Dear readers, it is always wonderful to start a fresh new day with a good breakfast! This morning, I went to a nearby town centre to take away some really good breakfast from a hawker centre and at very attractive prices. While I am fully vaccinated, I chose not to dine in at a hawker
NICE BREAKFAST FROM HAWKER CENTRE AND WHAT HAPPENED? Read More »
Dear readers, I came across something interesting from a local newspaper this morning. According to Standard Chartered: a) Emerging Affluent is defined as those with assets under S$150,000 and monthly personal income between S$8,000 and S$15,999 a) Established Affluent is defined as those with assets over S$150,000 and monthly personal income over S$16,000 c) High-Net-Worth:
ARE YOU EMERGING AFFLUENT, ESTABLISHED AFFLUENT OR HIGH-NET-WORTH? Read More »
Dear readers, by now, I believe you would have read that two of Singapore’s Open Electricity Market (OEM) retailers, iSwitch Pte Ltd and Ohm Energy Pte Ltd are exiting from the OEM market. I also read from today’s newspapers that at least two others, Best Electricity Supply and Diamond Electric have stopped taking new customers.
OPEN ELECTRICITY MARKET RETAILERS: I EXPECT CONSOLIDATION! Read More »
Dear readers, recently, I happened to take note of an online advertisement on investing in overseas properties. The advertisement touted the benefits of overseas investment: larger market and demand as compared to the smaller and more limited market and demand of Singapore, be it in terms of buyers for properties or individuals seeking to rent
Dear readers, it has been some time since I shared with readers on my updates with “living with Covid-19” as per the term used in our island. Since then, there have been yet more updates to the rules and practices in tandem with the evolving nature of Covid-19, specifically due to the Delta variant strain
Dear readers, recently I was reviewing my investment portfolio when I took a look at the interests arising from my Singapore Savings Bonds in recent years. As a quick background, I have subscribed to the earliest tranches of the Singapore Savings Bonds where interest rates were generally much higher than current. You may ask how
Dear readers, yesterday on 11 Sep 2021, I made my first jog outdoors in Covid-19 endemic Singapore where recent Covid-19 community cases reached above 500. If you are a regular reader of SG Stocks Investing, you would have read that since Circuit Breaker last year, I have reduced my outdoor jogs unmasked in Singapore and
Dear readers, since last year when Covid-19 broke out in Singapore, I have developed a habit to track the daily number of Covid-19 cases in Singapore. I track the daily tally so as to assess how the situation evolves in Singapore and also out of care and concern for our country. I am sure many
COVID-19 SINGAPORE: APPRECIATE TASKFORCE’S WORK BUT NUMBERS NOW SEEM HIGH Read More »
Dear readers, in my recent post, I shared why stock markets corrections have already started! As a quick recap, my comments in the aforementioned post came after noting how the 20-days moving average of the Straits Times Index has been failing to move above the 100-days moving average and is currently trending down. From this
HOW TO SUCCEED IN INVESTING? THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING! Read More »
Dear readers, according to a recent report, Singapore is the most tired country in the world in terms of fatigue score. Singapore has a fatigue score of 7.20, which is the highest in the world. Singapore is followed by Mexico (2), Brazil (3), USA (4) and Japan (5). There are also two other rankings in
SINGAPORE IS WORLD’S MOST TIRED COUNTRY: HOW MANY HOURS YOU WORK? Read More »