The Three Numbers That Support City Developments Limited

9 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Just how good is City Developments (SGX: C09) at delivering shareholder return? Over the last ten years, the company has delivered a total return of 5.3%. This lags the returns that shareholders of CapitaLand (SGX: C31) and Hongkong Land (SGX: H78) have enjoyed over the same period. In the case of the ...
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Finding Reliable Income from Shares Even In the Worst Of Times

9 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
A few days back, I came across a remarkable tweet (shown below) from investment manager and financial blogger Ben Carlson: From peak to trough 1929-1932 the S&P fell 81%, but real dividends only fell 11%. — Ben Carlson (@awealthofcs) September 12, 2014 (Note: the S&P 500 is a broad market index in the ...
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3 Things You Need To Know About The Singapore Share Market Today

1 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Welcome to Wednesday! Here are three things you might want to look at today for Singapore’s share market. 1. The Straits Times Index (SGX; ^STI) has opened at 3,276.74 points today, down 0.5% for the week. Although the market seems to be rather bearish lately, the Index has actually generated returns ...
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How Bad Will Hongkong Land Holdings Limited Be Affected By Hong Kong Political Crisis?

29 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Over the weekend, there was a clash between pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and the city’s police. The protest has been the most violent encounter in the city to-date and is expected to continue as schools and businesses remains closed today. The unrest is affecting Hong Kong’s reputation as a ...
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The Three Numbers That Link Global Logistic Properties

17 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It must be an exciting time for Global Logistic Properties (SGX: MC0), given that one of its customers, TMall, is part of the soon-to-be floated Alibaba Group. GLP’s other customers read like a Who’s Who of the commercial world. They include Adidas, Coca-Cola, LVMH and Unilever. Together these companies ...
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How to Become a Better Investor

10 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
At first glance, investing and tennis seem to be completely different activities. But, a close study of tennis can yield surprisingly useful insights about investing. I say this because of the following astute observation from Swedish economist, Erik Falkenstein: “In expert tennis, 80% of the points ...
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Would Warren Buffett Buy CapitaLand Limited?

10 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Warren Buffett would be hard pressed to miss something as obvious as the construction industry in Singapore. There are buildings everywhere you care to look in the Garden City. Even if you are a passive investor, who invests only through an index tracker, your exposure to property would be significant. ...
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3 Things You Need To Know About the Singapore Market Today

10 Sep 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Welcome to the end of Wednesday! Here are three things happening in Singapore’s share market which you might want to look at. 1. Do you know that the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) has gained over 32% in the past 3 years? In here, find out which of the blue chips did the best. Here’s a primer though: ...
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Best of the Fool: Top 3 Stories of the Week

30 Aug 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Here are three of the most popular articles at The Motley Fool Singapore this week. 1. The Small Investor’s Secret to Beating the Global Financial Crisis The Great Financial Crisis of 2007-09 was a horrible time to be an investor. From peak-to-trough, the crisis caused the US and Singapore share markets ...
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The Coolest Shares in Singapore

29 Aug 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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