The Secret to Wealth Building? Your Income
In the world of personal finance, there are only 2 ways to improve your current financial situation – Build your income and/or reduce your expenses. It is interesting that there’s been a shift in millennial’s mindset these days. There is a bigger...
Why Capitalism leads to higher debt?
Are debts really ticking time bombs? Capitalism is only possible when people believe that they can possess more private property and capital over time. However, it is not possible for all countries to get infinitely richer simply because money is only valuable insofar...
Sep 2020 – Yaruzi’s Portfolio Update
September was a bumper month for dividends. Total dividends received were $3,792.73. DateSecurities NameFCYSGD1-Sep-2020Kao5,845.0074.892-Sep-2020ST Engineering150.00150.002-Sep-2020Parkway299.04299.044-Sep-2020Ace Hardware...
Nanofilm Technologies International Limited
Nanofilm Technologies International Limited (“Nanofilm” or the “Company”) is offering 77,236,200 shares for its IPO on SGX. The Company is a leading provider of nanotechnology solutions in Asia. 3,861,900 shares will be available...
30% off Backtesting Tool
We often have different ideas and strategies that we would like to try out. However, it would be too costly in terms of both money and time to test every single strategy live. What we need is a backtesting tool that can easily let us know how our wild ideas and...
Backtest Your Strategy Without Coding (PyInvesting Review)
This article contains affiliate links. You can read more about affiliate links in my Editorial Guidelines. You may have come up with the best investment strategy ever. You decide to backtest your strategy, but don’t have the coding know-how to do so....
Suntec REIT 3Q2020 Financial Results
Suntec REIT 3Q2020 Financial Results have been released on 22nd October 2020. Suntec REIT used to be my favorite REIT but I have since sold it away due to lacklustre performance. Many of us are familiar with Suntec City Mall and thought that Suntec REIT is a pure...
Celebrating My Daughter’s 2nd Birthday
In a blink of an eye, Olympia has turned 2 years old. The second year was much easier compared to the first year. Even going out is easier now; no need for stroller and a bulky bag of baby toiletries. The past year has seen her hit several milestones that often took...
Don’t marry a Single Child?
I was reading the Aug 10 to Aug 16, 2020 issue of The Edge Singapore recently, when I came across this article titled “Fullerton’s Chan worries for your retirement as Singapore’s population ages”. The article is basically an interview with...
3 Commodities in Life
The three precious commodities in life are time, money and energy. As time decays, energy can be recharged through sleeping or resting but the maximum capacity of our energy degrades just like a battery does due to inability to store charges. Money, on the other hand,...
Top Reads this Week (25 Oct)
Rounding up top reads from around the web, including articles shared by fellow investors in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. CDL director Kwek Leng Peck quits after clash with board, management (Straits Times) Mr Kwek Leng Peck has resigned from his position...
How much money you should have by age
I saw quite a few videos talking about how much money you should have saved by age 20,30 and 40. It is interesting as it is what the society thinks you should have by a certain age considering that you have worked for a number of years. In Singapore, Seedly released...
Mapletree Commercial Trust Analysis @ 25 October 2020
Basic Profile & Key Statistics Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT) invests in both office and retail properties and currently owns 5 properties in Singapore. Quarter Performance Review Gross revenue and net property income dropped by 2.5% YoY and 2.6% YoY...
What We’re Reading (Week Ending 25 October 2020)
We’ve constantly been sharing a list of our recent reads in our weekly emails for The Good Investors. Do subscribe for our weekly updates through the orange box in the blog (it’s on the side if you’re using a computer, and all the way at the bottom...
Why AVIVA MyLongTermCare To Add To Your Careshield Life Coverage!
1 October 2020, all Singapore residents between 30 to 40 years old will start paying premiums from medisave and be included in this Careshield Life. To start things with, the definition for payout is on "Activities Of Daily Living" (ADL) as shown below. In...
Explaining Quantitative Easing and its Effect on Commercial Banks
To liquify the financial markets and the main economy, a lot of money was pumped into the financial system. The straight forward deduction is that if you create money from out of nowhere, either your currency is going to shit or that inflation will run rampant. We are...
Alternative total stock market strategies for small investment amounts
In a previous post, I wrote about why VWRA is my favorite buy-and-hold ETF for long-term Singaporean investors – it’s simple, low-cost, and globally diversified and gives you exposure to the total stock market. There are some drawbacks to buying VWRA when...
Moneyball Series Part 4 – Adapt or Die
Moneyball is somewhat similar to value investing where we buy assets with high earnings power or value for the least amount of money possible. I decided to start this series to look at some of the timeless lessons from Moneyball that are applicable to investing. I...
Is Burpple Beyond Worth It? Here’s My Review of their 1-for-1 Offers
Having saved $301 on food within just 2 weeks on the Burpple Beyond app, it becomes a no-brainer for any foodie to sign up for the membership for all those 1-for-1 deals. At just $49 / year for 2 one-for-one offers per place, that means you're likely to "recoup" your...
ThumbTack Fund Report 3 – Aftermath Of Avenue Therapeutics (ATXI)
It’s only been 3 weeks since the last report (https://thumbtackinvestor.wordpress.com/2020/10/05/thumbtack-fund-report-2-dancing-between-the-raindrops/), but TTF has been owning the markets so numbers have changed rather drastically. Plus I thought I’d...
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