Category Archive: Market

Singapore Rates and Currency Outlook 2018 : The Existential Crisis

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photo courtesy of Mr Percy T., Poland * 2017 has been a good and bountiful year prospering many a Singaporean *  Singapore is a rare case in Asia where the currency has appreciated… Continue reading

Investment Takes : Are You A Loser If You Are Not Up 30% in 2017 ?

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* Talking to folks about 2017, one proclaims that if you are not up at least 30% in 2017, you are a loser. *  Friends in HongKong gripe about 30% returns on their… Continue reading

The Age of Giants in the Sharing Economy – To Eat, To Shop, To Invest or To Read Chinese Literature

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* We are still living in the dream in the record stock market rally even though we hit some snags last week observing the first signs of volatility in a while * JPM… Continue reading

Imaginations Running Wild Part 2 – SIBOR, SOR or a new benchmark ?

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* Singapore’s en bloc fever rages even as China’s President Xi says Housing Should be for Living in, Not for Speculation. Perhaps Singapore could represent currency stability or gains ? * The US… Continue reading

Imaginations Running Wild Part 1- Animal Spirits and Central Banks

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* We head into the 30th anniversary week of 1987’s Black Monday with animal spirits in charge, stretching our imaginations * 1 out of every 4 days for the year so far resulted… Continue reading

Missing Out on En Blocs and Singapore’s October Monetary Policy Statement

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Photo courtesy of Mr K.C.Kan, Nepal. Most Singaporeans are missing out on the en bloc mania as disconnect in property prices emerge between the real market and the en bloc market It still… Continue reading

Opportunities in Natural Disasters and Recovery

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taken from Pixabay   Hurricane Harvey poised to be the second most costliest catastrophe in history Most serious monsoon floods in 40 years for India, Nepal and Bangladesh Insurance stocks fell while auto… Continue reading

E-Transitions In Our Lives – K-Pop, Sex Dolls and Empty Malls

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Source : Wallpaper.Wiki     Our lives are in e-transtition as we switch to online grocery shopping, watching movies from our iPads Beggars are taking mobile payments as our favourite malls lie empty… Continue reading

The Great Singapore Bond Market Bail-In – Ezion Holdings and gang

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  Only 4 Companies in SGD Shipping Space Spared of Restructuring In February, DBS CEO Signals Bank May Be Past Worst of Energy Loan Problems “You can walk out of here, you won’t… Continue reading

SG 52 : Amazon Prime Has Arrived, Welcome To The Future

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Danger lurks if you are driving in the CBD on weekends from recent experience with roads chock-a-block full of private hire vehicles, pulling up abruptly along curbsides and weaving through traffic as if… Continue reading