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Is the January 2012 rally the real McCoy or another false dawn similar to October 2011 ?

January 30, 2012 by Kevin Scully
Is the January 2012 rally the real McCoy or another false dawn similar to October 2011 ? Monday, 30 January, 2012  3:27 PM Posted by Kevin Scully  The October 2011 stock rally – STI rose from 2630 to 2904 before moving down to the 2600 level until the rally in early 2012 (see chart below). [...]

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What lies ahead for this week? Bull or Bear?

January 28, 2012 by Ernest
Last week, Asian stocks posted their sixth weekly gain, the longest winning streak since 2010 amid a dovish Federal Reserve and optimism that Greece would successfully negotiate a deal with the private creditors. STI has surged 10.2% or 270 points year to date (STI closed at 2,646 on 30 Dec). On the charts, it is [...]

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Roar Of The Dragon Babies!

January 27, 2012 by Lau
The Chinese zodiac dragon year is here once every 12 years. The birth rate this year has a significant impact to the whole country in the years to come. For example, primary school intake has to be expended to accommodate the larger intake, right up to secondary school, National Service and post secondary education. The [...]

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cashing in on the lunar new year?

January 26, 2012 by Patrick Lim
during the first 2 days of the lunar new year, many consumers (including myself and my family) would have discovered that stalls levied a ‘premium’ for food and drinks purchased during this festive period. just to cite an example, hot drinks like coffee and tea has been hiked to $0.90 to $1.20 instead of the [...]

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the dragon year, in more ways than one

January 25, 2012 by Patrick Lim
i read the abovementioned article with great interest by mr toh yong chuan, senior correspondent, published in today’s edition of the straits times. he started off by illustrating that the word, dragon denotes firstly prosperity or something that is grand. he cites the local stock market using the example of the sti which ended the [...]

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US taxpayers bear the loss

January 24, 2012 by Tan Kin Lian
Read this story about the burden that will be shouldered by the US tax payers over the losses that are suffered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: http://www.cnbc.com//id/46106075Here is the background to this state of affairs: The real estate market in the US was a bubble for one or two decades before it finally burst in [...]

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Genting SP breakout

January 23, 2012 by P-T Trader
Happy new year to all! Yes, i have not posted for quite a while due to work commitments but i have not stopped trading. I have every intention to keep the blog going but it is tough to post on a higher frequency. I have also adjusted my trading style towards Swing trading as i [...]

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My AUM performance for Year 2011

January 20, 2012 by Patrick See
In my previous post on global equity performance, the median on the average is (slightly above) a loss of 20% with the best performer Indonesia at -0.7% and the weakest performer Greece at -50.31%. As for my (Asset Under Management) AUM for Year 2011, the median is -2.32% with the best performer at 3.85% and [...]

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The year ALL stock markets failed to deliver as of Dec 15th 2011.

January 19, 2012 by Patrick See
The year ALL stock markets failed to deliver as of Dec 15th 2011. Correction made for date to December 15th 2011 on Jan 15th 2012. The following is an extract from a UK financial website “This is Money”. The best performer is Indonesia followed by Philippines, Thailand, US and Malaysia, out of which, 4 out [...]

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Huh? Chicken Little

January 19, 2012 by Patrick See
When I started blogging that financial markets were heading for a downturn at end of Q2 2011, most of you were thinking, there’s Chicken Little. Again, when I started posting ‘Are we out of the bear market’ most of you said there’s Chicken Little again. In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that every [...]

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Weekly Comment on the US and SG market (16/01/2012)

January 16, 2012 by The SG Investor
S&P Downgrades 9 European Countries, Within Expectations It has been a week since I last posted an article. I wish to post more often but very frankly speaking I find it a bit hard to post due to the several factors. They include some family issues which require my attention more often, my new job, [...]

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Mr. Lee Kuan Yew on the eurozone crisis.

January 14, 2012 by AK71
I just received the latest copy of Alumnus in the mail and on page 4 is a one page write up on what Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said during LKY School of Public Policy’s 7th Anniversary. He said something about the eurozone which got me interested enough to search for more details online. The one [...]

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Change of Hands – Money

January 13, 2012 by B
During dinner today, my sister posed a question to me regarding the flow of money and the change of hands between money. Let’s assuming in this world we have $X amount of money printed and available. When money changes hands (for e.g Supplier sells meat to Supermarket which in turn sells it to restaurant which [...]

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Top five things to watch out for in 2012

January 11, 2012 by Ernest
Top five things to watch out in 2012   Time flies. 2011 had flown by in a twinkling of an eye. Nevertheless it is unlikely to be forgotten as there are several rare occurrences (or may I say, “black swan events”) in 2011.Last year saw half a dozen eurozone governments collapsing, Japan being hit by [...]

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Poly Graduates Gross Monthly Pay Rises

January 10, 2012 by FF
According to the latest graduate employment survey conducted by the 5 polytechnics, the median gross monthly salary of poly graduates have gone up by 2.8 per cent or $50 compared to 2010 figures.  That means poly graduates who completed their studies in 2011 and not liable for National Service could command a salary of S$1,850. [...]

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Daily Comment on the US and SG market (07/01/2012)

January 8, 2012 by The SG Investor
France and Germany Meeting Eyed; US Earnings Will Be In Limelight.US economic data have been very positive for the past 2 days but if you look at DJIA or S&P500, you would have seen 2 consecutive weird formations. DJIA and S&P500 were unable to close positively in reflection of the economic data released. Most of [...]

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Daily Comment on the US and SG market (05/01/2011)

January 3, 2012 by The SG Investor
A New Chapter, Entering Into Year 2012 Before I begin writing today’s article, I wish to wish everyone who is reading this article a Happy New Year. I started this new year with my hands pretty tied due to my new job and I will try as much as possible to keep this blog updated. [...]

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Start of a New Year

January 2, 2012 by FF
So it is the start of a new year.  And I haven’t had much time to do any reflection on 2011.  There are lots of things that I want to accomplish.  At the same time, I know that there are just too many distractions in life.  Will this year be significantly different from last year? [...]

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