Why Warren Buffett Advises You To Start With The A’s

14 Jun 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
When Warren Buffett started his career as an investor, he spent most of his time reading through Moody’s financial manuals, a collection of data on American-listed companies. In those days, there was no Internet and Moody’s manuals were an invaluable resource to obtain financial data on listed companies. ...

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Why Have Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd’s Shares Lost 15% In Value In 5 Years?

14 Jun 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
A veteran investor once told me that “investing is about giving up your purchasing power today in the hopes of getting higher purchasing power in the future.” In stock market investing, the above quote translates into buying stocks that will increase in value in the future, both through an appreciation ...
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Here’s why analysts think SingPost isn’t quite a formidable e-commerce player yet

14 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Its transformation is far from over, analysts said. The mailman’s move to evolve from a domestic-mail monopoly into an international e-commerce logistics provider is a necessary one, but its metamorphosis is far from even halfway done. According to a report by Maybank Kim Eng, although it now provides ...
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Condo resale volume skyrockets by 35.7% in May: SRX

14 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
On back of the OUE deferred payment scheme. Resale volume for non-landed private residential units jumped to an estimated 840 units last month, a 35.7% increase compared to 619 units resold last April. According to SRX Property, year-on-year, resale volume was also 35.3% higher compared to 621 units ...

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Hiring sentiment hits seven-year low as escalating uncertainty haunts employers

14 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Only 11% of employers expect to increase staffing levels. Jobseekers in Singapore will have a tougher time looking for employment over the next three months, according to ManpowerGroup's latest employment outlook survey. Singapore's net employment outlook stands at a modest 9% from July to September ...

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Low interest rates endanger retirement security, says DPM Tharman

14 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Over-reliance on monetary policy has had downsides, he said. The challenge of societies getting older and living for longer has been aggravated by an environment of low interest rates, opines Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. In a speech at the International Insurance Society Global ...

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StarHub Ltd’s Annual Report: 22 Key Figures Investors Should Know

14 Jun 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
StarHub Ltd (SGX: CC3) had released its annual report a few months ago. The report contained a chockful of interesting numbers. Investors might want to sit up and take notice of these 22 figures: StarHub’s shares have generated total returns of 457% from 2005 to 2015. The telecommunications outfit has ...
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Singapore’s Global Real Estate Companies with the Best Returns

14 Jun 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Singapore stock market hosts 12 listed real estate companies which make up the FTSE All-World Index. The FTSE All-World Index consists of more than 3,000 stocks that represent around two-thirds of the total market capitalisation of all primary-listed stocks around the world. In this sense, it can ...
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Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.3%

14 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Expect more weakness today. According to OCBC, persistent weakness on Wall Street overnight could keep local sentiment depressed, extending the STI’s 1.3% fall yesterday and its 3-day losing streak. Here's more from OCBC: And with increased uncertainty in the market ahead of the Brexit vote next week, ...
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NUS retains Asia’s best university status in largest-ever regional ranking

14 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
NTU also barged into the third spot. Singapore’s top universities has once again bested its Asian counterparts in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking, the largest-ever regional ranking comparing the region’s best universities. According to a press release by QS, the National University of Singapore ...

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