Why A Volatile Market Isn’t That Scary After All

22 Jul 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tell anyone on the street that the stock market is volatile and full of incomprehensible wild swings, and you are likely get a nice crowd of people agreeing with you. Now tell anyone on the street that the volatile market isn’t as scary as people might think, and you’ll probably end up as the lone ranger ...
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Why Investing Is Not an Affair, But A Long-Term Relationship

17 Jul 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I had a conversation with a friend of mine recently who works as a remiser and he was telling me, “Clients often think that investing in a share is a one-time affair. They place $X in it, and that’s it.” That caught my attention as I think that investing in a share – in any share for the matter – need ...
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Singapore's Most Expensive Share

17 Jul 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Buying and selling thousands of shares invariably sounds more impressive than dealing in say, just fifty. That’s probably why some investors with, say, a few thousand dollars to invest, tend to thumb through a list of shares to look for only those that cost around a dollar and ignore more highly-priced ...
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Five Shares With 1,000% Returns

27 Jun 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It is possible to find shares that can give us returns in excess of 10 times our investment. But, the key here is not so much as to finding them, but having the mental fortitude to hold onto them. In slightly more than a decade since the start of 2003, the world has been through the Great Financial ...
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Three Shares That Lost to the Market Today

26 Jun 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) went on a small 0.5% rally today to 3,104. This followed Tuesday’s 0.5% gain to 3,090, as the index looks to reclaim some lost ground after the US Fed’s comments about the possible slowdown of Quantitative Easing came into the forefront and brought down stock markets ...
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Do You Have Enough in Your CPF for Retirement?

3 Jun 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Mr. Han Fook Kwang, a Managing Editor at The Straits Times, wrote an article titled Life starts at 60, how long will funds last? in the latest Sunday edition (02 June 2013) of the widely-circulated newspaper. He touched on a topic I pay dear attention to, which as the article’s title suggests, deals ...
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3 Things You Should Know About Jardine Strategic Holdings

23 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
According to a friend of mine, Singapore’s favourite topics of conversation are, in no particular order: food, property prices, food, shopping, food, and car prices/current COE level. Oh, and did I mention food? But one blue chip that (perhaps coincidentally) supports my friend’s theory is Jardine Strategic ...
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5 Things You Should Know About Jardine Cycle & Carriage

22 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
If you’ve ever bought a new car in Singapore (or Malaysia and particularly Indonesia) you may know of the investment holding company Jardine Cycle and Carriage (JC&C) (SGX: C07). Part of the vast and complicated Jardine Group (which includes Jardine Strategic Holdings (SGX: J37), Jardine Matheson Holdings ...
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Three Shares with the Highest Prices in the STI

20 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) has been slowly creeping up and setting new highs, shooting past the 3,400 point for the first time since Nov 2008 in early May this year. The STI subsequently fell to the high 3,300s before hitting a new peak of 3,456 on 17 May 2013. With the index hitting new heights, ...
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5 Things You Should Know About Jardine Matheson Holdings

17 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Arguably, the most fascinating group of companies listed in Singapore are those from the sprawling Jardine Matheson Group (commonly known as Jardines), namely: Jardine Matheson Holdings (SGX: J36); Jardine Strategic Holdings (SGX: J37); Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07) and Dairy Farm International ...
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