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…
Welcoming “Singtel” into my portfolio
Finally, I added a telco (Singtel S$3.05) into my portfolio. I have been waiting for Singtel to drop for quite some time now and for the past few weeks it has indeed drop lower and lower. After a while, I decided to add this as part of my long-term portfolio. I queued for this in the…
Great Singapore Sale has started this weekend…Are we seeing a great sale in stock soon?
The Great Singapore Sale (GSS) has officially started this weekend. I went to the Chinatown this evening and goodness me there were so many crowds in the OG shopping area, buying things that were on sale – some 20 to 50% off the original price. So are we having a great global sale in stocks and…
Bookmakers call it off on Greece exit!!!
I’ve come across this interesting article on bookmakers across the Euro region on the betting for Greece exit. I already have an account with Betfair which I have used to bet on soccer rather than political regime betting. So do you have an account with them? :p Bookmakers in Britain have suspended all bets; if…