Are bonds safe to invest in?
If you think investing in bonds are safe, think again. Sometimes when I'm sitting at Macs or Starbucks and there's an insurance agent (meeting their client) nearby my seat I'll…
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Heard of the Singapore Savings Bonds?
Putting your money in Singapore Savings Bonds beats fixed deposits (FDs) hands down I'm not a fan of fixed deposits. #bbinvestments My grouses are mainly that they involve too much…
Swiber Bond Scandal : who should the retail investors blame?
The recent Swiber bond debacle has sparked off a new debate as to whether the Singapore government should save “accredited investors” – individuals who have at least S$2 million in…
Investing in bonds
Is it safe to invest in bonds? Here's a quiz: which one of the following investments have the lowest risk? a) forex b) stocks c) bonds If you answered bonds,…
Investing 101 for newbies!
How should I invest if I’m a complete newbie? Received 2 emails from readers this week that really made my day. They’re both 23 year old, female, and fresh from…
How to get $1 million for retirement
Hitting $1 million for retirement A lot of my friends laugh at me when I tell them that I'm saving up for retirement. To many people my age, they prefer…
14% Dividend Darling Stock – A Fairytale or Nightmare?
Rickmers Maritime note holders are not happy with their latest debt refinancing proposal, but they don’t really have much of a choice but to go along now, do they? In…
Stocks that could benefit from Pokemon Go
While busy catching Pokemon all over Singapore (and Taiwan, where I first started playing the game when it launched last Saturday), I’ve also been thinking about how I could potentially…
10 Ways to Fail At Stock Investing
Just because your broker tells you investing is simple (or maybe you’ve seen those online ads promoting an easy solution in the form of their investing courses…) doesn’t mean…
Stock Analysis: Procurri IPO (Top Concerns You Need To Know)
It isn’t every day that you hear of a Catalist-listed company in Singapore taking one of its subsidiaries to IPO on the SGX Mainboard. The opposite seems more logical, but…