Three Growth Shares with Growing Dividends

17 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Shares with double-digit earnings growth are often termed as growth shares and they can sometimes fall under the radar with income investors. That’s because each dollar of earnings from a growth share can sometimes command a higher premium in the market and since growth companies often elect to retain ...
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Can First Resources Be The Next Big Winner?

13 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Legendary fund manager Peter Lynch wrote himself into the annals of finance when he was managing Fidelity’s Magellan fund from 1977 to 1990. During that time, he scored average annualised returns of 29% – every $1,000 invested into Magellan at the start of 1977 would have become $27,000 by 1990. With ...
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A Blue Chip Need Not Have The Better Fundamentals: Golden Agri-Resources and First Resources Shows Why That’s So

12 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In Singapore, the constituents of the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) are 30 of some Singapore’s largest publicly-listed companies. These companies are also normally considered as blue chips and that tends to confer a positive connotation onto their business fundamentals. In fact, it’s been my anecdotal ...
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Would Peter Lynch Buy First Resources?

7 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
If you are looking for a business that you can describe with a crayon, then First Resources (SGX: EB5) would probably be it. The sheer simplicity of the business is something that could whet the appetite of Peter Lynch. Lynch once said: “Go for a business that any idiot can run – because sooner or later, ...
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Looking At Golden Agri-Resources through the Eyes of an Investing Master

7 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
For investing geeks (like me!), Peter Lynch is likely to be a familiar name. He etched his exploits into investing lore when he was the manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund in the USA from 1977 to 1990. During that time, he managed to generate annualised returns of 29% a year, turning every $1,000 entrusted ...
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Three Things To Like About Golden Agri-Resources

5 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Palm oil producers such as Golden Agri-Resources (SGX: E5H) are not having the best of times right now. Margins are not what they used to be as global economic conditions shift the balance between supply and demand in the favour of buyers. As a price taker, Golden Agri-Resources has to accept the going ...
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Three Shares That Beat the Market Today

3 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Last Friday, one of the most widely-followed measures of the American stock market, the S&P 500, stepped up by 0.3% to 1,859 points for a record-high closing. This marks a climb of more than 170% since the S&P 500 bottomed out around 680 points in early March 2009. Back at home in Singapore, the Straits ...
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Key Takeaways from the New Chairperson of the US Federal Reserve’s First Testimony before Congress

12 Feb 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Last night, major American stock market indexes, the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq, all rose by at least 1% after Janet Yellen, the new chairwoman for the US Federal Reserve, came before US lawmakers for the first time as the Fed’s chair. In Singapore, at the time of writing (10:00am, ...
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How You Can Make Sense of a Share

10 Feb 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
For those of you who have ever tried reading an annual report of a publicly-listed company, you would likely have come across terms like ‘authorised shares’, ‘outstanding shares’, and ‘treasury shares’, etc. But, what do all these terms mean for us, as investors, and what should we take note of? Authorized ...
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Year of the Horse – Industries to Love?

29 Jan 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Chinese New Year is just two days away and for the Chinese that would mean plenty of visiting, goodies, and red packets. For others, it would mean a nice long weekend to rest, travel, or just to catch up on whatever it is they might fancy. For those who keep a close watch on the financial markets, ...
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