Why You’re Wrong About Diversification Through Index Funds

30 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Diversification is an important concept for investors. Despite the importance of concentration that some prominent investors such as Warren Buffett and Philip Fisher preach, there are also many other equally successful professional investors like John Templeton who make diversification a cornerstone ...
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Singapore’s Undervalued Blue Chips

26 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Singapore market is looking cheaper today than it has done for the last three years. Last year the market was valued at 1.6 times book value, while in 2010 investors were paying almost two times book value. But today the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) is valued at just 1.3 times book value. In other ...
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How To Analyse Financial Statements: The Balance Sheet

25 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Lately, we’ve been answering a host of investing-related questions posed by our readers in our ‘Ask A Foolish Question’ series. A bunch of those we’ve received pertain to the question of how to go about analysing financial statements. Those are great questions – and important ones as well. At the Motley ...
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A Simple Guide To Evaluating A Stock

23 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
One of our readers asked the following question (edited slightly): “Can I have a step-by-step guide on how to invest/ evaluate a stock? It’s difficult to understand all the terminology for a layman. Thanks!” Thanks for the question. Here at Motley Fool, we love to help people invest better. That is ...
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3 Investing Tips from Warren Buffett

16 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Warren Buffet is arguably one of the world’s most famous investor. Many know him as one of the world’s wealthiest men who built his remarkable fortune largely through investing through his company, the American conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. Here at the Motley Fool Singapore, we’ve been touting that ...
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3 Blue-Chip Companies Flirting With 52-Week Lows

5 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Walter J. Schloss is an investment manager that Warren Buffett once called a superinvestor. Schloss studied under Benjamin Graham in 1935 and started his own fund in 1955. One of the criteria Schloss looks out for before investing, among others, is whether the price of the company is near the 52-week ...
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One Important Cash Flow Metric You Can Focus On

3 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Warren Buffett, arguably the world’s best investor, once said that “to value something, you simply have to take its free cash flows from now until kingdom come and then discount them back to the present using an appropriate discount rate.” That illustrates the importance of a company’s Free Cash Flow ...
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Three Shares That Lost To The Market Today

3 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) closed the day with the slightest of dips by dropping only a single point to 3,055. Indonesia, the southern neighbour of Singapore which has been one of the hot topics of discussion around town because of its troubled economy, saw its currency fall past 11,000 rupiah ...
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3 Risks To Consider With Transportation Stocks

12 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There are a number of passenger transportation stocks listed on the Singapore market. They include companies such as Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), Tiger Airways (SGX: J7X), SMRT Corporation (SGX: S53) and ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52). Let’s take a look at three risk factors investors should be aware of ...
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Happy 48th Birthday, Singapore!

9 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
As we join together to celebrate our nation’s 48th birthday, let’s look at three companies that have contributed positively to the growth of Singapore over the years. Coming to Singapore’s Defence Singapore Technologies Engineering Limited (SGX: S63) has been the backbone of Singapore’s defence since ...
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