How Often do You Check on the ‘Health’ of Your Investments?

Apart from conducting the necessary researches to learn about a company before you invest in it, as investors, we need to also keep ourselves updated on the latest developments about the company thereafter – this is so that we can spot any ‘red flags’ early and do the necessary before we end up losing all our hard-earned money. In this post, you’ll read about the 5 things I personally do to stay updated on the latest developments about the companies I am invested in…

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‘Would You Marry Someone Who You Meet for the First Time?’

At the first glance, this question appears to have no relevance to investing, but let me tell you, it has everything to do with it – just like you do not make the decision to spend the rest of your life with someone you met for the very first time, you should not put your hard-earned money into a company you come across for the first time; recently, I come across individuals who are new to investing making this mistake, which resulted in them suffering from crushing losses as a result. In my post today, I’d like to share with you what you should do instead before you invest your hard-earned money into any company…

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Key Summary from OCBC’s 83rd Annual General Meeting for FY2019 on 18 May 2020

OCBC held its virtual AGM for the financial year ended 31 December 2019 yesterday afternoon (18 May), which I have attended as a shareholder to learn about the latest updates from the bank’s management. In this post, you’ll find a key summary of the AGM which I have compiled for the benefit of those who did not attend the meeting…

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3 Things to Think about before You ‘Average Down’ on Your Shareholdings in a Company

Over the past couple of days, I have received quite a number of questions seeking my advise on whether they should ‘average down’ on their shareholdings in a company. While I am unable to give a ‘yes or no’ reply to this question (as all of us invest differently), I have suggested 3 things they can consider which (hopefully) will help them with making the eventual decision and in this post, I will be sharing what these three things are (so that you too, can benefit from it…)

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‘Is Investing Risky?’

My post today was inspired by someone I bumped into a couple of days back in my neighbourhood (whom I have not seen in years), and when he learned that I’m now a full-time retail investor, he asked me the above question. I felt that was an interesting question to write about and in my post today, you can read about my reply to him – hopefully it will also help to address some of the concerns you may have regarding investing – for those of you who are new to it…

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How Will the STI, and All 30 Blue Chip Companies’ Share Prices Move in the Week (11 – 15 May 2020) Ahead?

Last week, Singapore’s Straits Times Index moved in a range between 2,534 and 2,628 points (it eventually closed at 2,591 points last Friday, 08 May.) So, how will the STI move in the week ahead? In this post, I’d be sharing with you my technical analysis on how the STI, as well as how the 30 blue chip companies’ share prices, may possibly move in the week ahead (between 11-15 May…)

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