After months of intensive research on the residential property sectors, my wife and I have decided to proceed with purchasing our second property here in Singapore. Just yesterday, we’ve submitted the cheque, went to the lawyer and signed everything that we needed to settle. We’ve never previously thought of the idea that we’d be buying…
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6 Reasons Why DBS Is Prime For Shorting
DBS is scheduled to be the last bank among the 3 giants to announce its Q3FY19 results on the 11th November 2019. The other two banks will report on 1st Nov (UOB) and 5th Nov (OCBC) respectively. As some of you might know, I have a short-sell position for DBS in my earlier October Portfolio Update…
8 Key Takeaways From SPH FY2019 Results
SPH announced its’ Full Year 2019 earnings this evening after market-hours. Here are some of the key takeaways from the results: 1.) Print & Media Business Disappoints Again Revenue for the traditional media business declined by $78.9m from $655.8m in FY2018 to $576.9m in FY2019, which translates into 12% down year on year. Revenue contribution…
Gathering of Financial Bloggers 2019
It’s been quite a year for 2019 for most of the people I know, especially with my Dad’s situation not too long ago and also Chris’ unfortunate incident with his Dad too. So with almost the end of 2019 fast approaching, we thought why not do a light gathering where we can catch up on things we…
6 Reasons Why I Think DBS’ Report On Singtel Is Overly Bearish
I am writing this in a response to an article from DBS which caught everyone’s attention regarding the likelihood that Singtel may cut its dividend for the first time in 20 years from FY2021 onwards. If you have not read the article, you can read it here. In the article, the analyst drew from the…
My Experience Using Redbrick Mortgage Advisory Service
As part of my property investing series research which I’ve been writing since last month, I am trying to reach out to as many groups of people involved in the end to end chain process of a property purchase. This includes the likes of subject matter experts, agents, mortgage advisors and property portals such as…
Why I’m Joining The SG Active Trading Tournament 2019
It was around this time last year when the SGX Bull Charge Stock Challenge competition was held and I participated in the competition which lasts about 2.5 months. It was heavily contested with more than 136 participants competing for the main prize. I managed to lead the competition for most of the period until the…
Maximizing Your Profit With AI Gain
In a world where digital finance plays an important part for the blockchain industry revolution, most look for faster and safer digital platform to manage and make full use of their digital assets. AI Gain, which stands for “Artificial Intelligence” and “Gain” is a digital finance platform which is gaining plenty of attraction for its…
Oct 19 – Portfolio & Networth Update
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. Starhub (Short) 120,000 1.28 153,000.00 8.0% 2. DBS (Short) 3,000 24.57 73,710.00 4.0% 3. HK Land 10,000 US$5.50 75,900.00 4.0% 4. Far East Hospitality Trust 3,000 0.68 2,040.00 1.0% 5….
Buying Cheap Is An Excellent Catalyst In Itself (Because I’m Cheapo)
My wife tends to call me a cheapo, not in any mean way that it hurts my feeling but still well you know those sort of things that can get you riled up if it is of unintended clarity. You tend to notice that my investing style has evolved over the years. From what started…