Dear readers, in recent months, I have been clearing my annual leaves as advised by my company’s human resources division. Like many of my colleagues, my annual leaves have accumulating ever since Covid-19 pandemic. I could have continued to accumulate my annual leaves but I really need a break from the hours and hours of
Dear readers, in recent weeks, I have been noticing more and more advertisements of “Get Rich” investment programmes on the internet, e.g. advertisements before a Youtube clip. Not that they have not been there before, but it seems that there is now an increasing number of such ads over the internet. If we give the
Dear readers, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Singapore, some of the food stall operators have introduced take-away charges for containers. For example, before Covid-19, when I ordered a take-away of Hor Fun from a food stall near my house, it would be just $4 including the paper box container. During the
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Dear readers, today, I learnt of a new term today, called “The Everything Bubble” which describes the scenario of bubbles in many asset classes including equities and properties. We know that when bubbles burst, markets get into serious trouble and there have been a number of such bubbles before: (a) The South Sea Bubble in
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Dear readers, it has been more than a decade since the stock markets last crashed in Year 2009. With every year that passes along without stock markets crashing, the opinions of a stock market crash in a near-term window are increasing. The reasons that many believe to lead to the next stock market crash is
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Dear readers, today is the eleventh of November or so called “Eleven Eleven”. On this day annually, there will be so many sales online and offline giving potential customers lots of discounts and promotions. And needless to say, there will be lots of buying. The customers end up with their purchases happily and the companies
Dear readers, in recent weeks, it seems to me that there is an increasing number of articles on the internet which suggested that the global stock markets will be undergoing a correction in the next few months. Google “Stock Markets Crash” and you will be greeted with many search results on articles related to stock
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Dear readers, yesterday I shared a rather comprehensive piece on my take for the upcoming Year End 2021 Civil Service bonus for Civil Servants. I gave a prediction of 0.5 to 0.7 year-end bonus for civil servants and just to highlight, this will be, in my opinion, a bonus over and above the 13th month
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Dear readers, the Civil Service 2021 Year End Bonus is likely to be announced soon. Around this time every year, near the announcement of 2021 Civil Service Year End Bonus, I am particularly interested to know the bonus quantum since the quantum of Civil Service Year End Bonus 2021 is likely to be referenced by the private sector as
Dear readers, there have been recent ideas mooted to make Singapore stock markets a more vibrant bourse with more growth for investors. An exchange with more liquidity at the minimum. Whenever I read or heard such nice ideas to grow Singapore stocks market for investors, I, as a retail investor felt encouraged. But given the
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