Share Tweet Longer-time readers of Investment Moats might have read about Interactive Brokers here and eventually have decided to use Interactive Brokers (IBKR) as one of their trusted brokers to trade & custodise their family’s crucial assets. Aside from understanding the broker’s functionality and ...
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Recently, UOB has launched its Nation of Savers Promotion which will end on 30th September 2024. How does the return from UOB Nation of Savers fare against UOB fixed deposit? From the name of the campaign, it sounds like some UOB National Day Savings Promotion to celebrate Singapore National Day. This ...
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The Mari Credit Card (MCC) is MariBank’s newest product and is relatively simple to understand. If you are tired of credit cards that make you jump through hoops for measly rewards, the Mari Credit Card could be the answer for you by focusing on its straightforward approach to cashback. Launching tomorrow, ...
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Weaker inflation numbers and recent comments from Jerome Powell have led to the market pricing in a lot of interest rate cuts over the next 12 months. Because of that, the latest 6-month T-Bills closed at 3.64% yield. This means that if the upcoming 1-year T-Bills has an interest rate of around 3.6%ish ...
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With all the talk about interest rate cuts going forward, this is probably as good a time to think about yield plays. Take Netlink Trust for example. At current price it pays about a 6.4% dividend yield. If that dividend yield can be maintained, and interest rates go down, not only will you get the 6.4% ...
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Astrea 8 Bonds Balloting Results are out! The full balloting announcement is here. But the results are interesting enough that I wanted to do a quick summary, and share some personal thoughts. How much applications were received for the Astrea 8 Bonds? Per the official SGX announcement (emphasis mine): ...
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In my weekend article, I anticipated a further drop in T-Bills yields due to high demand and market expectations on interest rate cuts. My target yield range was 3.60 – 3.75%. The final auction results are out at 3.64% cut off yield. While this is within my projected range, it is definitely lower than ...
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The next 6-month T-Bills auction is on 18 July 2024. Unfortunately T-Bills yields have been on a clear downtrend of late. From 3.76% 3 auctions ago, to 3.7% as of the most recent auction. Latest comments from Jerome Powell this week suggest that he is likely to cut interest rates in September, which ...
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Rounding up top investing articles from around the web, including articles shared on Twitter. 37,000 people collect free ez-link, Nets FlashPay cards after SimplyGo plan shelved (Straits Times) Some 37,000 people, or about 13 per cent of adults eligible for a free travel card after the planned transition ...
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Are you wondering what are the best fixed deposits in July 2024? After looking around for fixed deposits with higher returns, I decided to just renew my fixed deposit (principal and interest collected) with CIMB Bank. The fixed deposit interest rate offered by CIMB Bank for the 6 months placement is ...
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past week. You’ll probably have heard that the Astrea PE bonds are back – with Astrea 8 this time. There are 2 tranches up for public offer. The SGD version yields 4.35%. And the USD version yields 6.35%. I’ve subscribed for every round of Astrea bonds since ...
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We’re now at the point in the interest rate cycle where it’s fairly clear interest rate cuts are coming. The only question is when exactly, and how big are the rate cuts. Because of that, bank fixed deposit interest rates have been trending down for quite a while now. And yet the most recent 6-month ...
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I’ve seen a lot of discussion about Chocolate Finance of late – which has just reopened for new sign ups. What is Chocolate Finance? “Chocolate Finance is a new place for your spare cash where you can enjoy 4.2% p.a. return on your first S$20k and a target 3.5% p.a. on any amount thereafter. See your ...
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After last week’s article on how to get $6000 a month in passive dividend income. It turned out the option that attracted the most discussion was Option 3 – Buying a portfolio of REITs and dividend stocks. Or to be more specific, the buying of REITs attracted a lot of discussion. What are Singapore investors ...
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In my weekend article, I estimated a yield of 3.70% – 3.80% for the upcoming 6-month T-Bills auction. The auction results are out at 3.70% cut off yield, at the bottom end of my projected range. But look under the surface and it doesn’t look great – demand continues to go up, while bidding data indicates ...
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From time to time, we may need to re-balance for the better or worst. There are people who swear we should do nothing but bear that in mind that doing nothing is a deliberate action too as is solely tied to one expertise. How often we trade depends on our capacity, knowledge, cost and likely emotional ...
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If you’re looking for a way to turn your $10,000 into something more substantial, you’re in the right place. In 2024, there are plenty of opportunities for investment that can help you achieve your financial goals. But with so many options to choose from, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s ...
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Share Tweet Here is a safe way to save money that you have no idea when you will need to use or your emergency fund. The 10-yr and 1-yr Singapore Savings Bonds rates since the first issue in Oct 2015 The August 2024’s SSB bonds yield an interest rate of 3.22%/yr for the next ten years. You can apply ...
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This month is going to be a very busy one for me. I recently shared this with my YouTube community and if you are wondering how to be a part of it, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/@A.Singaporean.Stocks.Investor./community So, before I get too busy, I decided that I should get this quarterly ...
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The next 6-month T-Bills auction is on 4 July 2024. Generally speaking – T-Bills yields have been steadily declining of late, due to market expectations of interest rate cuts in the second half of 2024. This follow the trend of bank fixed deposits, which have also been on a steady decline. However in ...
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So I received this great question from a reader: Hi FH, I am looking to retire soon, so I want to build up some passive income. I have about $1.2 million that I can invest at the moment, currently spread across multiple investments. I would like to get your views on where is the best place to park that ...
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In case you missed it – this month’s Singapore Savings Bonds are pretty attractive. They yield 3.26% for the first 6 years. Going up to 3.30% over 10 years. Given that the best fixed deposit rates only yield 3.2% for 12 months. Singapore Savings Bonds actually offer a better yield for any duration above ...
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I’ve been getting a lot of comments from readers on how DBS Bank is the best Singapore stock to buy. With some even going so far as to say that DBS Bank is the only Singapore stock worth buying (and the rest of the money should go into US stocks instead). So I wanted to relook DBS Bank. At 7.1% dividend ...
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In my weekend article, I estimated a yield of 3.65% – 3.80% for the upcoming 6-month T-Bills auction. The auction results are out at 3.74% cut off yield, right smack in the middle of my protected range. These are actually pretty strong results (for investors looking for yield). Because the demand for ...
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For those who have been following – the big story last week was the depreciation in the Yen. The yen has depreciated sharply above the key 151 level, and has weakened to levels last hit in 1990 (more than 30 years ago!). At the same time, gold price has started to break out. After going as high as $2400 ...
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Date: 13 Jun 2024
Price: SGD 14.23
Shares: 500
Total: SGD 7,145.74
The next 6-month T-Bills auction is on 20 June 2024. Generally speaking – T-Bills yields have been steadily declining of late. From as high as 3.8% just a couple of auctions ago (late March). T-Bills yields have fallen to 3.65% in the previous auction. Surprisingly though – in the most recent auction, ...
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Quite a few of you have asked me for my views on Singapore Airlines stock. Since COVID lows, the stock is up almost 90%. Even at current prices however – Singapore Airlines pays an astounding 7.1% dividend yield. That’s a higher dividend yield than most bank stocks like DBS or OCBC bank (about 5 – 6% ...
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This update is late as I went overseas for a holiday. There was no transactions made in the month of May as I had to rush work and also plan for the overseas trip. Now, I need to catch up with the updates and think about what to buy purchase next. Meanwhile, I received the highest amount of dividends ...
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