Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) investing is an important component in Singaporeans’ retirement portfolio. Many people buy REITs with the intention to keep for their retirement years. But just as “company privatisation“, REITs merger becomes a new norm in today’s market. Recently, Viva Industrial Trust (VIT) and ESR-Reit announced a proposed merger to create Singapore’s fourth largest […]
How to Invest When Market Is High: 2017 June Update of GMC Portfolio
If you are an investor, it is hard for you to ignore the broad-based stock rally globally this year. And if you are a rational investor, it is even harder for you to decide how to invest now. How can you find the hidden gems in the current investment environments? When you observe the investors […]
Japan REIT Investment: What Singapore Investors Should Know
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have long been a favourite among stock market enthusiasts who want to capitalise on global property markets without sacrificing affordability, diversity and liquidity. Many Singaporeans are familiar with Singapore REITs, but not many people are aware of Japan REIT (also called J-REIT). Japan is the second biggest property investment market […]
3 bond investment lessons from Swiber's winding-up
Bond investment is always in voracious demand in Singapore. With many years of low deposit rate and lifeless Singapore stock market, people are struggling to find a better investment to place their hard earned savings. Probably because majority of the retail bonds are sold by the banks, many Singaporeans treat bonds just like fixed deposits – You put money […]
How to invest after Brexit
It is hard for you not to notice that the people in the United Kingdom have decided to leave the European Union (also known as Brexit). The news shocked the world on 23 June 2016. On that single day Sterling pound fell by 10% against the US dollar to its weakest level in over 30 […]
Invest in short term bond funds when stock market is not safe
When it comes to investment, the first thing that comes to your mind is probably investing in stocks. People argue about stock investment all the time. Market goes up, market goes down. This stock is good, that stock is bad. But where do you put your money when no stock market is worth investing now? To some people, […]