US Debt Ceiling – The Dangerous Game and a Wayang Show

Further to my story about US debt ceiling problem, I showed you that the debt ceiling has been raised many times in the history. It looks that raising

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US Debt Ceiling History

Yesterday, I told you a story about Sam’s debt problem to explain what is US Debt Ceiling. The story continues here. When the debt ceiling is going to

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Does US Debt Ceiling matter to you?

It always does not matter until it matters. For months, people were talking about Euro Debt Crisis, Suddenly, you heard that US is going to reach its US$14.3

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Stock IPO: Why They Are Almost Always Bad Investments

An initial public offering, or IPO, is the first sale of stock by a company to the public. A company can raise money by issuing either debt or equity. If

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Sheng Siong seeks up to S$141m in IPO

Supermarket operator Sheng Siong Group aims to raise up to S$141 million via its initial public offering on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange expected next month. Sheng

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Eurozone Debt Crisis Update

The eurozone debt crisis just cannot go away, In fact, the situation only seems to be worsening. Risk spreads on ‘peripheral’ sovereign bonds have widened, Greek two-year spreads

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SGX reducing bid size details

This is old news, but I think it is good to highlight some details here. Singapore Exchange (SGX) has reduced the minimum bid size for securities on 4

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Temasek Investment Review 2011 – Is 4.6% Return high or low?

Temasek Holdings’s portfolio reached a record-high $193 billion at the end of its last financial year. Its portfolio grew from a previous record of $186 billion in the

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Changes in CPF Minimum Sum and Medisave Contribution Ceiling from 1 July 2011

CPF Minimum Sum The Ministry of Manpower announced in August 2003 that the CPF Minimum Sum (MS) will be raised gradually to reach $120,000 (in 2003 dollars) in

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