Archive for the 'Unit Trust' Category
China stocks have rebounded sharply after last week’s announcement on capital gain tax reduction.
My funds have risen after falling for two or three weeks.
Would China’s stock markets be able to sustain the momentum until the 2008 Olympics? The government seems to be going all out to ensure this, but overall, based on what some experts […]
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April 28th, 2008 | Posted in Stocks, Unit Trust | No Comments
After putting in money in your SRS account to reduce your tax payments, what do you do with it? The agent bank I put my money in offered an extremely low interest rate, to the point of being negligible. If you factor in the inflation rate of 6%, your money would have been lost. One […]
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March 2nd, 2008 | Posted in CPF, SRS, Unit Trust | No Comments
From 1 April 2008 onwards, you will not be able to invest the first $20000 in the ordinary account, and also the first $20000 in your special account. What is the purpose of investing money from your ordinary account (OA)? Well, you will earn 1% more on the first $60000 in the OA and Special, […]
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February 17th, 2008 | Posted in CPF, Unit Trust | No Comments
The market has been very volatile, but my Latin America unit trust is still holding up well. The gold unit had declined but it’s still up. Except for Singapore/Malaysia, the rest of my unit trusts are still doing fine. I’ve sold off the China unit trust.
How much do you want to earn before you sell […]
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December 1st, 2007 | Posted in Unit Trust | 2 Comments
A bubble is forming in Hang Seng stock market, warns the HK Monetary Chief. The Hang Seng Index had risen 40% in 2 months, which I had finally caught on to 15% in a month on my new unit trust, and this clearly shows that there will be volatility soon. The stock prices had risen […]
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October 29th, 2007 | Posted in Stocks, Unit Trust | No Comments
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 any […]
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October 13th, 2007 | Posted in Unit Trust | No Comments
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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October 10th, 2007 | Posted in Unit Trust | 1 Comment
Where in the world should you park your money? For global bonds, you may consider Asia ex-Japan. For global equities, this is the best time to get in, so Asia ex-Japan, Japan and Non-Asian emerging market. European global equities are the best currently.
For Asian equities, Indonesia and Hong Kong are the best places to get […]
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October 1st, 2007 | Posted in ETF, Stocks, Unit Trust | No Comments
Invest Fair 2007 in Singapore will be here on 25 and 26 August. If you would like to find out more about various instruments such as CFDs, Forex, ETF, land and wine investments, warrants and certificates, it is a good opportunity to go for the free seminars at InvestFair 2007. It would be held at […]
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July 25th, 2007 | Posted in ETF, Wine, Structured Product, Seminar, IPOs, Investment, Property, Unit Trust, Stocks, Foreign Currency | 3 Comments
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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July 9th, 2007 | Posted in Investment, Stocks, Unit Trust, Property, Foreign Currency | 1 Comment