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[Premium] Goodbye and Good Riddance to Trump
As Trump’s presidency comes to a close, its a good time to look back. It’s reasonable to say Trump has been the worse president ever in U.S history. I didn’t always feel this way. Early in 2020, I expected that Trump would be re-elected. Back then,...
House Hunting
I live in a HDB flat in Singapore. As I bought a resale home, I got to choose the type of homes. The older types of HDB in Singapore are honestly super varied. As my home approaches the 5 year minimum occupancy period (MOP), I am seriously considering whether to move...
What We’re Reading (Week Ending 17 January 2021)
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...
Top News this Week (17 Jan)
Rounding up top investing articles from around the web, including articles shared by fellow investors in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. Singapore’s Sea acquires Indonesian bank to gain foothold in financial tech (Business Times) Sea, the tech startup...
Investable Tech Trends To Watch In The Next Decade
Technology is changing the world, fast. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated software and other technology adoption around the globe. And this is likely just the beginning of a multi-year trend. With this in mind, here are some tech trends that I am keeping an eye...
Spending Your Entire Paycheck Upon Financial Independence While Still Employed
I came across an interesting question on one of my social media platform. It relates to retirement and I would like to share my short thoughts. Suppose you have previously set a target amount for retirement. If you manage to accumulate this target, you believe you...
REIT Posts of the Week @ 16 January 2021
If you notice any missing REIT posts and would like me to add them in, please let me know. Alternatively, you could join REIT Investing Community for more updated sharing. SREITs 1) Key Things You Need To Know Of Cromwell European...
Is $1000 to $2000 a month sufficient for retirement in Singapore?
So I came across a video by CNA insider "What Retirement on $1000 - $2000 a month in Singapore looks like. It follows mainly three man on their retirement journey and how they fund their retirement. It's quite a nice, short and informative video on how the retirees...
Are The Distributions From Manulife US REIT (MUST) Sustainable? Clarifications from MUST’s Investor Relation Team
This is a follow up to my last post on "Are The Distribution From Manulife US REIT Sustainable? Payouts Seems Greater Than Free Cashflow for Past Two Years". As mentioned previously, I have sent out an email to seek the comments of the management team of Manulife US...
Is Bitcoin really “Digital Gold”?
Bitcoin has seen a crazy surge in 2020 that follows through to the first week of 2021. It moved from around USD$7000 in Jan 2020 to USD$41,000 in early Jan 2021 smashing previous all-time high of USD$20,000. That’s around a 6 X increase in just a year. One of...
Recent Transactions
Portfolio as of 15 Jan 2021. Bought Valuetronics at $0.595 in late December. There has recent trend of privatisations of contract manufacturers, including Sunningdale, Hi-P and CEI Ltd, and I think that the sector deserves more attention. At the moment, I do not think...
Cory Diary: Year 2021 Portfolio Strategy
Building Up of CPF and The End of Bonds Age With the portfolio growing, emergency funds filled and cash increased, and finally the focus of CPF returns supporting retirements, is time to slowly phase out Bonds managed in the portfolio. As CPF is not tracked in active...
Best Fuss-Free Savings Accounts With No Conditions in Singapore 2021
We’ve previously seen the best saving accounts for working adults. Most of them come with different requirements, including salary crediting or credit card spend. But what if you’re just looking for a zero-effort, fuss-free savings account without having...
Net Worth Update Jan 2021
After surpassing SGD 1 million in Dec 2020, my net worth continues its resurgence and increases by $35k to $1.048m. This is after the latest Jan 2021 salary, CPF contributions for Dec 2020, strong growth in the value of Reits in my portfolio and more than $12k of...
STI Outlook – As of 16th January 2021
Expect some selling in the coming week as Biden takes office STI has been on the rise steadily due to Singapore’s control over the virus so far and the resurrection of the domestic market. That said, we are still expecting some level of volatility in the near...
Weekly Market Recap | 17 January 2021
Week Ahead China Q4 GDPEurope CPI (Dec)US President Biden SpeaksECB Press Conference Thought Of The Week Second Impeachment, Jobless Claims, $1.9 Trillion Fiscal Package Continuing the long list of unprecedented events in 2020, markets now have a new addition –...
Building a 100K portfolio from HKSE dividend stocks
I have been looking at investing in dividend stocks listed in HKSE as a form of increasing my geographical diversification. As US corporate bond price hit a record high and SGX REITs run up in the last one month, I started to spend more time researching HKSE dividend...
Alibaba, Amazon, Costco & Shopify Stock Analysis: Is the Price-To-Sales Ratio Enough?
When choosing a company to invest in, the first thing we may filter for is a low valuation multiple. But that may be too simplistic. Source: Giphy Here’s why… Price-to-Sales Ratio (P/S Ratio) Analysis Guide Investors often use the price-to-sales (P/S)...
Ultimate Samsung Galaxy S21 Series Telco Price vs Sim-Only Price Comparison + Pre-Order Promotions And Availability
In a move that surprised no one, Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S21 series of phones will ship without a charger after it made fun of Apple for doing so. Source: Samsung | 9to5Google But hilarious backpedalling aside, the company has just announced the latest...
FOMO In Investing! Why It Happens?
Do you know, 95% of our purchase decision making takes place subconsciously? It's actually from a research by Harvard Business School professor Gerald Zaltman. Logic is slow and we take short cuts to make decisions. < h3 data-css="tve-u-176e50b3793">What is Fear Of...
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