Here’s Why the Jardine Group of Companies Might Never Simplify Their Complex Ownership Structure

6 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Earlier today, I wrote about the curious cross-holdings that the conglomerates Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (SGX: J36) and Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited (SGX: J37) have in each other’s shares. I also touched on how this complicated cross-ownership may have deterred investors from investing ...
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Singapore Stock Market Elephants To Watch

28 Feb 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There is a popular saying in the stock market that elephants don’t gallop. I have no idea as to whether pachyderms can run a brisk pace. But I do know that heavyweight shares can, and often do, outrun smaller companies. Problem is, some things never change. And the stock market divide over small and ...
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Investing Secrets Of The Mega Rich

17 Feb 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I have met some incredibly wealthy people in my time. We are talking here about some seriously rich people. These are not your fly-by-night, run-of-the-mill, I-have-just-won-the-lottery types of rich people. Instead, they are people who have amassed huge fortunes over time, gradually. Rolling in money ...
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Would It Make Sense For These Listed-Subsidiaries To Be Taken Private By Their Listed-Parents?

27 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
One of the biggest events taking place in Singapore’s stock market currently is Keppel Corporation Limited’s (SGX: BN4) attempt to take its listed-subsidiary Keppel Land Ltd (SGX: K17) private. My colleague Chong Ser Jing had gone into some detail about what the privatisation offer means for both companies ...
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1 Important Myth about Diversification Investors Should Know

27 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Here’s a quick question about diversification: Would you consider having 50% of your portfolio being held in just five stocks prudent diversification? If that’s not proper diversification for you, then you might want to take a long hard look at Singapore’s market barometer, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ...
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Retail Investors in Singapore Are Taking Advantage of the Smaller Board Lot Size

20 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The start of a new era for retail investors in Singapore had kicked off in earnest on Monday. Stock exchange operator Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68) had reported an increase in retail trading volume in high-priced shares yesterday, when the board lot size was reduced from 1,000 shares to 100 shares. ...
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The Best Strategy For 2015

11 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It is the start of another year, which, for some of us, could mean the beginning of something new and exciting. Yes, it is that time of the year when we rack our brains to come up with some meaningful New Year resolutions that will, hopefully, change our lives appreciably. I have, however, for a long ...
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Are You Ready for an Epic Change Happening to Singapore’s Stock Market on 19 January 2015?

8 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
What’s happening on 19 January 2015 you might ask? Well, if you are an active reader of The Motley Singapore, you might have remembered that my colleagues and I had wrote about Singapore Exchange Limited’s (SGX: S68) plan to reduce the board lot size of listed securities from 1,000 to 100 – and this ...
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STI & dividends generated 9.5% return in 2014

6 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX:^STI) ended at 3365.15 in 2014, representing a 6.2% price gain for the year. Taking the consistent flow of constituent dividends into account, and assuming that income was reinvested, the total return of the STI came to 9.5% for 2014. This means that for the past three years ...
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The Best-Performing Blue Chip in the Past Decade

31 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Stock market operator and regulator Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68) has come out tops as the best performing blue chip within the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) for the decade from end 2004 to end 2014. On 31 December 2004, the company was going at S$1.79 apiece. Around 10 years later, on 26 December ...
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