I came upon a great story in the web written by Heinrich Ball. An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of…
Should you give an allowance to your parents?
There’s an article recently published in the “Sunday Times” which debates whether working children should give part of their allowances to parents as a form and gesture of appreciation and respect. This, of course, is debatable and it varies from one family and culture to another. –> Click here to read <– From the interviews of some…
“Sep 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 4.13 12,390.00 0.00 Noble 2 1.12 2,240.00 1.325 2,650.00 0.00 FraserCenter Point…
Relax & Fun with B — Introducing an Aircon Specialist
This month’s “Relax & Fun” Section introduces an Aircon Specialist – Mr. Simon See. For those of you who need aircon servicing or cleaning, you may approach Mr. See from his details below. Great price, excellent workmanship and superb service – look no further.
Welcome IHH; Goodbye NOL
IHH Healthcare has replaced Neptune Orient Lines as one of the 30 constituent stocks in the STI as a result of the half-yearly review by SGX and the FTSE Group. Good or bad? CapitaLand Ltd Keppel Corp Ltd CapitaMall Trust Noble Group Ltd CapitaMalls Asia Ltd Olam International Ltd City Developments Ltd Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd ComfortDelgro…
Review of the STI Constituent Stocks
There will be a review tomorrow for the STI Constituent stocks by the SGX and FTSE Group. Will we see any changes in the bluechip index of the STI??? I would love personally to see Ascendas REIT gets inside the main STI index. Current Constituent of the 30 STI components CapitaLand Ltd Keppel Corp Ltd…
Premier Wen: China will meet 2012 growth targets
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday that his nation will meet its official growth target of 7.5% GDP growth in 2012, though he acknowledged that the Chinese economy is facing significant pressure. “It is true that the Chinese economy is under notable downward pressure, but with our efforts to shift our…
Fast forwarding decision on your life
Many people would relish the opportunity to rewind back on their lives if they had the chance to do so. But what about fast forwarding on your life? What if you have the power to fast forward on events in your life which you may deem as boring or just purely horrible. What if you have the power…
Next bubble looming in dividend stocks?
Dividend paying stocks have been on a decline – I mean … the yield, of course. With interest rate around the world seems to remain low for at least until 2014, we could see people rushing for yield to get their returns and this would ultimately lead to yield compression. Remember during the GFC time when some…
Everyone has a choice
This post is dedicated to a friend of mine to get her to think about that everyone do have a choice if he/she wants to. Whether easy or difficult, everyone has a choice to make decisions and the decision that you make today will result in different consequences in time to come. Confused? Picture yourself in the consequence…