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The importance of benchmarking your investments against the Effort Free Rate

February 6, 2013 by BigFatPurse
Imagine a world where there are only two investment opportunities. You are first presented with a risk free investment opportunity; your capital is guaranteed, you have absolute faith in the counter party, and there is zero risk of default. This investment promises returns of n % per annum and you are tempted to invest. The [...]

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Passive Investing: The Movie

January 14, 2013 by Lionel
It’s only 2 weeks into 2013 and I’m already swamped! These few weeks are absolutely packed for me, with work guzzling most of my brain fuel, and an upcoming work trip to Beijing. I’m also sticking with my 2013 goal schedule, as well as finding time to work on a free ebook (woot!) that will [...]

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Why a simple low cost portfolio strategy is better in some cases

January 12, 2013 by Drizzt
This blog discusses more on active management strategies. However, aside from honing and building the skill to manage an active portfolio, identifying individual stocks, when to sell and buy, a simple strategy for the average folk is what I hope to uncover. And in some situations, a passive investing strategy may be more applicable than [...]

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The Great Index Unit Trust Hoax

November 14, 2012 by Lionel
Whenever I check into a hotel, I get really fascinated by just how crazy expensive some of the items in the minibar are. One time when I was on vacation, I felt a little hungry so I lumbered over to the minibar and pulled out a pack of cashew nuts – just the regular kind [...]

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Investors Favor Vanguard’s Low Costs Index and ETF Funds

May 26, 2012 by Drizzt
Vanguard have come a long way since the 1970s when John C Bogle worked hard to build a financial institution that sells index funds that have ultra low expense ratio. You would have asked if they do not have management fees and expense ratio so low how can they survive? Well, they happen to manage [...]

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STI ETF marks 10-year anniversary and averaged 9.01% annually

April 9, 2012 by BigFatPurse
Received this email excerpt from SGX: The month of April 2012 represents the 10 year birthday for the SPDR® Straits Times Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). The SPDR® Straits Times Index ETF is Singapore’s first locally-listed ETF, and also referred to as the streetTRACKS STI ETF. This ETF allows investors to access the broad market [...]

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Investor Education by SGX and CFA

January 29, 2011 by eemin.the.ifa
SGX and CFA join hands to hold investor seminars as part of a nationwide investor education campaign. There will be a series of six seminars beginning in February. These seminars are aimed… Come visit eemin.the.ifa for smart financial planning tips… secrets & more!

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SRS: A brief analysis.

January 2, 2011 by AK71
Recently, I came across a couple of blogs talking about the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS). Over the years, whenever I talked about how I started an SRS account from the time the scheme was introduced in 2001, listeners would be incredulous….

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Investing in Singapore listed ETFs

December 25, 2010 by Sgbluechip
ETFs is the acronym for exchange traded funds, which are basket of stocks traded over the exchange. Having invested nearly 0.5M in stocks I must agree that ETFs are not exciting products for people looking at supernormal returns. However, holding ETFs means sleeping better at night since I will probably not be losing my entire [...]

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