What’s Wrong With Gold Stocks?
Earlier this year (”Gold Stocks Pay Off“), it seemed like the stars had lined up for gold stock investors. Gold equities looked cheap relative to bullion in mid-March, at least on the basis of the GLD/GDX ratio. The ratio, representing the price multiple of the SPDR Gold Shares Trust (NYSE: GLD) over the Market Vectors […]
Preventing Investment Mistakes: Ten Risk Minimizers
Most investment mistakes are caused by basic misunderstandings of the securities markets and by invalid performance expectations. The markets move in totally unpredictable cyclical patterns of varying duration and amplitude. Evaluating the performance of the two major classes of investment securities needs to be done separately because they are owned for differing purposes. Stock […]
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 […]
Public Sector Salaries In Illinois
Ok! this is interesting. I have came across many articles during this 2 weeks about California and some states in US slashing public sector’s wages. While i am neutral on why the need to do that, this article gives me a glimpse of why they are all running budget deficits.
Let’s take a look at some […]
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: SBS Transit - Aberdeen AM Purchase
Aberdeen Asset Management have always been known more for their value investing like style of choosing companies so it is interesting that I saw that they got vested in SBS Transit at SGD2.20.
SBS Transit have fallen quite a fair bit due to fuel cost and possible increase in operation cost.
Could it be that Aberdeen sees […]
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 […]
Spending habits: Can you just change them like this?
I came across this quote on Portfolio.com that i find particular interesting. What happens is the writer talks about promoting financial wellness in his retirement advice to twenty somethings. This is a response from a reader Bryan Keller:
The whole act of saving money is one they relies heavily on actions that run contrary to people’s […]
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 […]
5 Big Winners in the banking crisis
In trouble times in one sector, there is bound to be losers. Likewise, there will be the winners, the sharks that take advantage of others’ pitiful plight to consolidate and expand their position. Such is the nature of business. Jubak here writes on 5 of the most likely winners.
Where there are losers, there are going […]
