If you didn't know, I'm a bit of a nerd. Yup a real shocker. During my undergraduate days, especially in my final years, I would get excited about going to class and doing my tutorials. So you can imagine my excitement now that I'm embarking on my Masters next week! To think 10 years has passed since my freshmen orientation camp... god I feel so old. Yesterday was … [Read more...] about Rekindling my Love of Learning
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Portfolio @ October 2018
Performance Indicators / Dividends YTD Time weighted return: -2.26%Dividends collected: $2,932.94Upcoming Dividend Receipts: Yuexiu Transportation Infrastructure: HKD 900 AIMSAMP Capital Industrial REIT: SGD 150 Capitaland Mall Trust: SGD 110.96 (Excluding Advance Distribution) Commentary Hunted by Red October As you may know by now, October has been an … [Read more...] about Portfolio @ October 2018
The cost of active fund management
I recently met a friend who was a new investor. He had a pile of spare cash and wanted to generate a return on it. However, he didn't know where to start and didn't want to actively manage his investments. As a result, he approached a bank, told the branch manager that "Hey, I have this much of cash, I want to put it all into unit trusts." Sounds familiar? I'm pretty sure … [Read more...] about The cost of active fund management
The FOMO is real
The strength of the global market rally since New Year's Day has been nothing short of bonkers. Which makes it even more perplexing when it was off of nothing. No significant news. This has led to some observers saying that this is a FOMO rally. FOMO is a term familiar with Crypto and Western investors, which means I mean look at the 2018 YTD charts of Tencent, … [Read more...] about The FOMO is real