A Christmas Message From Ebenezer Scrooge

25 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I remember reading “A Christmas Carol” as a young lad. That was many Christmases ago. At the time I remember being a tad mystified as to why Charles “Goody-Two-Shoes” Dickens would want to vilify Ebenezer Scrooge. But that could just be me. From Dickens’ book, we can gather that Scrooge was quite a successful ...
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How One Investor Turned $20,000 Into $2 Million

10 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In his book, Laughing at Wall Street: How I Beat the Pros at Investing (by Reading Tabloids, Shopping at the Mall, & Connecting on Facebook) And How You Can, Too, Chris Camillo discussed how he easily turned $20,000 in early 2007 to over $2 million in three years. He felt that retail investors like us ...
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To New Investors: 3 Simple Things to Know Before You Invest

2 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Hey there, new investor. The world of investing can look like an intimidating place with the mountains of information, and opinions being shared. With all this information, it can feel overwhelming. It may even feel like you trying to take a drink from a fireman’s hose. It doesn’t have to be this hard. ...
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The Singapore Market This Week: Genting Singapore PLC Leads The Charge

23 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on changes – just in case they’re material to our investing thesis. For this week, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) gained 30 points, or 0.9%, to close at 3,345 points. Of the 30 index components, ...
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What Investors Need To Know About Fortune REIT's Third-Quarter Results

11 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (SGX: F25U), which owns 17 retail properties in Hong Kong, furnished its third-quarter results after market closed on Tuesday. ARA Asset Management Limited (SGX: D1R) is the manager of Fortune REIT. ARA released its latest results on Monday. For the quarter, revenue ...
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What Investors Need To Know About CapitaLand Limited’s Latest Earnings

10 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
CapitaLand Limited (SGX: C31) released its third quarter earnings on Friday evening. Total revenue came in at S$2.407 billion for the nine months ended 30 September 2014, down 7.5% from the previous year. But despite the drop in sales, CapitaLand still enjoyed a 32.4% surge in operating PATMI (profit ...
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How To Make Your Portfolio Sing

9 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I love music. But I can’t carry a tune, even if it was handed to me in a carrier bag. That doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate music, though. In fact, only last week I was fortunate enough to attend the Toyota Classics at Marina Bay Sands. What a performance! But what does The Covent Garden Soloists Orchestra ...
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Would Benjamin Graham Buy CapitaMall Trust?

3 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Within Singapore, CapitaMall Trust (SGX: C38U) boasts an impressive portfolio of well-known properties that includes Bugis Junction, Raffles City, Plaza Singapura and Clarke Quay. As an investor in a REIT, you have partial ownership of the real estates it owns. In the case of CapitaMall Trust (CMT), ...
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STI Dividends Total S$16 Billion Over Past 12 Months

28 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Dividends are an important aspect of investing that enable companies and trusts to distribute income to their share and unit holders. All 30 stocks of the Straits Times Index (SGX:^STI) have provided such distributions amounting to an estimated total of S$16.1 billion to their shareholders over the past ...
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Can CapitaMall Trust Continue To Grow? - Part 2

23 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I wrote on the first part of this REIT in an earlier article. The first article covered the seven biggest malls under its portfolio. In this second part, I would like to go through the rest of its property portfolio. As a recap: CapitaMall Trust (SGX:C38U) has doubled over the last five plus years. The ...
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