Post Webinar Key Takeaways – How To Find Dividend Stocks
Last Saturday, we conducted our first webinar for 2019 where we talked extensively about dividend stocks. Here are the key takeaways: Dividends make up a huge component of the overall returns Stock returns are made up of a mixture of capital gains and dividends...
Plans to Downgrade my Parents’ MediShield
My mum had surgery recently in a private hospital. She stayed in a single bed for 3 nights and the estimated bill came up to $22,000. She has a private MediShield with AIA but no rider. This means that she has to pay a total of $5,350 (deductible: $3,500,...
Building Your Own ATM Machine !
Sometimes my friends or even relative just wonder how I could survive without working or having “active income” for the past 4 years. I told them that I have my own “ATM Machine “ that will generate a consistent cash flow , quarter by quarter , or course sometime I...
Powered By Community: Introducing… Seedly Community Levels & Badges
Over 5,000 Answers Powered By Community Whether you’re new to Seedly or are an avid user of our one-stop platform for all your personal finance needs, the coolest thing about Seedly is that we’re powered by our community. Our knowledgeable community who...
Negative Equity – Can you can survive out of it? (Refresh)
Sunday, 15 February 2009 Read? Negative Equity - Can you can survive out of it? Walau! Wrote this blog post 10 years ago! When you are forced to top up, it means that you now are forced to potentially LOSE MORE THAN what you have intended i.e. up to $50K. NOW YOU ARE...
Target $200,000 portfolio by end of 2019
My portfolio market value exceeded $100,000 in Dec 2017 (Link). As of today, my portfolio market value is at $151,272 (Excluding CPFIS shares). Given that my target dividend for 2019 is $5,985 and I had already received $5,532.90 of dividend in the first 4 months of...
These reasons are getting me interested in the energy sector
A change in the Narrative Among the many eyebrow-raising, bizarre, and interesting developments (zero-interest rate policies, negative yielding bonds, rise of populism) that have occurred since 2010, one of them that really defined this current decade is the death of...
Investment Quadrant Course Review And Why You Should Sign Up
Heartland Boy is depending on his investments returns to generate passive income during his retirement. As 2018 was not a very kind year in terms of his investment portfolio returns, he decided to brush up his investment skills. Therefore, he attended the Investment...
Investment Quadrant 2019 is LIVE!
The Investment Quadrant is our most comprehensive training course to date.And I can genuinely tell you that this course covers more depth than other courses out there that charge you thousands of dollars.It's made for smart and serious people like you who really want...
The One ETF to capture the unstoppable growth of China Tech sector
This is a republished article from our Sponsor: FSMOne.com Learn more about how to use Exchange Traded Funds to create the perfect portfolio for yourself at the ETFestival. Grab your tickets here. Internet has become closely integrated with the everyday life of...
Having to pay $5000 before being able to cancel a credit card?!?!?!
I was really frustrated recently due to a certain bank's credit card.The card is known for being good for miles as the miles don't expire and my mum has been holding the card for while.Read more: Having a good credit scoreShe got charged for annual fee for that card...
The Gold Silver Ratio
The gold silver ratio (GSR for short) is the number of ounces (oz) of silver required to buy one ounce of gold (i.e. price of 1 oz silver / price of 1 oz gold). It is used by gold and silver traders to determine when to buy or sell the two precious metals. ...
Hyflux in dark final chapter
Email notification White knight? What white knight? Dark days loom ahead for Singapore investment community as Hyflux enters its final chapter of its protracted restructuring process. On 17 April, I wrote that Hyflux is on course for a horror finale. That fateful day,...
My Personal Analysis of Keppel DC REIT
One REIT caught my attention recently. This is none other than Keppel DC REIT. While most REITs invest mainly in retail, industrial, commercial or hospitality, Keppel DC REIT is the first REIT that purely invests in data centres. Since it is the only data centre REIT,...
The Twin Arrogances in Investing.
Initially I wanted to just provide a personal update today, but tragedy has befallen my mother's side of the family and, over the next few days I will be hanging out with my my dad while my mum goes to Johor to pay her last respects to her youngest brother.The other...
The ‘Middleman’ Economy Where Agents, Brokers & Dealers Reign Supreme!
Besides being a 'rental' economy, Singapore also has a thriving economy for the 'middleman'. A huge number of people worked in 'middleman' jobs. These professionals specialise in connecting buyers and sellers. The more commonly known ones are real estate agent,...
A Bumper Week for Dividends
Next week will be a bumper week for dividends as many of the companies in my watchlist will release their quarterly earnings and declare dividends. Below is a table showing the companies and their earning release dates … I am looking forward to counting the...
Time vs Money
How do you value time versus money? Let’s first understand a crucial difference between them: As a personal commodity, money is extremely elastic, in that you can theoretically accumulate an infinite amount of it. Time, by contrast, is intrinsically inelastic:...
Mail Order Brides: Are They Worth It?
With advancements in technology and the internet, the once unimaginable can now easily be a reality. Or in this case, the once tedious process of going through matchmaking agencies to find love can now be replaced with a single swipe on a smartphone. More...
Top Reads this Week (21 April)
Rounding up top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors and myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. The Importance Of Having A Circle Of Competence (Investing Nook) “You don’t have to be an expert on every company, or even many....
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