How A Risk-Averse Investor Should Invest

1 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In our Ask A Foolish Question exercise conducted back in September last year, we invited our readers here at The Motley Fool Singapore to send in any of their investing-related questions which we would then try our best to answer. One of the questions posed to us went like this (quoted verbatim): “If ...
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Keeping Score of the STI

29 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In the year thus far, the Straits Times Index (SGX:^STI) has generated a total return of 6.8%. This brings the average annualised total return of the Index to 10.1% over the past three years. The year-to-date return of the STI was similar to that of the Dow Jones Industrial Average which generated a ...
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The Ultimate Question: Passive Or Active Investment?

23 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Is it really worth the trouble? Statistics have shown that most professional fund managers tend to underperform the market. For investors in Singapore, the benchmark to beat would be The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). So if even professionals do not seem to be able to beat a passive benchmark, why ...
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3 Singapore-Centric Exchange-Traded Funds That You Should Know About Now

7 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are securities which track a basket of shares and trades just like a share themselves on a stock exchange. The main objective of an ETF is to produce the same returns as the specific index which it mimics. Since ETFs are managed passively without a manager picking what goes ...
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3 Things You Must Know As an Individual Investor

5 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Having a collection of quick tips about the Do’s and Don’t’s of investing is likely to always be helpful for an investor. Here’s my attempt at helping investors create such as a list. 1. Constantly jumping in and out of shares can kill your returns I once called the following graph the most important ...
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The Sea Change in Singapore’s Share Market Is Finally Arriving

26 Aug 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In an announcement made on Monday evening, stock exchange operator Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68) revealed that the standard board lot size for securities listed on its exchanges would be reduced from 1,000 to 100 units from 19 January 2015 onwards. Singapore Exchange had first sounded out about ...
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Does Your Portfolio Pass The Bolognese Test?

3 Aug 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Does anyone out there think they can make good pasta? I am sure many of you can. In fact, one of the first things that I learnt to cook when I left home was spaghetti bolognese. But it seems that I am not alone. It appears that many people – when they have to fend for themselves for the very first time ...
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Be Careful – You Might Have All Your Eggs in One Basket Unknowingly

1 Jul 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
A friend of mine had recently asked me a question related to how his assets should be diversified. Although his question has nothing to do with what I’m going to discuss about shortly, it did bring to my mind said topic. When it comes to diversification in the share market in Singapore, it’s easy to ...
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“What Can I Buy Now?”

4 Jun 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The title above is by far the most common question I get when someone realizes I work in the investment industry. It’s a weird little question as it is both simple and yet complex at the same time. Let me break it down for you. Firstly, when someone asks me the question, sometimes what they are really ...
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Dividends boost STI return to 5.1% in YTD

27 May 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) has extended its year-to-date total return to 5.1%. This is attributed by a 3.5% price return plus dividend distributions. Total returns over the same timeframe were 1.2% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a 10.5% decline for the Nikkei 225 and a 0.1% decline for ...
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