As previously mentioned in the last quarterly update, this will be an attempt to try and provide a quarterly dividend income update to see on how it is progressing so I can have a clearer year to year comparison moving forward. For those who are new readers to my blog, dividend investing is a big part of my…
Month: February 2016
Is Maximizing Share Price Equals To Maximizing Shareholders’ Value?
If you ask any CEO of a company, he or she would tell you that their main objective for running the company is to maximize shareholders’ value. Maximizing shareholders’ value is subjective because as shareholders, we all want different kind of things. Some want better sustainability reporting or others may want higher dividends. There are…
Who Are The Real Robbers?
Let me start off with a story I read on the web. There was a robbery incident that took place in a bank one evening. The gang leader shouted to the crowd: Gang Leader: “Don’t move. These are money that doesn’t belong to you. Move and I will shoot you.” This is called Mind Thrust…
Where Are We On The 10-Year Treasury Yield?
When you are investing in treasury bonds, you are essentially lending money to the government that issued the bond. Treasuries are considered to be a safe haven in times of economic crisis because riskier asset classes like equities usually gets hammered downwards. Of course, there are treasury bonds that can default if the countries are…
“Feb 16″ – SG Transactions & Portfolio Update”
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. OCBC 6,000 7.56 45,360.00 13.0% 2. Ho Bee Land 21,000 1.86 39,060.00 11.0% 3. China Merchant Pacific 45,000 0.78 35,100.00 10.0% 4. ST Engineering 12,000 2.69 32,280.00 9.0% 5. Kingsmen 37,000 0.64 23,680.00 7.0% 6. Fraser Centerpoint…
Vicom FY15 – Steady Dividends Growth Play
This would be my last coverage for the company since I have divested in the company recently and thought I’d just finish the full year as part of the series. I’ll still be keeping a close look on the development of the company but unless I decide to get vested again, I won’t probably be…
Bespoke Trance Opportunity
If you had watched the movie “The Big Short” which is currently airing in theatre, you would have noticed that at the end of the movie, it quickly highlighted Bespoke Trance Opportunity as the next possible bubble to be burst which will cause another financial crisis greater than what we experienced in 2008. Some of…