Tug of Fools: Vicom Ltd - The Bull Argument

26 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I am Peter Ng and this is my bull case for VICOM Limited (SGX: V01). The subsidiary of transport conglomerate, ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited (SGX: C52), VICOM, would most likely be a familiar name for vehicle owners as the company owns and operates seven out of nine approved vehicle inspection centres ...
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2 Key Points on Finding Winning Investments from Warren Buffett

26 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Editor’s note: A chart and paragraph on Vicom’s earnings growth has been added to this article. The Fool regrets the initial omission. Finding winning investments may seem like a challenging task. After all, there are more than 700 companies listed in Singapore – how can we separate the wheat from the ...
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Here's Why This Share May Be a Great Dividend Play

23 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
When it comes to finding a great dividend share, a focus on searching for a solid business is far more important than myopically obsessing over a high yield. But, I guess no one would really complain if a share does sport both elements of having solid business fundamentals and a high yield. That is what ...
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1 Foolish Ratio to Find Companies Gushing With Cash

20 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Cash is the lifeblood of companies. Without cash flowing through its coffers, even a company with great sales reports might not survive in the long run. Today, I would like to introduce one financial ratio that might capture the essence of how much cash is flowing through a company and whether that company ...
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Investing Advice for the Coming Interest Rate Hike

19 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The US dollar is hitting new highs at the moment. The new highs seem to indicate that folks are expecting the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates sooner rather than later. As you can see below, the Federal Funds rate has been kept low for the past five plus years. The expectation of an interest ...
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Finding a Company That Would Fit My Investing-Glass-Slipper and Be My Cinderella

19 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
At the end of the Cinderella fairy tale, the handsome Prince managed to find the love of his life. He did so after identifying the only lady in the kingdom who managed to perfectly fit a glass slipper that was left behind by the elegant but mysterious Princess who had captured the Prince’s heart at a ...
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3 Things You Need To Know About the Singapore Economy This Week

8 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Welcome to Sunday! Here are three things about Singapore’s economy that you might want to look at today and for the week ahead. 1. After years of ultra-low interest rates, corporate borrowing costs in Singapore might be heading higher soon. My colleague Chong Ser Jing had dug into the topic recently. ...
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Corporate Interest Rates In Singapore May Be On The Rise: What Should Investors Do About It?

4 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Borrowing costs for companies in Singapore may be on the rise. As Melissa Tan from The Straits Times wrote last week: “The three-month Singapore swap offer rate [SOR], a market benchmark for commercial loans, has shot up from 0.2 per cent a year ago to 0.8 per cent now, according to Bloomberg data.” ...
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Warren Buffett on Real Investment Risks – And What You Can Do About It

3 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Around this time every year, the investing community will be awash in excitement over the many investing insights to be found in Warren Buffett’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters. This year’s edition, the 2014 letter, was made doubly special as it included a special section that detailed ...
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2 Shares with 6 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth

24 Feb 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Companies that can continually increase their dividends over the years can be wonderful investments. The experience of the Goldman Sachs Rising Dividend Growth Fund, while by no means a comprehensive study on the topic, can still be an instructive example. The fund selects shares for its portfolio based ...
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