3 Important Business Model Factors to Consider Before You Invest

18 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
As Foolish investors, we love focusing on the businesses behind the ticker. One way to understand the characteristics of a superior business model would be to start with its top-line contributors: Its customers. For this, we can look at factors like the customer segments that the company serves, the ...
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1 Key Factor to Note for All Your Investments

18 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Previously, I wrote about competitive rivalry within an industry, a factor within the Five Forces framework developed by Michael Porter, a Harvard Business School professor. The framework, which is used to study a business’s competitive strengths and weaknesses, is widely taught in business schools and ...
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Boustead acquires 20% stake in Mason Energy for $5.9m

18 Feb 2015 - DealStreetAsia
Singapore listed Boustead Singapore Limited has reached a deal to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Mason Energy – a supplier of valves and other equipment to the oil and gas industry in China – for about S$8 million ($5.9 million), the company said. The Singapore company has reasoned that the attractiveness ...
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Boustead Singapore Limited’s Latest Earnings: A Mixed Bag

13 Feb 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Boustead Singapore Limited (SGX: F9D) reported in its third quarter earnings report yesterday. The reporting period was for 1 October 2014 to 31 December 2014. Boustead is a technology group focused on geo-spatial solutions and infrastructure-related engineering. Within this general classification, there ...
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3 Things You Need To Know About the Singapore Share Market Today

13 Feb 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Welcome to Friday evening! Here are three things about Singapore’s share market you might want to look at today and over the weekend. 1. There’s been a real deluge of companies reporting their earnings over the past few days, so catch the latest on-goings with: 2. Lately, I’ve been reading about complaints ...
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The Successful Investor’s Checklist - Part 1

14 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Stepping into the share market can be as daunting as walking up to the longest buffet spread you have ever seen. The number of companies listed in Singapore is fast approaching 800. Needless to say, it would be tough for any Foolish investor to study all companies in great detail. Narrowing it down to ...
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1 Simple Way to Identify Winning Stocks

13 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Finding companies with great leaders is one way that might lead you to winning stocks. Identifying great leaders though, can be a subjective exercise. Luckily, we can get some hints from Thornton O’Glove, author of the 1987 investment book Quality of Earnings. With his years of experience as a securities ...
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Is this an Early Christmas Present for Shareholders of Boustead Singapore Limited?

24 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Shareholders of Boustead Singapore Limited (SGX: F9D) may have something to cheer about this Christmas. The infrastructure-related engineering services and geo-spatial technology group said on Tuesday that it will decouple its real estate solutions business, mainly Boustead Projects Pte. Ltd., from its ...
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3 Companies That Might Be Hurt By the Slump in Oil Prices

23 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Editor’s Note: This article had made mistakes pertaining to Kris Energy’s business operations and share price movements. The mistakes have been corrected with deletions done via strike-throughs and additions made in italics. The Fool regrets the error. As the weeks pass, it seems that lower oil prices ...
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How To Achieve Success Without Hard Work

12 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It might sound strange – growing your wealth by sitting around. After all, many of us have been taught that we need to work hard for our own success. In fact, another saying also goes that “no success comes without hard work”. And yet, a May 2013 study by American mutual fund powerhouse, Vanguard, proves ...
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