Would Benjamin Graham Buy Jardine Matheson Holdings?

30 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (SGX: J36) is a diversified business group with activities focused primarily in Asia. The company’s interest includes businesses that are leaders in various fields from engineering and construction to restaurants and luxury hotels. Examples of the Group’s portfolio include ...
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How did the Singapore Market Fare this Week?

14 Dec 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. The Singapore market bellwether, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), ended the week flat at 3,324 points. Of the 30 shares ...
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This Share Might Be On the Cusp of Greatness

9 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
For famed investor Warren Buffett, a company’s ability to earn a good return on equity is an important distinguishing criteria between a good and a poor investment. He said as much in his 1979 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder’s letter: “The primary test of managerial economic performance is the ...
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Can Swiss Cheese Really Help Us Become Better Investors?

3 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Have you ever heard about the “Swiss Cheese” technique? This is not some weird cooking method practiced by celebrity European chefs. Nor is it some unusual way of eating Emmental, Gruyère or Raclette. Instead, the “Swiss Cheese” process is a time-management procedure described by Alan Lakein, who is ...
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Would Benjamin Graham Buy Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited?

29 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited (SGX: J37) is part of Jardine Matheson Holdings (SGX: J36). It holds shares in various parts of the Jardine family of companies. Its interests include Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), Dairy Farm (SGX: D01), Mandarin Oriental (SGX: M04), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), ...
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Is Singapore’s Stock Market Really Lifeless?

26 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In 2007, the daily average turnover of Singapore’s stock market stood at S$2.39 billion. The turnover has since slid by some 56% to S$1.06 billion for the first 10 months of 2014. These figures, which are gleaned from financial journalist Goh Eng Yeow’s Monday article in The Straits Times titled “Remisers ...
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Tug Of Fools: Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd

13 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Welcome to the Tug-of-Fools with The Motley Fool Singapore and Shares Investment, where two opposing analysts from the two companies will put forward their best arguments about a specific share. The key objective of a two-sided argument is to present you with informative analysis. The more you know about ...
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One Reason Why Everyone Should Participate in the Share Market

12 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The late Ernest Hemingway was an author and journalist who had a great influence on modern day fiction. Many of his works like the Old Man and the Sea are considered classics of American literature. In 1954, he won the Noble Prize in Literature. What is perhaps a lesser known fact is that Hemingway was ...
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A Crash Course In Investing

2 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Have you heard the one about the taxi driver who never bothers to stop at red traffic lights? No? Well here goes. In a small town, many miles away from our law-abiding Singapore, a taxi driver one day picked up an out-of-towner. The passenger climbed into the taxi and asked to be taken to the railway ...
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STI Dividends Total S$16 Billion Over Past 12 Months

28 Oct 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Dividends are an important aspect of investing that enable companies and trusts to distribute income to their share and unit holders. All 30 stocks of the Straits Times Index (SGX:^STI) have provided such distributions amounting to an estimated total of S$16.1 billion to their shareholders over the past ...
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