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Monday, 12 July 2010

How Much Money Do You Need to Be Satisfied?

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By Laura Rowley Two new research papers argue that money can buy life satisfaction, but not happy feelings -- and that earnings beyond $75...
Sunday, 11 July 2010

When picking stocks, keep it simple?

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" Investing is part science and part art, and going for a business you would like to own works best " - Gabriel Chen, small change...

Greed And Fear - Part 6

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Read? Greed And Fear - Part 5 2009 was a year of less fear and more greed. It was the year for bulls and also a happy year for buy-and-hol...

Greed And Fear - Part 5

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Read? Greed And Fear - Part 4 Market trading volume has been low due to World Cup? So World Cup is over tomorrow and earning reporting s...
Saturday, 10 July 2010

That Dividend Myth

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From the book "Your First $1,000,000. Making It In Stocks" by Dr Michael Leong Dividends give one a false sense of security, as ...

Minimum of 10,000 hours hard work

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Read on Outlier How many retail investors are willing to put in a minimum of 10,000 hours hard wor k into their investing journey to make...

I can't trade my dividend yield stocks?

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YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO If I bought Stock A at 10% dividend yield; I will have to wait at least 10 years to reach 100% ROC...
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STI Major Data Points Since 1990

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Time the Market? " Bulls climb up a wall of worry, bears slide down in a slope of hope ." Gaint wall of worry for the bulls ...
Friday, 9 July 2010

Time the Market?

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This will likely to happen to you if you are trying to time the market by becoming a bull or bear at anytime. " Bulls climb up a wall...
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Stock Gains Aren't Just 'Paper Profits': Greenspan

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By: Michelle Lodge Digg The stock market rally over the past few days has been encouraging and represent real profits, former Federal Res...

BrasFELS yard in demand.

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Nomura's Report on Kep Corp 8 Jul 10 Petrobras tender parties keen to use BrasFELS yard. Keppel’s BrasFELS yard has been cited in ...

Noble regarding a potential transaction which would involve Gloucester acquiring certain of Noble's Australian coal assets

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Reference is made to the article in today's Australian Financial Review stating that Gloucester Coal Ltd (Gloucester ASX: GCL) is among ...

Semb Corp: Sold $4.25 ROC 5.0%

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Hope to gather more feathers for a bigger pillow soon ... ( Turkey is getting difficult to find ) This is the second time that I buy high ...
Thursday, 8 July 2010

SCI - Testing resistance tmr?

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May be my lunch boxes will be arriving tmr?

Critical illness insurance pays you for living? A Wake Up Call!

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Read more on Critical illness insurance pays you for living - Revisit Read one man's Critical Illness claim " We bought covera...
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Wednesday, 7 July 2010

My Investment Marathon Race (2003 - 2011)

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H1 2010 Quarterly Performance Report With only 1.5 years left to the finishing line on 31 Dec 2011, what should I do with the rest of the ...
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Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Getting bullish or worse is yet to come?

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What did you hear? Who do you follow?

SCI - Closing at day high

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Will my lunch boxes arrive tmr?

World Cup and Stock Market

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Ball is round so no one can really predict who will win the matches in World Cup! Germany 4 Argentina 0 - Can anyone belive it can happen...
Monday, 5 July 2010

SCI - Testing resistance. Can it break tmr?

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Board of Cascal withdraw its recommendation to reject Sembcorp's offer

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By Mok Fei Fei Posted: 05 July 2010 1302 hrs SINGAPORE: Conglomerate Sembcorp Industries said on Monday that the board of its takeover t...

Do Hungry People Take Bigger Financial Risks? - Part 3

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Do Hungry People Take Bigger Financial Risks? - Part 2 " CAGR is your Speed-O-Meter in your investment marathon race " - Createw...
Sunday, 4 July 2010

Four Simple Rules for his Turtles

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The lessons Richard Dennis taught his Turtles in the class can be boiled down to four simple rules: Trade with an edge - Make sure that y...

STI ETF - Simple to buy but doesn't mean no emergency exit risk!

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STI ETF is simple to buy at disciplined regular intervals i.e. no need to monitor and time the market; but it doesn't necessary mean no ...
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I listened to Ah Gong's wise words

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Many years ago, Ah Gong said that Singapore has too many banks. I listened to him and bought Tat Lee Bank - one of the smallest banks and wa...

Next Biz Trust - Semb Corp-Green?

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Hyflux and Kep Corp have unlocked their shareholder's value by offloading their assets into Biz Trusts. When will Semb Corp follow the...

Kep Corp - Big Pay Day. Thank you once again!

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K- Green (KGT) - dividend in specie to Kep Corp's shareholder An extra-ordinary good year; but I  don't think it would happen agai...
Saturday, 3 July 2010

All work sucks? - Part 2

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All work sucks? - Part 1 Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant When you are an employee and didn't really make it in your job. At most you...

Do Hungry People Take Bigger Financial Risks? - Part 2

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Do Hungry People Take Bigger Financial Risks? Yes, if we wanted to reach there in less than 25 years. The final destination can be the s...

SCI - Not too bad!

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Do Hungry People Take Bigger Financial Risks?

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The New York Times On Tuesday June 29, 2010, Do Hungry People Take Bigger Financial Risks? Forget the Volcker Rule, a Tobin tax, bonu...
Friday, 2 July 2010

Australia strikes deal with miners on super tax

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SYDNEY: New Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday announced a compromise deal with major mining companies over a 40 percent supe...
Thursday, 1 July 2010

STI - 2,820.35 -15.16 -0.53%

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By JOANNAH PEREZ SINGAPORE - Singapore shares closed lower on Thursday with the blue-chip Straits Times Index down 15.16 points to 2,820....

Governments Moving to Cut Spending, in Echo of 1930s

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By: David Leonhardt The New York Times The world’s rich countries are now conducting a dangerous experiment. They are repeating an econom...

Electricity tariffs to go up again

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Other prices will soon follow this one - UP and inflation rate is going to be higher than 3.2% soon. Low interests rate. Higher inflation ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Swiber lodges prelim offer for subsea services

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By ANGELA TAN Swiber Holdings Limited, which plans to list its subsea services business on the Catalist board of the SGX, said on Wednesd...

H1 2010 Quarterly Performance Report

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Year Goal Hit Rate Year Goal Hit Rate improved by +8.7% from 26.8% in H1 2009 to 35.5% in H1 2010. ( In 2003, I set some bullish progres...

CAGR III

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LP's CAGR II A Carpenter and his Measuring Tape A carpenter uses his measuring tape to measure twice before he cuts his wood; but a ...
Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Strong interest in Keppel's K-Green Trust

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SINGAPORE - Shares of K-Green Trust made a strong debut on the Singapore stock market on Tuesday, rising as high as $1.33 (US$0.96) with ove...

SEMBCORP TO DEVELOP A NEW INTEGRATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY IN JURONG ISLAND’S TEMBUSU DISTRICT

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- Key customer for wastewater treatment in Tembusu secured - New facility will more than double Sembcorp’s wastewater treatment capacity ...
Monday, 28 June 2010

SCI - May be it is time to move up!

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CapitaLand rids stake in China co for S$117 mln, to make S$33 mln net gain

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By BT CapitaLand Limited said on Monday that its subsidiary, CapitaLand (Sichuan) Holdings Pte Ltd, has sold its entire 50 per cent stake ...

SEMBCORP SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO EXPAND SEAWATER DESALINATION CAPACITY IN THE UAE

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SINGAPORE, June 28, 2010 - Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Utilities, has s...
Sunday, 27 June 2010

How did you lose money in the stock market?

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From my frequent visits to investment or trading blogs and forums, I have this understanding that some retail investors lost their money in ...

Property Investing - doing the Math - Part 4

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Property Investing - doing the Math (Part 3) Academician turned property millionaire Dr Peter Yee: " My learning is that capital ga...
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5 Myths About ETFs - Part 4

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5 Myths About ETFs - Part 3 If you look at the price volatility of STI ETF monthly chart, it can be damn scary depending when you bought ...
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Retirement Planning Review

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Uncomfortable With Draw-down Method? - 2nd Visit Totally no draw-down method may be harder to achieve unless I strike ToTo $5M on Monday.  ...
Saturday, 26 June 2010

Uncomfortable With Draw-down Method? - 2nd Visit

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http://createwealth8888.blogspot.com/2010/01/uncomfortable-with-draw-dowm-method.html Doing the Maths for retirement without any draw-down...

15 Insurance Policies You Don't Need

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15 Insurance Policies You Don't Need 8. Life Insurance for Children Life insurance is designed to provide a safety net for your hei...
Friday, 25 June 2010

MM Lee says S'pore banks may need to consolidate to expand overseas

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DBS merges with OCBC? Since UOB is a family controlled bank so it is harder to eat up. ----------------------------------------- By Imeld...

So hard to sell!

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Be Far Better At Selling Than At Buying? - Revisit My colleague told me he has problem in selling. When Market is up no heart to sell and ...
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Norit, PUB S'pore to sign water technology MOU

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MOU not with Hyflux, Kep Corp and Semb Corp.  What will happen to Hyflux next week? ------------------------------------------ By ANGELA ...

Hyflux - Sold $3.30, ROC 17.1%

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I have finally decided to redeem my past sin in 2008 today. Round 7: ROC 17.1%, 721 days, B $2.77 S $3.30
Thursday, 24 June 2010

Keppel secures S$50 mln marine contracts

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By ANGELA TAN Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd's (Keppel O&M) subsidiaries in the Philippines and Singapore have clinched contrac...

Inflation in Singapore stood at 3.2%

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Inflation in Singapore stood at 3.2% for the second month in a row - as the increase in prices of goods and services remained at a 14-month ...
Wednesday, 23 June 2010

One Big Thing We Don't Know About Stocks

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The New York Times Carl Richards is a certified financial planner and the founder of Prasada Capital. The only reason we invest in stoc...

Stocks by nature are risky!

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" BP stock dropped 81 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $29.52, near a 14-year-old low for the company in U.S. trading. The stocks of other co...

Judge lifts offshore drilling ban as `overbearing'

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico...
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Last updated : 24 Sep 2022 I am 66 yrs old uncle living in HDB heartland who has achieved financial independence @ 56 and finally retired @ 60 from full-time job as employee on 1 Oct 2016. Single household income since 1995 with three children. Currently, two sons and one daughter are working. I have been doing 22 years of long-term investing and short-term trading in Singapore stock market only since Jan 2000 so I am that so-called Panda or Koala in the investment world. Currently, I am on my way to Investing Nirvana - Freehold Investment Income for Life after 23 years of building up Investment Portfolio through long-term investing for growth-dividends and short-term trading on Rounds after Rounds. I have also achieved sustainable retirement income for life from CPF and Year-on-year Diminishing Bear Market Impact stock Investment Portfolio in local market, SGX! i.e. Beary Safe! Cheers!
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