Would Warren Buffett Buy ComfortDelGro?

19 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
If I had to find one word to describe Warren Buffett’s style of investing it would have to be “boring”. Buffett likes predictable businesses, with predictable managers, generating predictable earnings. What can be more humdrum than a transportation company such as ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52)? The company ...
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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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Lessons on Investing From Economics Giant John Maynard Keynes

7 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I was never a keen student of economics while in school, but the name John Maynard Keynes was frequently heard. In fact, Keynes is likely to be one of the most important economists in history. His brand of economics has been termed as Keynesian economics and has greatly influenced the economic policy ...
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The Best Type of Investment to Protect Against Inflation

4 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Newswires BBC and Today reported earlier this morning that Singapore has been named as the world’s most expensive city in a list compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In particular, the BBC did an interview with Toby IIes from the EIU in which he revealed that Singapore was at the 15th spot ...
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Why Investing Is So Important For Everyone

4 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It’s not really a secret that we Singaporeans want to come up tops in almost everything we do. We even have a self-deprecating and endearing term we use to describe this mentality we have – “kiasu”, which is literally translated in plain English as “being afraid to lose”. Just today, it was revealed ...
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Four Shares with Consistent Dividend Growth

26 Feb 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
We’re nearing the end of the earnings season soon. Let’s take a look at some companies that have managed to stretch their record of consecutive annual dividend growth by yet another year after reporting their full-year results. 1. CapitaMalls Asia (SGX: JS8) The company’s an owner, manager, and developer ...
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How You Can Invest Like Warren Buffett

25 Feb 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There’s a saying that goes “Oldies are goldies”. While I’ve often heard it used in the context of music, where some (including me – I can’t stand popular radio nowadays!) much prefer songs from an earlier generation, the particular phrase could well be used to describe shareholder letters from Berkshire ...
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A Metric To Find Investments Warren Buffett Would Love

18 Feb 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Warren Buffett’s currently the fourth richest person on the planet. His personal wealth is estimated at around US$59 billion with most of his fortune tied to his 20% stake in American conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. In the mid-1960s, Buffett took over the reins of Berkshire, which was then a faltering ...
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ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited Continues Growth Path in 2013

14 Feb 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
ComfortDelGro Corporation (SGX: C52), which released its full year earnings yesterday evening, posted a record revenue of S$ 3.75 billion for 2013, up 5.7% from the previous year. ComfortDelGro is one of the global leaders in land transport with a fleet of more than 46,000 buses, taxis and rental vehicles. ...
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Steady Growth at Vicom In 2013

12 Feb 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Commercial inspection and testing firm Vicom (SGX: V01) released its full year results yesterday evening and reported high single-digit growth rates for both its top and bottom-lines. The company, two-thirds of which is owned by land transport outfit ComfortDelGro Corporation (SGX: C52), operates vehicle ...
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