Contrary to the popular image investment intermediaries try to project, they can only keep you rich, not make you rich! Read the article – Your Investment Adviser Can Make You Rich?! Thank Again to learn more!
Traditionally, any forms of investment other than cash, equities and bonds are considered as an alternative investment. That includes properties, commodities and hedge funds. Although classified in the same category, the difference in approach to investments for the alternative class as different as apples and oranges. Are hedge funds, a form [...]
Having the right investment adviser who works for you and not his employer is paramount to having good advice. With the slew of lawsuits between private banks and their clients lately, investors should be mindful of some basic questions when choosing their asset managers. Read the article –
The sizzling Singapore property market has attracted many investors, including numerous foreigners. It is so hot that the government was prompted to introduce more measures in an attempt to cool the market amidst the ‘buying frenzy’. In contrast, the talking point in the equities market has been over the direction of [...]
Asset allocation can offer investors cash flows similar to dividends stocks with lower risk. Read the article – Looking for Dividend Yield? Try Asset Allocation Instead to find out more.
Avoided like the plague during the financial crisis, structured products are reviving like green shoots after a long awaited rain. Dual Currency Deposits in particular, have been really popular. Depositors may not have understood the risks involved. Read the article – Dual Currency Deposits – Do You Know You [...]
Money managers have to cope with numerous limitations and constraints. Investors should be wary and consider these restrictions when deciding who would be the better choice in managing their wealth. Read the article What You Money Manager Don’t Want You To Know to find out more.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Another investment bubble may have popped. This time, it is something you can drink.
As with some other forms of investments, sellers have been touting the China demand and limited supply as the sure-win formula to great profits. However, wine prices have slumped recently. The Live-ex 100 index, which represents the price [...]
As the Rabbit prepares to dive into its burrows and the Dragon primes itself to emerge from the water, the journalists were busy writing on what might be the hits and misses for the new year. The main article on the last day of the Year of the Rabbit is on Stocks v [...]
I wrote a letter to The Straits Times Forum in response to the letter from Mr Tan Cheng Hock who felt that successful Singaporeans have been victimised by the latest property measures (Multi-property owner speaks up).
My letter (Singaporeans benefit from property measures) was published on the 07th [...]
The proposed revamp of the Central Depository (CDP) system to allow stockbrokers’ access is in the news again. The Straits Times carried a report on the subject on its 30th December 2011 edition (CDP revamp reignites debate on potential fraud). The article can be accessed here.
Basically, they have summarised [...]
I wrote to The Straits Times forum on the possibility of increased churning from SGX’s decision to open up CDP data to stockbrokers. The letter was published on the 22nd December 2011. The letter – Guard against rogue brokers – can be assessed here.
High Court Justice Tay Yong Kwang dismissed the court appeals by Sunshine Empire trio, company founder James Phang, former director Jackie Hoo Choon Cheat and Phang’s wife Neo Kuon Huay, reports the November 22nd 2011 edition of The Straits Times (Sunshine Empire appeals dismissed).
James Phang, Jackie Hoo and Neo [...]
A director of landbanking firm, Profitable Plots, have failed to get back her passport after a second attempt, reports the 19th November 2011 edition of The Straits Times (Profitable Plots director can’t get back passport). She made the first attempt in May this year.
The Singaporean requested to be allowed [...]
Every Sunday, there will be an article on the papers that features a successful investor in a Q&A format. Part of the Q&A will be a question on their worst and best investment. Normally, the best investment would be business of the interviewee. However, it was different today. The best investment is an [...]
According to the 09th November 2011 edition of Today (Profitable Plots sends legal letters to SIAS, CEO), Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) and it’s CEO, Mr David Gerald, have received lawyer letters from Profitable Plots on the latter’s consideration of defamation suit [...]
A landbanking firm claims that they have never lost money for their clients. They claim that their accounts have been vetted by a renowned auditing firm and they have very strict criteria in selecting their projects. Sounds to be the perfect investment! But let’s cool down and think through the possible issues.