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Bookmakers call it off on Greece exit!!!

May 12, 2012 by B
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 [...]

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Dividends Update – May/June 2012

May 12, 2012 by B
The month of May/June is traditionally a half-time stopover for many people as many companies are paying out dividends in May to shareholders and shareholders in turn can use this opportunity to shake up or add to their portfolios using these money. CapitalMall Asia – $150 (received) – 9 May 2012 St Engineering – $1000 [...]

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Buy or Sell in May – even with dividends coming in!!

May 9, 2012 by B
The month of May for over the years has generally been a month of “thoughts” for most people. For myself at least, I have a lot of stocks that I own going ex-dividend at the month of May and (don’t misunderstood me) yes indeed very happy I am. However, as many would have already known, [...]

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Parkway Life Reit – 1st Quarter 2012 Results

May 3, 2012 by B
Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (“PLife REIT”) posted their 1st Quarter results for 2012 (“1Q 2012”) this morning and unsurprisingly with another stable and good results. Some of the highlights of the results include: - Gross revenue of S$22.8 million, which represents a 6% increase y-o-y from 1st Quarter 2011. - Distribution Per Unit [...]

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FraserCenterPoint (FCT) 2Q12 Results – 23 April 2012

April 23, 2012 by B
- Frasers Centrepoint Trust (“FCT”), is pleased to announce distribution per unit (“DPU”) of 2.50 cents for the period 1 January to 31 March 2012 (“2Q12″). The 2Q12 DPU is a new all-time high for FCT and is 20.8% higher than the 2.07 cents distributed in the same period a year ago.  of 5.49 times [...]

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Quitting your job in a dignified manner

April 18, 2012 by B
In a few weeks time, I will be leaving my current company and moving on to a new role in a new set of environment. It has been a decision made not hastily or easily as such decision will probably change the face of my career for life. Sometime when it seems that when grass [...]

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Becoming Wealthy Is Really That Simple, But It’s Not Easy

April 10, 2012 by B
A prevailing belief held by many people is that there is some great secret to becoming wealthy. If you could just discover that secret, or find the “trick” to it, you could become wealthy. Few people realize, though, that the simple “basics” are all you need to build wealth. That said, the reason so many [...]

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Sunday Times Series – "10 Year Savings Plan Pays Off"

April 8, 2012 by B
Here is an article by the Sunday Times which I found to be interesting. The owner of Foord Asset Management, Mr Dave Foord, believes in investing for the long term so compound interest can work its magic. ‘Everybody can gain financial independence within 25 to 35 years,’ he said. ‘It’s possible to save and make [...]

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~Portfolio Ending March 2012~

March 31, 2012 by B
It has not been an active month for March. I have added a couple of small lots for MapleTree Industrial and Boustead through my SCB account and will probably add more to this in the coming months ahead. Looking forward to dividends flowing in April and May :) Counters No.of LotsAverage PriceTotal Value (SGD)Dividends collected [...]

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Introducing Global Stock – TELEFONICA S.A (TEF)

March 22, 2012 by B
I have been monitoring for these two global stocks with high dividend play yield, France Telecom (FTE) and Telefonica (TEF). Today’s post will bring us to Telefonica, the number one Spanish private telecommunicator company. Telefonica, S.A. provides fixed and mobile telephony services primarily in Spain, rest of Europe, and Latin America. Its fixed telecommunication services [...]

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Determining market direction with VIX

March 17, 2012 by B
VIX is a traditional symbol for a volatility index. It is a measured of the level of impled volatility, not a historical volatility, based on the S&P 500 market. This particular indicator is seen as a “investor fear gauge”. In general, VIX starts to rise during times of financial distress (e.g we have seen VIX [...]

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Sometimes it’s not too bad of a thing to keep your money in a bank

March 17, 2012 by B
I am sure many of us have encountered a time when we see an opportunity and wanting to buy it yet have insufficient funds readily available. As people becomes more financially educated, the first thing that they learnt is that by putting their money in a savings account in the bank, they are effectively losing [...]

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Are Singapore property still affordable at this price?

March 17, 2012 by B
A good read news from Channel News Asia :P Singapore property prices is still low and affordable with good rental yields. A 2 room BTO HDB flat only cost $100K and after grants only cost $40K. Even someone earning $1K a month can afford to buy one. After he buys, the resale value can easily [...]

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"I was cheap before frugal" – Classic

March 4, 2012 by B
I was reading a post recently debating about the differences of being cheap and frugal and it does strikes a resembility between the two. (Let’s skip “spendthrift” for a moment because it is a huge gap that we all can easily identify). Assuming you are buying over a pair of shoes which cost one at [...]

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"My Portfolio ending February 2012"

March 1, 2012 by B
There has been a couple of transactions that I made in the month February as I tried to switch a couple of the shares I own and re-balance my portfolio. I sold 2/3 of my Yangzijiang and half of my CapmallAsia stocks and reinvest some of the money into Reits as I look to balance [...]

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Which are harder – Selling a losing position or Exiting a winner

February 29, 2012 by B
Investors need to realise that the way our human brain is wired makes selling a losing position as difficult as exiting a winner. So which do you think is more difficult….or are they both as equally difficult.. We as humans are naturally greedy and for everything we want more. “The more the merrier” as many [...]

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~Added Fraser CenterPoint Trust (FCT) to my Portfolio~

February 23, 2012 by B
I have sold off 17 out of my 23 lots of YangziJiang shares a couple of days ago, given that it has run up quite a lot these couple of days. The results are due in 1 March 2012 but just feel that I needed to get out of this shares as soon as possible [...]

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ST Engineering Results – 23 February 2012

February 23, 2012 by B
Singapore, 23 February 2012 – Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today reported revenue for financial year ended 2011 (FY2011) of $5.99b, compared with $5.98b a year ago. Profit before tax (PBT) registered a 4% growth to $655.2m, while net profit grew steadily by 7% to $527.5m. In the fourth quarter, Group’s revenue of $1.54b [...]

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