I have been watching out for a few lists of property stocks lately where they are trading at a discount to their book value. This is not surprising given the disappointing market sentiment towards various property curbs we have in Singapore such that companies are holding massive amount of property development in their books, and…

Coming from a back to back 6 hours examination for Investment Banking and Private Equity I took on Saturday, I attended the course on Value Investing Mastery Course (VIMC) on Sunday organized by Bigfatpurse, made up of Alvin, Louis, Jon and Alex. I need to thank Alvin and the team for inviting me to the…

There has been a decent number of going concern recently from fellow bloggers that taking on debt is seen as a no go and some even try to completely avoid them as they are seen as a bad apple. Similarly, the approach these very same people take when it comes to investing is to filter…

First of all, apologies for the lack of postings in the last couple of days as I was busy preparing for both work and school projects due. Being as busy ever, I still kept a look out everyday on the macroeconomic front news to keep up with the latest news on what is happening around…

The week has been really productive for me as I’ve managed to stay at home and read a few good articles and understand a bit on the valuation theories by various asset fund managers, one of which is Jeremy Grantham whose articles have been published a few times by fellow blogger Drizzt. For those who are…

If you are a football fan, you would have heard the news that Shinji Kagawa has returned to his previous club Borussia Dortmund after a rather disappointing move to Manchester United that did not quite work out for him. I used to think that was weird because I thought he would have think and agree…

Known for one of his famous single, “I’m Yours” which broke records chart for the consecutive 76 weeks, Jason Mraz is ready for early retirement before he reaches the age of 40. Now, at the age of 37, he has one more album left on his contract with Atlantic records and then he plans to…

I turned 29 years old today and this is third edition of the birthday post. As a customary edition of this posting, I usually start by evaluating how I did in the past one year against the projection target set. Then   will post on something lighter on this birthday edition. 28th Birthday Edition 27th…

Mapletree Greater Commercial China Trust has been granted provisional condition for their issuance of a $75 Million Bond on the 28th Aug and here are the terms and conditions: – Issue Amount: $75 Million – Maturity Date: 8 September 2021 – Coupon: 3.2% – Issue Price: At Par Value – Payment Date: Yearly on the…

Bonuses are a very subtle object when it comes to performance management. And it is very strange to see that because as the name suggests, they are basically …. “bonus”. So if your employer gives it to you, thank you and take it and if they do not, employees should not grumble too much. You…