Today, at 3.18 am, Mr Lee Kuan Yew was passed away peacefully at Singapore General Hospital. A man that many people regarded deeply as a visionary and revolutionist, he is also known as one of Singapore's founding fathers. Not only viewed nationally, but also internationally. To put it simply, he was the one who placed Singapore, a little red dot, on the map.
A man of great determination and mettle,...
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Thursday, 19 March 2015
ETF Talk by SGX
Dear Readers,
There will be a Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) talk on 28 March 2015 (Saturday).
This talk is held by Singapore Exchange (SGX) and talk will include the basics of ETFs.
The event is from 9am to 11.30am at DBS Auditorium, 12 Marina Boulevard Level 3.
Link to the full event description is below:
http://sgxacademy.com/index.php?option=com_sgx&task=eDetail&id=1303&Itemid=8
As...
Monday, 16 March 2015
Key Points of Warren Buffett 2014 Letter to Shareholders
We understand that a lot of our readers do not have the time to read through the whole annual letter by Warren Buffett, the best investor of all time.
As such, we have summarized the key points of his annual letter below for the benefit of our readers! :D
We have only summarised points that we think...
Sunday, 15 March 2015
How ETFs are changing the world of activists (Inspired by an article in Economist)
This post is inspired by an article that was in the Economist, edition dated 7 - 13 February. You may read the following article here: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21642175-sometimes-ill-mannered-speculative-and-wrong-activists-are-rampant-they-will-change-american
While this is just a sub-topic of the entire article, I believe this would likely be the future of our market if more...
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
A random theory of evaluating companies
This is a random thought and theory on how to evaluate and price stocks. It might have majors flaws and I have not done any back testing to certify the credibility and performance. Hence, the title of "random" and I wish to stimulate discussion amongst readers.
As I was sitting through a lecture, I suddenly had a thought of valuing companies by taking either their accounting averages in a business...
Monday, 9 March 2015
ETF Strategies
We talked about the benefits of investing in ETFs in the previous article.
Link to previous article:
Today, this article will be talking about the strategies that can be employed when using ETFs!
Personally, I am not a technical investor but a fundamental one.
Thus the strategies suggested will not...
Monday, 2 March 2015
ETFs are the New Kings
In recent years, there has been a lot of people saying that 'Cash is King'.
Especially now where most markets have hit new highs and interests are at all time low.
However, if you are looking to invest for your retirement or for the long-term, staying invested is key, and there is no better instrument than ETFs!
ETFs are Exchanged Traded Funds.
They are basically funds that are traded on an exchange.
You...