A Singaporean blog about investments in shares, bonds and ETFs

Festina Lente Redux - Five Years Down The Road

2021-06-30 10:28

A big apology to the few readers (if any) who read this blog. About five years so, I had made a pivot to ETF based exposure to a global financial portfolio from an approach of picking… Read More

Festina Lente - Make Haste Slowly (Almost A Year Down The Road)

2017-08-25 06:24

I had written about my pivot to a ETF based exposure to a global financial portfolio almost a year ago. A link to the old post is here below.https://sgx-stocks-sti.blogspot.sg/2016/10/festin… Read More

Did Financials Out-perform REITS ? (Round 1)

2017-06-01 05:13

I had posted about an ST article saying Financials favoured over REITS, a few months back.The link to the old article is below.https://sgx-stocks-sti.blogspot.sg/2017/01/financials-favoured… Read More

Market Musings: One Chart For Evaluating The High Yield Bond Market In Singapore

2017-03-24 13:31

One area of controversy in the market is high yield bonds. A few investors I speak with are running for the exits, a lot of people waste no time in telling you that you are downright st… Read More

Financials Favoured Over REITS

2017-01-23 08:14

I am sure, some of you may have seen this article in Straits Times last week.http://www.straitstimes.com/business/invest/financials-favoured-over-reitsThe accompanying graphic shows clearly… Read More

The Long Wait Continues (For Sing Holdings Shareholders)

2017-01-10 09:01

I had written about Sing Holdings back in 2014. The old post is here below. https://sgx-stocks-sti.blogspot.sg/2014/02/sing-holdings.html I had done an update on this in 2016… Read More

Investing Is Not A Stock Market Game

2016-11-18 04:22

I was searching on google for some small cap stocks on SGX and came across this article.http://www.straitstimes.com/business/invest/invest-idols-picks-two-small-caps-with-big-potentialThis a… Read More

Nothing Or Nobody To Piggyback On

2016-11-17 03:12

I had posted about CWT Limited a year back.https://sgx-stocks-sti.blogspot.sg/2015/11/cwt-limited.htmlThe gist of the idea was that if CWT Limited dips to around 1.5-1.6, the chairman / insi… Read More

Did You Buy A Stinker? - A Look At Yanlord Land Group

2016-11-15 04:34

Many investors cite Warren Buffet's saying of Be fearful when others are greedy and Be greedy when others are fearful.I had posted about Yanlord last year.https://sgx-stocks-sti.blogspot.sg/… Read More

Did History Repeat Itself Or Was It A Rhyme? - Irrespective, 18% Return Is The Reward

2016-10-11 04:49

I had posted about Metro Holdings a year back.Old Post on Metro HoldingsThe trading idea wasa) Buy if and when when it falls to below 85 cents before end Nov 2015.b) Sell when it reaches $1… Read More

What Has Lee Done In The Last Year?

2016-10-11 04:32

This post is a look back at Nam Lee. I had posted about Nam Lee last year and a link for that post is below.Last year's post on Nam LeeMy hypothesis in the post was “It is worth a… Read More

Festina Lente - Make Haste Slowly

2016-10-04 08:23

A good way to think about investing is to follow the principle of Festina Lente, Latin words for classical greek, attributed to the Roman Emperor Augusts.To read up about Festina Lente, plea… Read More