunity in transportation related stocks such as SIA, Tiger and Comfort. SIA closed at 10.10 today,…
The Richest Man in Babylon ~ Verdict
The richest man in Babylon I was reading an article by Dennis Ng on “The Richest Man in Babylon” and some of his thoughts and while I thought some of the strategies were pretty obvious to everyone, it is still a good refresher even for myself from time to time. 1st Strategy —Save at least 10% of your income In the book The…