Smart Reads of the Week: Blue-Chips at 52-Week Highs, REITs with High Dividend Yields and Stocks That Raised Their Dividends As the earnings season winds down with the release of the last batch of financial results, we review stocks that have managed to raise their dividends despite a difficult economic climate. Meanwhile, we also identified several blue-chip stocks that have scaled a year-high. These companies may have what it takes to continue their blistering run. […]
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The Only Answerable Person On One’s Investment Is To Oneself On top of financial news channels and websites, there are also hundreds, if not, thousands of, blogs, video channels and chat rooms/forums discussing about investment and trading in general. While most of these resources are informative, there are some which, put it mildly, trying hard to prove or disprove certain viewpoints. A healthy discussion/debate is […]
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Singapore Retail Focused REITs Comparison @ 8 September 2024 Below is a comparison using the latest data from comparison tables on SREITs Data page. The most favorable figures are marked in blue and given a +1 score, while the least favorable are in red with a -1 score. The highest score in each category determines the winner. Note that this is a simple comparison without weightage assigned to each figure.  Unweighted Ranking Fundamental Overview, Related Parties […]
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Sizing Up a Critical Illness Sinking Fund for a Singaporean Friend. I went to Malaysia two weeks ago to hang out with my friend. He has been staying in Johor for a while and thought it would be a good idea for me to visit palm oil plantations near Kota Tinggi. The thunderstorm in the afternoon kept us, two cats and one dog, in the house […]
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The Death of the Customer Persona Longtime readers of this blog will know that I believe passive investing works better than active investing. Active investors spend too much effort researching their investments and picking stocks. But the vast majority of them fail to beat a simple passive investing strategy. The meta-lesson here is that putting more effort into something doesn’t necessarily […]
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