I was there yesterday from 10 a.m until 5p.m and attended 4 free seminars in between. I have to say it was quite a fruitful day given that I did not spend a single cent. At the start, there's this girl that asked me if I wanted to do a survey in exchange for a $60 voucher for the seminar. I rejected her as I don't see how useful these paid seminars are supposed to be since there are mostly about trading...

The first talk that I attended was "Investing in Straits Times Index" by Chris Tse from FTSE Group and Geoff Howie from SGX. It's a good primer on the STI where I get to understand how the index is being constructed and how it changes every quarter. I had a chat with Chris Tse after the talk was over. The first question I asked was if ......