Jim Rogers says that there are few "frontier markets" left to be discovered

Today’s Sunday Times published an article “Frontier markets offer great opportunities – and risks”. There is a paragraph on Jim Rogers’ skepticism about frontier markets which I find

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Hedge your portfolio in times of uncertainty

MENA (Middle East and North Africa), once a forgotten or unfamiliar  “oasis”  for a lot of investors, has truly grabbed the world’s attention. Stock Markets growth seemed to

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Diverging of Commodities' Paths is good for asset allocation

Ever since financial crisis, prices of basic crops, fuels and industrial metals have moved in sync with one another. They have also somewhat correlated with stock markets for

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Understand the risks before you subscribe DBS Preference Shares

Some of my clients are excited about DBS Preference Share recently and they are asking for my opinion. After talking to them, I realized that most of them

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Manage Currency Exposure of your Portfolio

Yesterday, Singapore dollar hit new all-time high against USD at 1.288. Today, Fed’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) will probably announce the Quantitative Easing II, which may further weaken

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Funds need not perform the same way

Further to my recent blog More correlation between stocks and oil, During financial crisis, most of the investments became correlated and melt down all together. Asset Allocation seems

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Be Aware of Contango Trap in Commodity ETF

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) has become very popular in recent years. However, it appears to me that many people misunderstand the functions and abilities of ETFs Today, I am

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Fundsupermart (FSM) impose platform fees

Fundsupermart (FSM) has recently announced that they would be charging their users a platform fee with effect from 1st May 2010. The charges will apply to investments made

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Consolidate your CPF investment to save cost

Many people have invested their CPF via CPF Investment Scheme. They have invested through insurance companies, banks, or online fund providers. However, few people realize that besides fund

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The rule in Foss v Harbottle

During the famous defamation suit against SPD Chief Chee Soon Juan, his lawyer argued that a political party cannot sue or be sued for defamation. Although the court

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