Over a year after Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced its intention to acquire iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT), the deal fell through following a mutual agreement to terminate the deal. Now, the company best known for its Roomba line of robot vacuum cleaners is trading near an all-time low, and will need to stand ...
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In my previous post, I shared on how to build passive income with fixed deposits as one of the methods to help with retiring early in Singapore. Building passive income is important if you want to retire early as it helps to mitigate against longevity and inflation. Fixed deposit is a type of bank account ...
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When the DBS yuu card was first introduced in 2022, the only thing I remembered was the jingle by Gurmit Singh that played constantly on loop across all DFI stores. If you are willing to look past this annoyance like I did, you would notice that the card benefits are quite compelling especially with ...
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It’s been quite a while since my last Fixed Deposits rates roundup in early Feb. So I wanted to update that today. 3 things I wanted to discuss: Best fixed deposit rates in Singapore today (March 2024) Will interest rates go up or down? How to divide your cash between the various options available today ...
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The Nasdaq Composite index is in record territory. While that's exciting news for some, it may be discouraging for those who have been on the sidelines. But don't let the market's rise keep you from seeking out compelling investment opportunities. There are still some quality companies selling at attractive ...
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Nvidia captured the market's spotlight in 2023 and so far in 2024. But Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is just as good -- if not a better story. In less than 1 1/2 years -- between Nov. 2, 2022 and March 8, 2024, Meta went up a staggering 458.8%. The stock went from an eight-year low to an all-time high ...
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Last year, companies around the world paid a record $1.7 trillion in dividends to their shareholders, a 5% increase from the prior year. Leading the way were tech titans Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) at $20.7 billion and $14.9 billion, respectively. Dividend payments are likely to ...
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It's hard to overstate just how successful the expansions of new diabetes treatments into the weight management arena have been for the companies that sell them. In one striking example, the market capitalization of Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO), formerly a relatively obscure drugmaker that until recently ...
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The S&P 500 recently hit another record high on the continued strength of artificial intelligence and with some significant help from Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock's relentless climb. Nvidia now makes up 5% of the index, and its market cap blasted through the $2 trillion mark, making it worth more than ...
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If you've come across any REIT posts that you think are missing, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll be more than happy to include them. On the other hand, if you're looking for even more up-to-date information and insights, I highly recommend joining REIT Investing Community or Singapore REITs ...
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We all know Singapore investors love banks stocks. It’s been quite a while since my last article looking at the Singapore banks. And we’ve had quite a few developments since: DBS announcing bonus shares Latest Q4 2023 earnings release Big changes in the macro space So I wanted to take a refreshed look ...
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The latest 6 months T-bill auction saw a cut-off yield of 3.78% p.a. Pretty decent although it dipped slightly from 3.8% p.a. we saw in the auction before this. Better than the 3.4% p.a. offer from CIMB for a 6 months fixed deposit. So, good enough for me. Around 96% of non-competitive applications, ...
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When investors think of stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, some might think the index has more than its share of stodgy industrial companies unlikely to produce more than nominal returns and ignore its component parts. But in recent years, Dow parent S&P Global has replaced old-economy companies ...
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There's no question that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been a tech dynamo for much of its history, and it has delivered monster returns to its long-term investors. However, more recently, the company's results have been mixed. Yes, Amazon stock has nearly doubled over the past year, but that's only because ...
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Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) was once considered a slow-growth tech giant, but its stock has rallied more than 140% over the past five years and recently hit an all-time high. That rally lifted its market cap to about $350 billion -- but it's still a lot smaller than trillion-dollar leaders Microsoft (NASDAQ: ...
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