How Do Rising Interest Rates Affect Stock Market?

Recently, I wrote an article to caution the readers about the euphoria in the innovational technology stocks. In less than two weeks, many such stocks have crashed more

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Singapore Airlines (SIA) First USD Bond

Singapore Airlines’ (SIA), whose business was greatly affected by the global pandemic, is issuing its first US dollar bond today. SIA, whose biggest investor is Temasek, had in

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Aviva Singlife First SGD Bond – 3.375% coupon

In September, Aviva and Singlife have announced that they are merging into one company. For funding the purchase consideration of acquisition and capital adequacy purposes, they have issued

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New Temasek Bond Issues – 50 years!

Would you buy a 50 years bond with only 2.7% interest? Probably not. But when Temasek issues such bonds, they are oversubscribed. I explained before that contrary to

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Is Singapore Spending Too Much National Reserves?

Are we drawing down the national reserves too fast? With President Halimah’s assent, Singapore is withdrawing another eye-popping $31 billion from its reserves to fund Covid-19 support packages, you

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The Last Relay – Ivan’s Reflection in January 2020

Every month, I publish an investment note called “Ivan’s Reflection”. The purpose is to document my thoughts process so I can review if they are right and wrong

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Astrea V Private Equity Bond: Why I am not thrilled about it

The latest buzz in Singapore’s financial market is the launch of Astrea V PE Bond, a retail private equity bond by a Temasek unit. If you have not

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Investing for Retirement: Why you should not over-rely on REITs investment

Real Estate Investment Trust, a.k.a. REIT, is a popular income-generating investment nowadays. It is also one of the 5 core Income Generating Assets that I recommend for retirement

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Invest for Retirement: How to Build Resiliency in Volatile Markets

If you are planning for your retirement or financial freedom, you probably start 2019 with a disturbing question after the stock market crash in December 2018. Should you

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5 Outrageous Market Outlook for 2019 and How They Affect You

Let me put this down first: 2019 is going to be a year of global wealth re-distribution, and money will sneak out of your retirement nest egg if

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