Almost 9 years ago, I blogged about how I saved $384 on solar powered lights for my planter.Then, quite unexpectedly, someone asked me on YouTube how were those lights doing?Well, they are still working!I took a photo of them last night and here it is: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I used to blog about saving money very frequently back in those days.These days, I ..read more

I shared a photo of one my favorite ships in World of Warships in a video yesterday. Bismark is a ship I enjoy a lot and I have had many hours of fun playing it.  There are some ships I have which are really beautiful to look at. Unfortunately, that is the only thing I find them good for. They are not fun to play, for various reasons. :( It is just like investing in ..read more

I have been somewhat busy in real life lately.So, I have not been producing much content.However, I did manage to make a few videos recently.For those who do not follow me on YouTube, here they are: ------ ------ ------ ------ Just AK talking to himself, of course. ;) To view all my videos and also to subscribe, visit: AK71SG  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle ..read more

Time flies and it is time for another quarterly update.Before I start on the update proper, I just want to say a few words about Wilmar International.I received a few comments from readers on Wilmar and they asked if I had any updates on the business.Some would like to know whether it is a good time to add to our investment in Wilmar.Wilmar remains deeply undervalued and my past analyses are ..read more

Stock prices of DBS, OCBC and UOB have been rocketing higher!How do I feel?I have mixed feelings, really.I would like to add to my investments in all three banks but not as their stock prices make new highs.What am I doing?Just waiting.I will simply do nothing and collect dividends.Filling up my war chest and taking things easy.Money in my war chest will go to buying more 6 months T-bills in the ..read more

The latest 6 months T-bill auction saw a cut-off yield of 3.78% p.a. Pretty decent although it dipped slightly from 3.8% p.a. we saw in the auction before this. Better than the 3.4% p.a. offer from CIMB for a 6 months fixed deposit. So, good enough for me. Around 96% of non-competitive applications, total S$2.5 billion, were allotted in the latest auction ..read more

When Sabana REIT's unit holders voted for the internalization of the REIT's manager, some readers asked me what I thought of it.For the record, I didn't vote for the internalization.I sat on the fence.From past experience with Croesus Retail Trust, I guessed that internalizing the manager would be a costly exercise.I said as much here in reply to readers' comments.However, if successfully ..read more

OCBC has declared a dividend of 42 cents per share, up from 40c a year ago.This represents a 5% increase which makes me happy.Full year dividend per share is, therefore, 84c.This is an increase of some 21% from a year ago.Payout ratio is about 53% of net profit.The stellar results of 2023 was driven mainly by higher net interest margins across all its markets.Net profit was in excess of $7 ..read more

SRS was a topic I used to blog about pretty often.I have not been blogging about it as much since I have not been making contributions in recent years.Reason is because I no longer pay income tax.See:Income Tax payable?If we are still paying income tax, contributing to our SRS account makes sense to enjoy some tax relief.Of course, we want to put our SRS money to work or we would get a very ..read more

Hope everybody is having a great start to the Year of the Dragon!I am enjoying myself.Maybe, I am enjoying myself a bit too much.Too much Chinese New Year goodies.Sore throat!Ouch!My investments are mostly doing well and I am contented.DBS is making me smile a lot more than usual, of course.The latest 6 months T-bill had a cut-off yield of 3.66% p.a.My application using $675K of CPF OA money is ..read more