What’s An Excitable Dog Doing in Singapore’s Share Market?

11 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
An individual named Ralph Wanger once told his friend Bill Bernstein the following story: “[There’s] an excitable dog on a very long leash in New York City, darting randomly in every direction. The dog’s owner is walking from Columbus Circle, through Central Park, to the Metropolitan Museum. At any one ...
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2 Shares That Beat the Market Today

12 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis. Having only 13 of it 30 constituents clock losses for the day had been enough to drive the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) to ...
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2 Investing Things to Learn From the Clock That Measures Time for 10,000 Years

28 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I recently come across a video describing a clock. I know clocks are hardly exciting stuff but this is a very special clock. It is called the “Clock Of The Long Now”. It is a time-keeping device that is able to measure time for the next 10,000 years. Partly funded by the founder of Amazon.com, Inc., ...
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Is There Something to Worry About?

24 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Peter Lynch was the head of the US-based Fidelity Magellan fund in 1977, where he managed to deliver 29% annualized returns for his clients over 13 years. To put this into perspective, every $1,000 invested into his fund would have turned into $27,200 over his 13 year tenure. In his bestselling book ...
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Two Important Announcements at Boustead Singapore

16 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Last week, Boustead Singapore Limited (SGX:F9D) revealed a pair of contracts which it secured.The first one was a deal worth in excess of $20 million to design and build the Airbus Asia Training Centre. The award was from Airbus Asia Training Centre Pte. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus. A second ...
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How to Turn A Doomed Market into Booming Share Prices

16 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Last Friday, the S&P 500 – a US market tracker – fell pass the 5% mark. The day before, a CNN news report started to bet on the idea that the share market had “plunged”, and even commented that October was shaping up to be a scary month. Furthermore, the newswire described that investors were left trying ...
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1 Share with Solid Dividends

13 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Dividend-paying shares, when selected well, have the ability to deliver growing income over time. But, not every share which pays a dividend is a good dividend share. Here are three things which investors should look at which can help separate the wheat from the chaff: (1) a company’s historical ability ...
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1 Potentially Strong Market Beater

8 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
For billionaire investor Warren Buffett, a company displaying a strong return on equity over long periods of time without taking on high leverage is a sign that it has quality folks at its helm. In addition, the metric also informs him that such a company could be a great business to own. This is what ...
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What Has Chicken Masala Got To Do With Investing?

5 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
If I have learnt one lesson about dining out in Singapore’s Little India, it is this: Never ask restaurant owners whether their curries are hot. Invariably, they will tell you that they are not too spicy. But in reality, the curries can take the roof off your mouth, if you are not prepared. I am not ...
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The Coolest Shares in Singapore: Continued

1 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Investors in the US share markets will likely be familiar with the concept of the analyst conference call. The conference call usually comes a day after a company’s quarterly results are announced. For investors, what’s beneficial about the call is that it allows questions from analysts which usually ...
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