TheFinance.sg - Investing
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TheFinance.sg - Investing
1y ago
My US and HK have been disappointing – see previous posts. But my SG stocks are holding up much better. In fact, STI index is up 4% year to date. Like its US counterpart, it hit the lowest point in mid June this year but has since recovered strongly. Photo by Maxim Cravzov on Pexels.com ..read more
TheFinance.sg - Investing
1y ago
I used to aim for 50% US and 50% China / Hong Kong for my overseas equities exposure. However, since the beginning of this year, I have started to pare down my Hong Kong stocks as I lost my confidence in the Hong Kong and China economies. China is still sticking to its Zero Covid ..read more
TheFinance.sg - Investing
1y ago
I took some time this morning to review my investment portfolio. I have been deferring this activity because I dreaded to see the sea of red in my US stocks and calculated my absolute losses. I know my loss is significant. S&P500 is down 10% year to date. But it could have been worst if ..read more
TheFinance.sg - Investing
1y ago
The founder of StocksCafe turns 40 in July! In the spirit of celebration, StocksCafe will be having never-before-seen promotions! For new paying users: Get 40% off your first paid subscription. Go to the pricing page to check out the new discounted pricing. For those who have paid for a subscription before: Get 40% referral fees ..read more
TheFinance.sg - Investing
1y ago
Recently, several popular US companies have underwent or will be having stock splits (e.g. AMZN, GOOG, SHOP). How to handle stock splits In StocksCafe, the “correct” way to handle stock splits are to simply create two transactions on the split date. Example: Amazon recently had a stock split on 6 June 2022 of 1:20. Let’s ..read more
TheFinance.sg - Investing
2y ago
A slice of Chocolate Tower Truffle Cake contains 1,679 calories and 51 teaspoons of sugar, and even though it sounds (and is!) unhealthy, most of us would just consume it without much thought. What if we could “project” the impact of the chocolate cake on your overall health before your consumption? For example, what your ..read more
TheFinance.sg - Investing
2y ago
5/25/2022 Short summary of Ark trades for 5/25/2022 As per the previous summary, Ark invest continues to buy Tesla, despite the fact that it has increase over 4% since the previous summary. Is the $600-$700 price range truly the lowest Tesla will go? Nobody truly knows. On the other hand, Ark Invest has continue to ..read more
TheFinance.sg - Investing
2y ago
This May, NTUC Income (“Income”) launched their short-term insurance savings plan – Gro Capital Ease Eco, which offers a guaranteed maturity benefit of 105.56%1 of the single premium after 3 years. Here’s Heartland Boy’s review of Income’s Gro Capital Ease Eco. INCOME’S 3-YEAR INSURANCE SAVINGS PLAN: GRO CAPITAL EASE ECO If you are looking to ..read more
TheFinance.sg - Investing
2y ago
We are all familiar with Initial Public Offerings (“IPO”) because it is the normal route for a private company to ‘become listed’ in the stock market. But what about existing listed companies which want to raise additional funds by issuing new shares? There are usually 2 ways to do so – a private placement and ..read more