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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What Really Matters For Retail Investors Regarding the Lot Size Change

19 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There’s been lots of ink (and bytes) spilled over the big change to Singapore’s stock market taking place today, namely, the reduction in the board lot size from 1,000 shares to 100 shares. But the more information there is about something, the likelier it is that investors may get confused about what ...
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Would Warren Buffett Buy Jardine Strategic Holdings?

14 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Warren Buffett is a fan of conglomerates. We know that to be true because he runs one of the world’s most successful conglomerates, namely Berkshire Hathaway. But what would he make of Jardine Strategic Holdings (SGX: J37), one of Asia’s oldest and, arguably, one of the region’s most successful conglomerates. ...
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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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3 Things You Need To Know About the Singapore Share Market Today

12 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Welcome to the middle of Friday! Here are three things about Singapore’s share market you might want to look at today and over the weekend. 1. Singapore’s market barometer, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), is up by 0.45% to 3,334 points as of the time of writing (11:24 am). Among the blue chips leading ...
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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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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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