Posts by roland
Last Sunday Times article on Business Trust brought tears to my eyes..
You see, if Jonathon would have written the article (Growing hunger for business trusts) before I bought Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust, it could have save me my from my 88% capital lost! 🙁 The chart below shows the performance of this stock since IPO compared to STI index. Heartache or not? I am still holding on…
Read MoreMy Stock assessment- Hyflux
This is a series of blog that talks about my stock selection assessment. This week, I spotted Hyflux up trend and started to do a BUY assessment. Here is what I found out: Big Picture Fundamentals -US economically data is showing some positive signs. -EURO is showing some form of stabilization. -There seems to be…
Read MoreCMC Markets Trader MasterClass
Last night I want invited to CMC Markets Trader Master Class with Ashraf as the guest Speaker. For those who don’t know him, Ashraf is is the founder of http://www.ashraflaidi.com/ and his company specializes in providing daily investment signals to his clients. He the author of Currency Trading and Intermarket Analysis and appears on CNBC interview several times. Frankly…
Read MoreMinimum Sum topping up Scheme
What: The government will reward you with tax benefit up to $14,000 a year if you use cash to top you and your family CPF account. $7000 tax relief if you use cash to top up your own and additional $7000 if you use cash to top up your siblings/Spouse/parent/grand parent. Conditions: 1) Your Siblings/spouse/parents…
Read MoreInvesting guides
The Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS) has produced a pretty useful guide to investing for newbies. The handbook attempts to give an introduction to common topics like: Understanding Risk and Returns Diversification Bonds Shares Unit Trusts Someone who is trying to get acquainted with investing will find the handbook useful. The handbook can be found at this…
Read MoreMarket trend
What a week it has been. I saw my profit shrink from 6% high to as low as 2.3% in 3 weeks! Many a times I told myself that I should kick myself in the butt for not letting go when the STI cross the 200MA mark. By theory, we should let go. But I didn’t and…
Read MoreWhat Breadtalk bosses told their shareholders (Breadtalk AGM 2010)
Wow… what a big difference between the AGM of a big firm like Genting to a smaller one like Breadtalk. I was expecting a big ballroom filled with hundreds of investors with ushers waiting at every turn and corners plus wide spread of food and drinks. Instead, I found myself navigating through long dark corridors…
Read MoreBreadtalk 2011 annual report
It is reporting time again. I was quite busy reviewing the many different company’s annual report. First one I want to post is Breadtalk. I am sure most of the readers know or heard about this company and their wonderful Pork Floss buns… but do you know that they are also involved in Food Court and Restaurant business? Apparently…
Read MoreMarket trend April 3rd
All the markets corrected sharply last week. So I am kicking myself for not brave enough to add more position. I “sort” of know it will rebound sharply after the Japanese earthquake hits. Especially when I saw all other major market’s upward trend is still intact. It is always easy to blame our inaction for what has…
Read MoreFixed Rate vs SIBOR vs SOR. Which one to choose?
By Melvin Tan When it comes to getting a housing loan, clients face a dilemma on what kind of loan structure should they go for. Firstly, clients must understand the nature of the various structures to determine whether it fits their risk profile and mortgage/property portfolio before jumping straight into the “lowest” rates in the market.…
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