There’s a bubble forming in India. Property Prices have risen 16% a year over the past four years, well ahead of average income. In some parts of India, the prices have doubled twice. Now that mortgage rates have increased sharply, property prices in Mumbai and Bangalore have already started to fall. The stock market is [...]
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Brokerage Charges are so hefty for small time investors! My first trades were conducted last week, and due to my small investment, I had to pay a minimum sum of $25 per trade, instead of a small percentage. I bought two stocks, which meant that I had to pay $50. As one of the stocks [...]
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Recently, my company got someone down during one of our meetings to talk about saving and loans programme at a co-op. The rates are better than banks. Many people quite keen to sign up for the savings and fixed deposits. To them, earning 2% was a fantastic rate. However, there are other ways of growing [...]
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With a number of expensive stock markets, there are still attractive markets in the world. Do you know where you can still make money? Apart from expensive markets such as India and China, there are others in Asia and Europe. This is based on my reflection by an article by Lorna Tan in The Sunday [...]
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