When people think about investing, they forget that buying stocks provides you with an ownership interest in the company that is selling the stocks. Usually stocks are traded at a price above the real earnings of the company. This helps the investor to see whether it is undervalued or overvalued. Another term for stocks is [...]
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My blog is featured in Digital Life, The Straits Times, today! I wrote about the curry puff hawker being jailed. The only bugbear is they gave the wrong title. IRAS is not frighteningly efficient. They took so many years just to find out about tax evasion. A more appropriate title is Scary Digger, since they [...]
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I found this quiz on Facebook. To know whether you have what it takes to become a Multimillionaire, see how many of the following statements apply to you. 1. You enjoy working. Whenever you start to hate your work, you change your project or job. 2. You save at least 10% of your income. 3. You have at [...]
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I received my first interview as a blogger yesterday. I shared something about my goals, visions, and some random funny/ controversial things you don’t know about me. I think I ought to embark on my own series of interviews for this blog. This is something that I have thought about before, but haven’t planned yet. [...]
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Penny stocks, also known as small cap stocks and micro cap stocks, refer to stocks that are sold for less than one dollar per share. Some traders like to trade in penny stocks because they do not require a huge investment to get started. They also have the opportunity to turn a small investment into [...]
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Selemat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Muslim readers! My friend told me that he had changed $1000 worth of money so that he can give to his younger relatives and his elders. How can he make the money back since he is unmarried and do not have any children? Muslims are prohibited from engaging in [...]
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Singapore’s Gross Domestic Product increased by 6.4%, and the Consumer Price Index increased by 2.9% compared to a year ago. Economists were expecting a 5.1% increase. The Consumer Price Index change is due to costlier fuel prices and an increase in the goods and services tax. Hence, inflation could be between 1.5% and 2% this [...]
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Those who had bought China unit trusts would be laughing their way to the bank, since the top funds increased by 50% to almost 70% within nine months this year. That means if you had invested in the beginning of the year, your $10000 will become $15000 to $17000. This is fantastic return. If you [...]
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Rabbit meat! (Who eats rabbit meat?) Pedigree bull semen and cow embryos?! Potato starch? Toll roads? Dimethyl ether? What do all these have in common? They are businesses which belong to China companies listed in Singapore. You don’t need to be a record scientist to list your company. If you can figure out ways to [...]
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For those who want to go for seminars on bonds, unit trusts, technology stocks and investment during turbulent times, you may want to check out this seminar by Phillips Securities. Date: 20 & 21 Oct 2007 (Sat & Sun) Time: 9.00am – 6.00pm Venue: Raffles City Tower, Level 6 Fee: S$10 per pax/day (Buffet lunch [...]
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