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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05
    Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29 http://t.co/7PVK0mja #

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29
    Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22 http://t.co/iFuYMabP #

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22
    How can you outperform Warren Buffett? http://t.co/ESqwBR6z # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15 http://t.co/Yb6Ti7Bs #

  • How can you outperform Warren Buffett?
    If you have not noticed, Warren Buffett has “underperformed” S&P 500 index in 2011. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway slipped 4.7% in 2011, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index ended essentially unchanged. What would you have done to outperform Warren Buffett in 2011? Simple, Hold Cash! This reminds me of an interesting story. Recently, I was [...]

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15
    Warren Buffett can't beat S&P 500 for 2011 http://t.co/WTwaaJHR via @sfgate # CPF members enjoy average 12% savings on Home Protection Scheme (HPS) http://t.co/bggEkXEA # How much Cash-Over-Valuation (COV) should you pay for your HDB flat? http://t.co/5E4cU0Ew # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08 http://t.co/GJGkPZef #

  • CPF members enjoy average 12% savings on Home Protection Scheme (HPS)
    With effect from 1 January 2012, about 362,500 CPF members who are paying annual Home Protection Scheme (HPS) premiums will enjoy average savings of 12% on their premiums. This constitutes 80% of members who are currently paying annual premiums for their HPS, while the rest will continue to enjoy the low premium rates they are [...]

  • How much Cash-Over-Valuation (COV) should you pay for your HDB flat?
    Being one of the kiasu parents, me and my wife intend to move to a property which is near our preferred school for our children. Although I have always been critical of unhealthy misconceptions of property investment, the recent harsh property cooling measures do bring my attention to the development of property prices and I [...]

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08
    Petrol Price and The Golden Cross http://t.co/tB6uW508 # Is CapitaMalls Asia Bond a Good Buy? http://t.co/iePWQZiq # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01 http://t.co/lOV4WEcJ #

  • Petrol Price and The Golden Cross
    If you pumped petrol these few days, you may have noticed a big sign board at the petrol station stating “Petrol Price Has Changed!” Today, ExxonMobil Synergy 5000 is selling at $2.12/liter. If you have been following my blog, I have already warned at end of Nov that investors should not neglect the oil crisis [...]

  • Is CapitaMalls Asia Bond a Good Buy?
    CapitaMalls Asia is selling up to $200 million ten-year bond. Half of the bonds will be offered to retail investors. The bonds pay 3.8 percent interest annually for the first to fifth year and 4.5 percent annually for the year six to 10 if they are not redeemed. Is this a good buy? Given the volatile [...]


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