Investors are suppose to understand Lehman Minibond when end a NUS Business School Dean doesn’t?
I heard alot about a few distributors FINALLY willing to repurchase or compensate some of the illed informed investors in Lehman Minibond.
I got wind of this article from Tan Kin Lian’s blog that the Faculty Dean of NUS is said to be a sufferer as well. I asked myself: Does he belong to the aged […]
Global REIT Boom Ends here?
Readers of my previous article would know that i think there are certainly some bargains on the REIT front. In this article, Eric Roseman summarizes what happened, why REITs got hammered and whether there are opportunities out there.
One of the biggest casualties of the global financial crisis is the big bust now underway in REITs, […]
Food Junction 3rd Quarter Results
This company, which i thought was a gem when i started investing 4 years ago, have been stagnating or even deteriorate during the past 4 years.
ROIC and Margins were decreasing but the biggest problem have been execution in overseas market. While BreadTalk have been doing well in this realm, Food Junction have struggle with its […]
Courage Marine 2nd Quarter Results
Just 2 weeks ago there have been a slew of results release on companies i own and i plan to write about them. It just that work have been pretty busy thus i can only update briefly here until now.
The first company i am covering is Courage Marine. despite the fall in Baltic Dry Shipping […]
Exclusive Interview: Jim Rogers Predicts Bigger Financial Shocks Loom, Fueling a Malaise That May Last for Years
[The First of Two Parts.]
Keith Fitz-Gerald
Investment Director
Money Morning/The Money Map Report
VANCOUVER, B.C. – The U.S. financial crisis has cut so deep – and the government has taken on so much debt in misguided attempts to bail out such companies as Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) – that even larger financial shocks […]
Do small caps take a bigger thrashing?
Not necessarily, shows a study of SGX-listed companies
By TEH HOOI LING
SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
THE stock market has been pummelled in the past 10 months. Compared with October last year, $180 billion has evaporated from the market value of Singapore-listed companies.
Globally, about US$13 trillion has been wiped out - which is almost America’s gross domestic product for […]
Safety in Reits? Don’t count on it:Analysts
I’m bringing you this article that caught my attention on the business times. Certainly for dividend investors the opportunity in REITs have been getting good these few months with some REIT having yields up to 9-10%.
While searching for top yielders are important, it is worthwhile to choose based on growth prospects and value prospects as […]
Wealth is What You Make It
I found this guest post from Get Rich Slowly to be interesting. Would you be willing to do what this guy did? IMO not many would in Singapore. Its in our culture, its in our chinese mentality to be mercenary.
I learned something about how wealthy I am recently.
I am a pastor in a congregation that […]
Dividend Idea: SATS - Singapore Airport Terminal Services
Airline Ground Services and Inflight solutions provider have really taken a beating together with SIA Engineering and ST Engineering.
What is common between the 3 of them? A high possibility that sentiments are against them due to the slowing of US economy and demand for air travel and maintenance.
However, i think as a long term investor […]
SPC: Singapore Petroleum Corporation second quarter results
Just got wind from Maki that SPC have just released their second quarter results. so how did they fair?
Revenue Growth was 64%
However, net profit grow by only 0.5%
Compare to previous year cash position was drastically reduced to 290 mil from 475 mil
However, what has increased are derivative instruments from 7 mil to 64 mil
Increase in […]
