In case you have not heard of, there have been recently plenty of hype (see one of them in the link below) regarding the Malaysian government intention to build a great Iskandar JB, Malaysia. The news is so hot that I can almost compare it with the hype of REITS now (wherever you’ll go to, you’ll…
Snow White Princess Diamond Watch – Takashimaya’s Jewellery showcase
I went to the jewellery showcase at Takashimaya today and saw this particular diamond watch on showcase. Here’s a look at the exclusive & exquisite Snow White Princess Diamond Watch by Mouawad. 106 carat diamond… …And it’s price: A Whooping SGD8.8 Million. Don’t even start to debate whether I will spend that kind of…
Challenging a different perspective of Dividend Investing & Delayed Gratification
Vera Nazarian once said “Not knowing your future is life’s greatest motivator”. But what if you already knew the story of your life. Would you still go ahead to elect to live them? Let’s face one fact first and foremost – i.e All of us love money, at least most of us. And dividend investing and…
Top MBA School – Using “Car” Analogy
Here’s an interesting article using the car analogy to compare the various MBA Programmes out there. Top Three: HBS, Stanford, Wharton (some say Wharton is just a rung below HBS and Stanford but above Kellogg, MIT, Chicago, Columbia or Tuck, which I won’t dispute – opinions vary). Elite Eight: Top 3 plus Kellogg, MIT,…
Building World’s biggest Ship – Maersk
Some internal news from my company regarding the outlook for shipping: “Tough outlook with all round slowdown in Europe, US as well as China… but when the economy rebounded back one day, we’ll be the first ready to step in to take advantage of the opportunity” Maersk is building the world’s biggest container ships, the…
“Oct 12” – Transactions & Portfolio Update
Counters No. of Lots Average Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on average price Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Total Dividends collected (SGD) since purchase ST Engineering 5 2.82 14,100.00 3.47 17,350.00 1,240.00 SIA Engineering 3 4.12 12,360.00 4.17 12,510.00 0.00 Noble 2 1.12 2,240.00 1.32 2,640.00 0.00 FraserCenter Point…
QAF – Man can live on “roti” alone
I like the heading from the analyst’s report from CIMB on QAF. It says that man can only live on bread alone. Well, true. It is a consumer staples which most people do eat it for breakfast typically. Here’s my summarized version and keytakeaway of the report from CIMB on QAF: Defensive consumer staples with a…
TGIF with B – “Life as an Accountant”
What do you think of life as an accountant was in the office?? Hmm…deskbound, numbers, challenging or boring?? Well, you pretty much guessed it correctly most of the time. My office desk as an accountant is just hmm…messy with sticky notes.
Albert Edwards: We will see a repeat of 2007 Dejavu
It has been a while since we heard from SocGen’s uber-soothsayer Albert “Ice Age” Edwards. He is now back, and with quite a bang, reiterating a line from Marc Faber that will prove 100% accurate in a few short years. The French bank’s forecaster, who has proven accurate in his prediction of the Asian Financial Crisis…