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Ken Tan

5 things to think – foreign properties

April 10, 2012 by Ken Tan
I plan to start a new series on property, aiming to give key pointers of the property landscape, local and overseas. There are many benefits on property investment such as: (a) Hedge against inflation(b) Let money work harder for you (c) Preovides a pssive income (hopefully for our retirement years!)(d) Earn profit from capital gains [...]

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My portfolio addition – Dec 2011 – Jan 2012

January 29, 2012 by Ken Tan
I will like to sincerely wish all my faithful readers a “Happy & Prosperous Lunar New Year”. ~~~~~~~~~ GONG XI FA CAI !!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Late last year and into early 2012, I bought and sold the following shares: 1) Sold Noble Group 2) Sold AIMS AMP REIT 3) Bought SIA Engineering4) Bought Keppel Telecommunications & [...]

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Reflections in 2011-2012

December 20, 2011 by Ken Tan
Merry Xmas to all my readers! It’s the end of 2011 and a new 2012 awaits us. Looking back, I must say it has been a fruitful investment journey for me, primarily of 2 main reasons: Passive income from dividends I have reached my intended objective in regards to my monthly dividend. The rewards of [...]

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Ho Bee earnings potential

November 17, 2011 by Ken Tan
I have added on shares of Noble Group & Ho Bee to my portfolio. Acquired Noble Group when share price was battered down heavily due to the resignation of CEO Ricardo Leiman and the company first quarterly loss in 14 years. Buy when there is fear and sell when there is greed! Altough we are [...]

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Top 5 trends in Asia

October 9, 2011 by Ken Tan
Year end is approaching. In a blink of an eye, we will welcome 2012. New resolutions with new targets. The question is, which sector/s should I concentrate next? Hence, I decide to consolidate the top 5 trends in Asia (as a snapshot) based on my personal opinion and forecasts. * All investments contain a level [...]

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ARA Asset Management

September 25, 2011 by Ken Tan
Last Friday, I divested GRP (I may buy in again) and bought shares of ARA Asset Management with a longer time horizon. At the moment, ARA Asset Management is trading to new one year low with P/E 15x. For me, I am planning to buy in batches and average down should the price of ARA [...]

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The "buy & hold" mentality

September 12, 2011 by Ken Tan
I used to have this thinking that if one adopts the “buy and hold” strategy, our returns are superior due to the compounding effect. While this is true, however, due to the complex world that we are living now, things can be unpredictable at times when the bear market comes. Your gains are wiped out [...]

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My 3 pointers on Man United IPO

August 23, 2011 by Ken Tan
Manchester United possible listing in our local stock exchange has prompted me to share my humble 3 pointers from an investor point of view: 1) Paying off debts I believe everyone knows that the reason for the listing is to pay off the huge debts incurred by the US-based Glazer family, the Owner of Manchester [...]

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Buying Spree

August 17, 2011 by Ken Tan
Recently, I have purchased shares for: Dividend 1) Sabana REIT – valuation and yield are attractive 2) New – Singapore Post This should be in line with expanding my dividend portfolio. Growth 3) New – Noble Group 4) Boustead On the other hand, I have included Noble Group for my growth (short to medium term) [...]

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Do you have a plan to maximize opportunities?

August 9, 2011 by Ken Tan
Monday, 8 Aug 2011 – global stock markets hit badly after ratings agency S&P (Standard & Poor’s) downgraded the United States credit rating, the first in history. Tens of billions of dollars of value was wiped off the value of markets from Sydney to Hong Kong and Tokyo. Singapore’s market was among the worst hit, [...]

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Using ratios to assess my financial position

June 29, 2011 by Ken Tan
If we analyze companies using financial ratios, I believe we can adopt the same concept to keep track of our financial health. The personal financial ratios aim to serve as warning signals and help detect any deterioration in my financial position. And if situation arises, I can take any necessary actions such as altering my [...]

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Bought Sabana REIT

May 17, 2011 by Ken Tan
Recently, I have added Sabana REIT to my passive income portfolio. According to REIT data (http://reitdata.com), a price of 0.905 fetches yield of about 9.7%. Attractive preposition to me if we compare all Industrial REIT. A quick introduction – Sabana Shariah Compliant REIT is a Singapore-based REIT, established principally to invest in income-producing real estate [...]

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GE 2011: My comments post election

May 10, 2011 by Ken Tan
Firstly, congrats to WP! It’s heartwarming to hear the opposition has won a GRC, for the first time in political history since GRC was formed. Here are my key thoughts after the election fever has ended: 1. Before the election and over the past years, it is clear the young has already shown some discontent [...]

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GE 2011: My comments post election

May 10, 2011 by Ken Tan
Firstly, congrats to WP! It’s heartwarming to hear the opposition has won a GRC, for the first time in political history since GRC was formed. Here are my key thoughts after the election fever has ended: 1. Before the election and over the past years, it is clear the young has already shown some discontent [...]

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GE: Mr. Mah comments and my questions

May 6, 2011 by Ken Tan
Normally, I do not post other matters, apart from finance and investment. This is my very FIRST time. Hopefully, it will be the LAST. However, after reading the mainstream media today, I can’t help but feel surprised about Mr. Mah Bow Tan comments, prior to our GE (General Election) results tomorrow. Please read below and [...]

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GE: Mr. Mah comments and my questions

May 6, 2011 by Ken Tan
Normally, I do not post other matters, apart from finance and investment. This is my very FIRST time. Hopefully, it will be the LAST. However, after reading the mainstream media today, I can’t help but feel surprised about Mr. Mah Bow Tan comments, prior to our GE (General Election) results tomorrow. Please read below and [...]

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Trend Investment

May 3, 2011 by Ken Tan
To maximize the short to mid-term investment opportunities, it is interesting to ride on the next trend, just like the Singapore IR (Integrated Resort) story. We are not talking about technical charts, neither following the hedge funds but industry/sub-sector trends. Years back, we communicate through letters. Technology advances and we have emails and now social [...]

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Sold ICBC (1398.HK) at a small profit

April 26, 2011 by Ken Tan
I sold ICBC – Industrial Commercial Bank of China (1398.HK) at HKD6.68 on Thursday, the day before Good Friday as it climbs up higher based on the charts. Take profit first due to the short term volatility. This will be my 3rd time trading ICBC – at a profit. A good counter to trade in [...]

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