Singapore-based financial blog that aims to educate people on personal finance, investments, retirement and their Central Provident Fund (CPF) matters.

Thursday, 28 April 2016

Monday, 18 April 2016

The next hot favourites

We are entering an age of advancement where information flow from places to places instantaneously, connecting people closer. This trend of changes allows some companies to thrive while others to be beaten and become obsolete. I believe we should be seeing more consolidations and reorganisations of...

Monday, 11 April 2016

Consolidation of Singapore REITs

We came across an article on Bloomberg on the 24th of March 2016. It was an article that said that the smaller REITs in Singapore are going to experience a phrase of a merger in the midst of raising compliance cost. Full Article Site HERE We think this presents a good investment opportunity for investors...

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

5 Issues with China’s Growth

As China enters its new phase of slower growth, it needs to cope with several things Drop in investments into China Declining producer prices Rising wages Rising corporate debts Shifting from export-led economy to consumption-led economy 1) China’s declining growth rate would result in less investments (local or foreign) pumping into its economy. Currently, investment rates in China...

Tuesday, 5 April 2016

End of China?

There have been strong volatility in the local market as we saw big drastic movements in the recent weeks. Daily STI could swing 1%+ up or down. It is evident that the increase in global volatility and swings were caused by the announcements made by key players in the financial world. One of the announcements came from Federal Reserve Chairperson Janet Yellen who kept interest rates unchanges...