The Motley Fool Singapore’s Top Three Articles For The Week

9 Nov 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Here are the three most popular articles at The Motley Fool Singapore this week: 1) Why It Doesn’t Matter When You Lose Money Come join us as we discuss why it doesn’t matter even if you lose money in the stock market over the short-term (hint: it has to do with patience and a good investment strategy!). ...
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Three Sturdy Dividend Blue Chips

7 Nov 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Dividends are a widely coveted source of income for many investors and who can blame them? After all, a well-selected dividend share can mean years of rising and sustainable income. But, for many investors, in their quest for those coveted dividend checks, they cast their eyes only on a share’s dividend ...
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A Simple Guide To Future Returns For The Straits Times Index

4 Nov 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Singapore’s most widely quoted stock market barometer, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), closed at 3,230 points last Wednesday. According to data from the index tracker SPDR Straits Times Index ETF (SGX: ES3), the STI was valued at 13.1 times trailing earnings then. That’s somewhat lower than its ...
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The Worst Days To Own Singapore Shares

26 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Did you know that Monday is the worst possible day to own Singapore shares? No, I am not making this up. The findings are the result of some serious data mining by a group of researchers in Sweden. But that is not all the academics unearthed. They also found that the worst months to be exposed to Singapore ...
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Straits Times Index ETFs Made Easy

18 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
SPDR Straits Times Index ETF (SGX: ES3) and the Nikko AM Singapore STI ETF (SGX: G3B) track Singapore’s stock market benchmark, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). While it is simple to understand the basic function of the ETFs – they are designed to mimic the STI – the fact that there are two of them ...
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Recently, the SPDR Straits Times Index Exchange Traded Fund (SGX: ES3), or STI ETF, that tracks the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), was reclassified as an Excluded Investment Product (EIP).

14 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Recently, the SPDR Straits Times Index Exchange Traded Fund (SGX: ES3), or STI ETF, that tracks the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), was reclassified as an Excluded Investment Product (EIP). Previously, the STI ETF was classified as a Specified Investment Product (SIP) and investors looking to invest ...
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How To Be Better Investors

12 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I am sure most of us would like to be better investors. But have you thought about what it actually means to be a better investor. Investing better may seem a bit like a movable feast – it can mean different things to different people. But at the very least, our aim as private investors should be to ...
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What Do Regular Shares Savings Plans Mean For Your Financial Future?

8 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Regular shares savings (RSS) plans are a convenient way to invest which has become more prominent recently with OCBC and DBS Group introducing plans, which are similar to the Phillip Share Builders Plan. The plans allow investors to invest in a variety of Singapore blue chip stocks or an Exchange Traded ...
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Another Great Lesson From Warren Buffett

2 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
On Tuesday American billionaire investor Warren Buffett was probably busy welcoming US banking giant Goldman Sachs into the Berkshire Hathaway (a US-based conglomerate controlled by Buffett) family. Amazingly, Buffett has managed to grab a US$2.15b stake in Goldman Sachs for free. Zero dollars spent. ...
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Investing for Your Newborn’s Future

30 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There is no doubt about it. There is plenty of planning and preparation to do before and once you have a new baby. It is easy in all the excitement of having a new baby to push aside financial planning. But when faced with a sleepless night (in this case, perhaps due to a new baby), some may worry about ...
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