What Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Have to Say about Investing and the Industrial World

11 May 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger are perhaps two of the most-revered investors in the world – for good reason. Since the early 1960’s Buffett has, with the help of Munger, built the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) into a US$300 billion commercial juggernaut today. Berkshire ...
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Highlights from the First Quarter Earnings at Jardine Cycle & Carriage

2 May 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), which has an interest of just over 50% in Astra, an Indonesian-listed conglomerate, and other motor interests in Southeast Asia, released its first quarter results on Wednesday. It is also part of the locally-listed giant, Jardine Matheson (SGX: J36), and is also ...
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Can You Afford To Retire At 55?

20 Apr 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I was once asked to address a group of young people about investing today for a better tomorrow. I might just as well have stayed at home and shown my dog, Sadie, my latest card trick. The somewhat muted reception I received, whilst disappointing, was not entirely unexpected. Thing is, some things in ...
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Three Shares with a Strong History of Dividend Growth

17 Apr 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There are professional investors who have managed to beat the market convincingly by employing investing strategies that focus almost exclusively on companies with consistent growth in dividends. In addition, a company’s history of dividend growth could also give investors vital clues on the sustainability ...
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The Singapore Market this Week

12 Apr 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) closed at 3,198 points for the week. This was a rised decline of half a percent over the previous week’s close of 3,213 points. The largest gainer among the Straits Times Index’s 30 shares for the week was Hongkong Land Holdings (SGX: H78), which closed at US$6.78, ...
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Can You Buy A Dollar For Sixty Cents With This Blue Chip?

11 Apr 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Here’s a simple thought experiment. What would happen if I were to suddenly offer legitimate $1 bills for 60 cents? My guess is, I’ll be flooded with orders while some might question my sanity for doing so. But the thing is, the stock market can be a place where such insanity is on full-display at times. ...
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Making Sure Your Dividends Are Safe

26 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Dividends are a wonderful source of passive income for investors. As a part owner of a business, you are paid a share of your company’s profits for doing basically, nothing -nothing, that is, besides an adequate study of the company’s underlying business before plonking down your cash to make the investment. ...
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7 Stunning Things You Didn’t Know About Warren Buffett's Empire

21 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The latest on Warren Buffett’s empire Berkshire Hathaway is in, and there are seven things which will stun you about the company. 1. It owns 33 newspapers Many people know Berkshire Hathaway is a company with a wide range of diverse businesses, but it is not widely known the company also owns 33 newspapers ...
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How I Get Paid To Own Shares

16 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There are many things that I like about the stock market. But perhaps the one attribute I like more than anything is its versatility. Growth investors can look at the stock market and immediately identify a host of companies that have the potential to grow. Meanwhile, blue-sky investors could scan down ...
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Should You Invest In ComfortDelGro Or Its Subsidiary, Vicom?

12 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Conglomerates are by definition, made up of a number of seemingly different – sometimes even totally unrelated – businesses. In Singapore, we have no shortage of such companies as the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) constituents like Keppel Corporation, SembCorp Industries, and Jardine Strategic Holdings ...
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