How to dig below the sales pitch and choose the right unit trust

For most Singaporeans, unit trust is the best investment instrument to start with. But why so many people lost money in unit trust investment? Because most people chose

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How to use Singapore REITs to generate retirement income

The only way to retire in Singapore is to own Income Generating Assets. I have discussed how you can use optimally leveraged and discounted property to generate good income

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Why Warren Buffett is richer than you

If you dropped or found 10 cents on the floor, would you pick up? Many people won’t, but Warren Buffett, the world’s richest person, certainly does. His concept is,

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Who Are the Billionaires in Singapore?

According to Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Consensus 2013, Singapore has 27 billionaires, it is the fifth biggest billionaire population in Asia and 18th in the world. The typical

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Has STI rally surprised you?

I haven’t blogged for a few weeks as I was overseas. When I was back, I felt so hilarious to see the newspaper headlines every day saying “investors

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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

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Legg Mason Investment Conference 2011

Today I attended Legg Mason Investment Conference 2011 at The Fullerton Hotel. The title of the conference is “Beyond the market turmoil“. I feel some of the insights

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The Mysterious Up and Down of Sheng Siong IPO

Sheng Siong stock crashed 10.71% today! This is so ironic because today’s news paper headline was “Voracious appetite for Sheng Siong shares“. It cited some “market watchers” trying

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What to do when Stock Market Crashed

Recently I wrote a blog post “Is Cash the King now” to express my view that investors should seize the opportunities due to the recent stock market crash.

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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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