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Wishing all a Happy 54th National Day 2019 !!
Article Of The Day :
Investing in a Negative Interest Rate World <source: www.awealthofcommonsense.com>
"First of all, it’s impossible to know exactly what to make of negative interest rates in government bonds around the globe for the simple fact that it’s never happened before. There is no historical
Would like to share this great article on subject of “Regression to Trend/Mean”:
Regression to Trend: Another Look at Long-Term Market
Performance
<from
www.advisorperspective.com>
“About the only certainty in the stock market is
that, over the long haul, over performance turns into under-performance and vice
versa. Is there a pattern to this movement? Let’s apply some simple
Is it possible
to Mimic Warren Buffett’s Investment Returns ?
Every investment
manager (or even retail investors like you and me) admires Warren Buffett’s
investment returns. But is it possible to
copy Warren Buffett’s investment strate…
In my last
blog post , I talked about “The
Power of Free Cash Flow” , the important of having consistent and
sustainable free cash flow for companies which would allow them to pay dividend
or buying back their own shares. Imagine if there is…
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Accounting Profit is Fake
Yup, you heard
me correctly.
Accountant’s
idea of profit is prepared according to tax adjustments and accounting
standards. These were established to provide consistency and governance across
how accounting is done. The problem is these ‘rules’ are very much open to
interpretation — leaving room for ‘creative
accounting’.
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If you are having more REITs in your portfolio , the chances that you are beating STI is higher as most of the REITs are having good "run" so far. Overall YTD returns for FTSE ST REIT Index is 16.5% vs STI of 7.67%. Since I have more than 42% of REITs in my portfolio , quite natural that my portfolio also outperformed STI by +6.3% with YTD returns of +13.97%.
Your Portfolio Yield
Determine Your Risk-Tolerance
, No?
In general, your portfolio yield could be a very good
indicator if you are taking too much risk or risk-averse. I plot a chart to
show my portfolio yield vs other income investment instrum…
Market
rebound strongly in last two days after FED Chairman indicating future rate cut
if economy situation is getting worse due to trade war.
Fed
Inches Toward Rate Cut as Trade War Frays Patience <From
Bloomberge.com>
“The Federal Reserve’s top policy makers aren’t yet ready to
cut interest rates, but worsening trade tensions are nudging them in that
direction.
In
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I would like
to share this very good article from SeekingAlpha.com in regard to investing in
REITs :
Summary
REITs
are famous for being defensive income-producing investments.
There
exists, however, a lot of landmines that can lead to massive losses.
We
explore the most common reasons that lead to large losses in the REIT sector.
Finally, is
my turn to update the total dividend and interest income that I will be getting
in 2nd Qtr 2019 , after my last company i.e Accordia Golf Trust announcing
its result yesterday. I’m really excited because second quarter is normally the
highest dividend amount I will get as most of the blue chips are given out
their dividend in this quarter.
Total
Dividend & Interest Income
