Singapore Blue-Chip Bargains

22 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Every now and again something happens in the market that could provide good buying opportunities for us long-term investors. We are currently experiencing one of those special “moments”. The headline in today’s Business Times says it all: “It’s a RRRout as rupee, rupiah, ringgit get hit.” It seems that ...
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Can Bob Improve Your Returns?

17 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I suspect most of us know someone who is a bit like Bob. Bob, you see, would turn up for work every day and he would whip out his lunchbox at break-time and sit down with his friends. Together they would all eat lunch. But every day, Bob would, without fail, open the lid of his lunchbox and let out a ...
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Foolish Face-Off: Sheng Siong vs. Dairy Farm Holdings

15 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In this latest instalment of the Foolish Face-Off, we’ll be doing a fair bit of shopping to see which retailer, Sheng Siong (SGX: OV8) or Dairy Farm International Holdings (SGX: D01), will come out tops in a friendly bout. For those late to the party, the Foolish Face-Off series sees us pitting companies ...
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The Top 3 Blue Chip Ten-Baggers

14 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Peter Lynch coined the term multi-bagger. He used it to describe shares that rose in value in a short space of time. It has to be said that Peter Lynch was very good at his job. Between 1977 and 1990, Lynch’s Magellan fund averaged a 29% return. But while, Lynch was a great stock picker, you could have ...
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Face It...Jumping In And Out Of Stocks Just Doesn't Work

6 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Here at the Motley Fool, you will often hear us say that ‘market timing’ is a sucker’s game. After all, we are strong proponents of long-term investing. But while it is one thing to know that the odds of success in timing the market – jumping in-and-out of shares over short spans of time – are bad, it ...
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Half-year Earnings Up 1% for Jardine Strategic Holdings

5 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Investment-holding conglomerate Jardine Strategic (SGX: J37) released its half-year results last Friday. For a big-picture view of how the company did, revenue for the half-year slid very slightly by 0.2% year-on-year to US$16.7b while half-year profit inched up by 1% to US$860m. JSH’s underlying profit, ...
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Jardine Matheson Dishes Out 6% More Dividends

5 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Jardine Matheson Holdings (SGX: J36) released its first six months of 2013 (1H 2013) results last Friday. The company is part of Jardine Strategic Holdings (SGX: J37), which released its results last Friday as well. Overall, there were mixed results from the businesses held by Jardine Matheson in the ...
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Three Good Reasons to Invest for the Long-Term

5 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Time is one of the investor’s greatest allies. Renowned investors like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch have waxed lyrical and preached ad nauseam on the benefits of patience and the merits of staying invested in the market for the long-term. Thing is, Buffett, Lynch and other investors of similar ilk ...
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Why Inflation-Beating Income is Important for You.

30 Jul 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Inflation is an insidious silent killer of our wealth. We might have a million dollars today – I don’t, but I hope you do – but come 20 to 30 years later, that million dollars would purchase far lesser than what it could now. Dividends from shares give us a secondary source of income apart from what ...
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Three Shares That Beat the Market Today

29 Jul 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) closed the day at 3,237, essentially flat from last Friday’s close of 3,236 points. In a reversal of fortunes, last week’s falling-knife has become today’s market beater. Civmec (SGX: P9D) ended today’s trading session at S$0.77 for a 3.4% gain, reclaiming some of ...
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