The Singapore Market for the Week: Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited Bucks the Trend

1 Nov 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet For the week, Singapore’s market barometer, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), had slipped by 2.3% to end Friday at 2,998 points. It closed below the psychological barrier of 3,000 points after seeing weekly gains for the past three weeks. Of the 30 index stocks, 21 ended the week in the red ...
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Top 3 Myth Of Investing

26 Oct 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet There are no fixed rules to finding success in investing. However, there tends to be many myths surrounding how to invest in the stock market. Here are my top three, and why they are so far from the truth. Great companies will always make great investment Companies with world-class reputations ...
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3 Things You Need To Know About the Singapore Stock Market Today

12 Oct 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Welcome to Monday evening! Here are three things about Singapore’s stock market and investing in general that you might want to look at today and over the week. 1. Investing is all about tilting the risk-to-reward ratio in your favour. Thing is, how should we think about risks when investing? ...
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These 2 Blue Chips Look Like They’re On Sale, But Are They Real Bargains?

9 Oct 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
With the recent slide in Singapore’s stock market, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see even some big blue chips here (the 30 constituents of Singapore’s market barometer, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI)) sporting really low valuations. As a matter of fact, I ran a screen earlier today on the blue chips ...
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Don’t Commit This Warren Buffett Investing Mistake

6 Oct 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Warren Buffett’s widely acknowledged as one of the best investors around – and for a good reason. As the leader of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett has helped the conglomerate grow its book-value per share (a good proxy for the true worth of the business) at an amazing rate of 19.4% annually from 1965 to ...
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The Singapore Market this Week: Noble Group Limited Leads the Pack Down

4 Oct 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
For this week, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) declined 1.4% to end at 2,793 points. From the most recent peak of 3,549 points seen in April 2015, the index has slumped by 27%. Out of the 30 index constituents, 18 index stocks finished in the red. The biggest loser – once again this week – was ...
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Key Lessons on the Anniversary of an Epic Investing Failure

22 Sep 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
On 22 September 1998, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York called a meeting of top executives from the U.S.’s biggest financial institutions to rescue a hedge fund that now lives in infamy in the annals of finance, Long Term Capital Management (LTCM). LTCM opened its doors in February 1994 and by April ...
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3 Easy Ways for You to Lose Money in the Stock Market

21 Sep 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
American actor and humourist Will Rogers once said, “There are three kinds of men. Some learn by reading. Some learn by observation. The rest of them must pee on the electric fence for themselves.” For obvious reasons, it’s far better to belong in the first two camps than the last. Here are some investing ...
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Investors: This Is 1 Thing You Should Never Do

15 Sep 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Howard Marks, the co-founder and chairman of investing firm Oaktree Capital Management, may not be very well-known even among the investing crowd. But, he’s one of the most astute market commentators and investors out there. Don’t just take my word for it – you can look at Marks’ track record. According ...
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Investors Take Note: Here’s 1 Thing You Must Know About Commodity Companies

15 Sep 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Singapore’s stock market is no stranger to companies involved with the palm oil industry – according to bourse operator Singapore Exchange, there are eight palm oil-related companies listed here in Singapore as of July 2014. They are namely Bumitama Agri Ltd (SGX: P8Z), First Resources Ltd (SGX: EB5), ...
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