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Why you should read First REIT’s rights offer circular if you are interested in Healthcare REITs

November 17, 2010 by Drizzt
I always thought that First REIT is a small REIT that not much investors in Singapore hears of. And for small companies, their disclosure is minimal to the extend that they seem to only want to comply with SGX or accounting disclosures and be done with it. So it is to my surprise that for [...]

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First REIT Announces Acquisition and Rights Issue

November 10, 2010 by Drizzt
First REIT announces the acquisition of 2 properties: Mochtar Riady Comprehensive Cancer Centre (MRCCC) – SGD 170 mil Siloam Hospitals Lippo Cikarang (SHLC) – SGD 35 mil This will be funded by issuing 345 mil shares for a gross proceed of SGD 172 mil and long term debt financing for SGD 50 mil Rights Issue [...]

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Singapore High Yield Dividend Stocks for Income

November 7, 2010 by Drizzt
What a lot of people would like is to have high yielding dividend stocks (4%-10%) to compliment their growth stocks or to provide passive income. Reasonable Yield yet Strong Currency Dividend Stocks in Singapore does provide a good yield. Yet the Singapore Dollar is a strong currency as to be a great financial hub, Singapore’s [...]

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China Mobile a potential international dividend aristocrat? $CHL $VOD

November 4, 2010 by Drizzt
I got to know about China Mobile as a dividend stock while research some of the top international telecom dividend companies in the world. China Mobile was an asia representative and what caught my attention is that it mirrors that of Vodafone. Singapore investors would be glad to know that you can easily trade or [...]

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How waiting for a good price resulted in me missing out on great company in Thomson Medical

November 1, 2010 by Drizzt
Yesterday I came back home to received a news that Peter Lim, after failing to secure Liverpool decided to buy a hospital – Thomson Medical He made the general offer worth $513 million after his private firm Sasteria bought a 39.34 per cent stake in the company from its founder and largest shareholder, Dr Cheng [...]

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Here is why I think GRP Ltd is a risky dividend income stock

September 14, 2010 by Drizzt
Figures for this analysis of GRP Ltd can be found in this Google Spreadsheet here. For those who have not noticed, I have updated my latest Dividend Stocks and Portfolio allocation on the right side of the website. The google spreadsheet widget was not working very well, so I had to recreate this again. I [...]

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Starhub Q2 2010 Results:Declining Earning Escalating Costs

August 6, 2010 by Drizzt
All data found in this report can be reference @ this Google Doc>> Starhub announced its Q2 Report and here are some notable observations: Revenue is doing well. Revenue have been improving since last year’s Q2 as well as last quarter Cost have been climbing higher. On a half yearly note, cost have increased from [...]

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M1 Limited Q2 2010 Results:Increases customer base

July 19, 2010 by Drizzt
It looks like the iPhone and Smartphone sales are controlling M1’s biggest problem the last few quarters, which is high churn rates. Here is a summary of what I think of their results: Revenues improve since 2009, as well as from first quarter Net Profit remains largely the same as previous quarter On the balance [...]

in Categories: Shares and Derivatives

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Cost of Car Ownership Calculator

July 13, 2010 by Drizzt
I used to think that buying a car involves paying for car loans and paying for petrol. It turns out that there is more spending and budgeting that needs to be done when it comes to planning for car ownership. As a finance blog, my research is not to show you the best way to [...]

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Decreasing Term Life Insurance can be your low cost insurance solution

July 6, 2010 by Drizzt
Insuring so that your dependents not able to pay huge financial burden can be cheaper than you realise As a working adult aged 20-35, some of the hardest financial risks you are likely to face is:What if you are not around leaving your wife and kids to pay for the biggest financial burden, your mortgage. [...]

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Trend Watch:STI looks very topish with a head and shoulders pattern

June 24, 2010 by Drizzt
Alot of sites are pointing that head and shoulders pattern, which is a bearish pattern, is observed on numerous indices. I think lets trade with skepticism in mind, plan when it comes to fruitation and plan when it does not. This pattern have not been confirmed yet so until we see confirmation this is very [...]

in Categories: Market Review and Trends

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Yield Watch:Starhub surprises, First REIT doesn’t

June 15, 2010 by Drizzt
I did an update on my Singapore Dividend Stock Tracker today and were surprised by Starhub’s strong performance. Haven’t they and Singtel overpaid for the World Cup broadcast rights? Wasn’t there alot made about their expensive packages? Click to see larger image Many are still waiting hard like what the analyst were predicting that it [...]

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Stock Valuation and Dividend Sensitivity Analysis:How does price and dividend affect each other?

May 11, 2010 by Drizzt
Data on this article can be found in the Google Spreadsheet here >> Introduction When you sometimes buy a stock for dividends, you look only at the current yield of the stock and take it for granted that it is like a fixed desposit where the interest rate fluctuates little. The common psychological thinking is [...]

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First REIT: Hedging Inflation and Geographical Risks

April 20, 2010 by Drizzt
A forumer over at ChannelNewsAsia was asking about how does First REIT handle the events of an earthquake? Aging population trend is irreversible and it is going to get worst. I am optimistic abt First reits business. what i am only worried is earthquake in indonesia. any one know whether Insurance is covered for earthquake? [...]

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M1 First Quarter 2010:I am not seeing what analysts is seeing

April 19, 2010 by Drizzt
Note: Figures mentioned in this report can be found in this M1 Spreadsheet here So M1 Limited announced first quarter results today. Revenue was higher by 33.4%. This is due to the handset sales. iPhone! iPhone! iPhone! Expenses was up by 41.4%.iPhone! iPhone! iPhone! One thing you would notice is that handset expense can make [...]

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Of Starhub’s ENORMOUS debt explained

April 15, 2010 by Drizzt
Note: All data mentioned in this article can be found in this spreadsheet over here. I get this alot and to tell you the truth, I did ignore Starhub in the past because of this. The debt is enormous! 2009 Long Term Debt = 605 mil 2009 Assets = 1732 mil 2009 Equity = 125 [...]

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How to get exposure to top 100 dividend companies in the world

April 13, 2010 by Drizzt
I got news from Martin over at Den of the Lion Investor that Deutsche DB-X will be making the STOXX® GLOBAL SELECT DIVIDEND 100 ETF available to SGX investors. The DJ STOXX® Global Select Dividend 100 Index consists of 100 stocks covering the highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones STOXX® Global 1800 Index. The Index [...]

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Do Dividend Plays Pay:Of Course they do [ETIKA][AZTECH][Thai Bev]

April 9, 2010 by Drizzt
Came across this article on ShareInvestor site titled Do Dividend Plays Pay [link here >>]. I was initially surprised as i never thought that this book that we typically buy for SGD6.00 would have a website. The article talks about how a big portion of the returns of equities in our region is actually from [...]

in Categories: Shares and Derivatives

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