Instead of making money, many investors have done exactly the opposite. One of the reasons is the focus on the returns instead of the outcome. Read the Don’t Miss The Big Picture why an investor should focus on the big picture.

Like a stunned rabbit starring into the lights of an oncoming truck, investors are left bewildered in the wake of the ‘perfect storm’ that swept the world of investments. An investment portfolio constructed with simplicity in mind can go a long way in helping investors manage and maintain their portfolios. Read the [...]

With the explosion of user generated contents like blogs and forums in the development of Web 2.0, many consumers will search the web before buying something. This has not gone un-noticed by service and product providers. Some have tried to get positive reviews by giving rewards, be it by cash or in kind. [...]

Investment scams have become more creative. No longer can the investor just rely on tell tale signs of unrealistic returns to separate the sheep from the goats. We offer some questions to ponder before investing. Read the article – Sounds To Good To Be True? It Probably Is to [...]

In the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Part I Response to Feedback Received for Policy Consultation of the Regulatory Regime Governing the Sale and Marketing of Unlisted Investment Products released yesterday, the use of the terms ‘Capital Protected’ or ‘Principal Protected’ for mass market products familiar to retail investors will soon be banned. [...]

Hedge Funds come to mind when one talks about Alternative Investments. But there are much more to Alternative Investments than just hedge fund. Alternative assets promises non or low correlation to traditional assets and can be beneficial to one’s investment portfolio. However, investors must be mindful of the possible issues [...]

“Do you play the stock market?” “Which stock are you playing now?” Do these sentences sound familiar to you? Many ‘investors’ invest (speculate is a better word..) with a gambler’s mentality, attempting to ‘play’ the market through series of buy and sell. By associating investing with the word ‘play’, investment becomes a game, [...]

Just after posting on The Return of Accumulators, The Straits Times today reported that a well-known scientist is suing Deutsche Bank for breach of legal duties and misrepresentation.

For a period of 4 months between November 2007 to February 2008, 34 accumulator contracts involving 4 banks,  Citigroup, UBS, Societe Generale [...]

Just like what Arnold Schwwarzenegger promised in the science fiction thriller The Terminator, Accumulators are back!

The Straits Times carried a report “‘Killer’ stock derivatives make comeback” on 01 Sept 09 edition of The Straits Times. The original article was report by Wall Street Journal which can be found here. [...]

As the saying goes “Money isn’t everything, but you sure can’t do without money”. The most basic objective of investment is to generate more money. This is in turn meant to meet other objectives like retirement, children education, medical fund or some big ticket purchases which may not be possible or take too [...]