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 [...]
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 [...]
Is it too early to sound the death knell for long term investment? Can we recover if we lost 10 years of growth in a single bear market? We offer proof that rebalancing can help. Read the article Rebalance Your Way To Better Investment Performance to find out more.
This financial crisis has vindicated many age-old axioms, the virtue of “saving for a rainy day” being just one of them. How can this be applied to businesses and member of higher management? We suggest a smart way of doing it. Read the Article – Saving For A Rainy [...]
2008 has been a terrible year for the market. Other than suffering from the market performance, investors also face risks from other dreaded events. We discuss the issues in this issue of Invest – Protecting Your Assets In Turbulent Times.
A prominent landbanking firm with the well-known tagline of ‘Buy UK Land!’ was raided by CAD last week, according to a report in the 26th August 2010 issue of The Business Times. The story was reported in the Today paper on 20th August.
According to The Business Times report, documents were carted [...]
Facing the problem of dwindling agent force, a major insurer has rolled out its own version of red carpet in a bid to stop the agent exodus and even recruit agents from other companies. This follows a previous article that highlighted this issue of agents jumping ship. According to The Straits [...]
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.
The law has caught up with Sunshine Empire’s mastermind James Phang. Phang who was sentenced to 9 years’ jail term and $60,000 fine. Phang’s wife, Neo Kuon Huay was fined $60,000. Former director Jackie Hoo Choon Cheat was sentenced to 7 years’ jail. The trio will be appealing against their convictions. These were [...]
1 year ago, an FA firm (not an IFA) ran a promotion that offers a ‘free’ first year term coverage by rebating the whole first year premium. Now that promotion has backfired and the insurer wants to claw back more than $7m in commissions and volume discounts due to the high [...]
The Straits Times reported that the founder of Sunshine Empire was “found guilty by a district court for running a fraudulent scheme and for faking account“. James Pang Wah, Jackie Hoo Choon Cheat and Neo Kuon Huay will be sentenced on July 30. Those who have invested with Sunshine may want to check [...]
The 11th July 2010 edition of The Sunday Times reported an interesting case of a couple who misled a Dutch writer. The article, The ‘millionaire’ Couple Who Couldn’t Pay Up, listed the extravagant lifestyle Ms A.J Hameedah and her husband Mr S. Thomas enjoyed and exaggerate claims made. Details of the charges and [...]
The good times are back! And it has spread to the life industry; in the form of firms dangling top dollars to lure top performers. The Straits Times article – Windfall for jumping ship, published on 10th July 2010 highlighted this phenomenon.
According to the article, “total compensation package could range from [...]
A major life insurance company in Singapore has embarked on on aggressive drive to increase their private integrated shield plan market share. They are now knocking door to door asking if you have upgraded your shield plan. While the one that knocked on my door was courteous and not pushy. I cannot say [...]
