Category Archive: Market

Buy and Be Cursed …. Property Investments

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I felt quite snubbed earlier when I went to Holland Village and nobody bothered to market the new Commonwealth condo to me because I was wearing grubby sneakers and shorts. At least if… Continue reading →

Ad Hoc Commentary – America has a healthcare problem, not a social security problem

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According to a Dec 2013 Gallup poll: “…Americans’ views of Obama’s greatest achievement and biggest failure tend to revolve around the signature healthcare legislation that informally bears his name…” http://www.gallup.com/poll/166580/health-law-seen-obama-biggest-achievement-failure.aspx   The chart… Continue reading →

SGD New Issue Review : Far East Horizon 3.5Y 4.5%

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FAR EAST HORIZON LIMITED (BBB-)SGD 3.5YR – New Far East Horizon SGD 3.5yrs announced post roadshow – Initial Price Guidance: 4.5% area – Issue Rating: BBB- (S&P) – Size: S$ Benchmark – Timing:… Continue reading →

SGD New Issue Review : Golden Agri 3Y over 4%

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NEW ISSUE : GOLDEN ASSETS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS PTE. LTD. SGD 3 YR SENIOR – PRICE GUIDANCE ISSUER : Golden Assets International Investment Pte. Ltd. GUARANTOR : Golden Agri-Resources Ltd STATUS : Direct, unconditional,… Continue reading →

Singapore Stock Market Trivia – April Edition

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I was playing around with some statistics on the STI and the second board, Catalist, when I discovered that over 300 listed companies do not pay ordinary dividends. That is about 40% of… Continue reading →

New SGD Issue Review : CReit 6Y 4.1%

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ISSUER: Cambridge-MTN Pte. Ltd. STATUS: Direct, unconditional, unsubordinated and unsecured Notes ISSUE RATING: Unrated CORPORATE CREDIT RATING:BBB- (Cambridge Industrial Trust’s Corporate credit rating; rated by Standard and Poor’s) ISSUE SIZE: TBD FORMAT/DOCS :… Continue reading →

Eating Lab Grown Meat, El Nino And Trading Against Markets – Fx Ideas

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I was wondering why 78% of polled Americans would not eat lab-grown meat when I remembered the “pink slime” scandal from 2 years ago. https://tradehaven.net/market/credit-default-sickness/ Yet at the same time we have China… Continue reading →

Bonds In Conversation : Give Way, And Go To Heaven

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Plenty of time, I had, to practise iPhone photography, ponder on the nation’s traffic woes and think about markets this morning. Yes, it was the usual Causeway jam (into Singapore). The jam on… Continue reading →

A World Without SOR – Singapore

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Let me congratulate everyone who has re-fixed their loans voluntarily or involuntarily from SOR because ….. since the clean up and the fool proof fixing methodology deployed, we have enjoyed no trading for… Continue reading →

Passover, Full Moon Eclipse and Nose Bleeding Markets – EURUSD

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The Jewish Pesach (Passover) started yesterday along with the full moon (eclipse) and Janet Yellen gave us nosebleed by not mentioning anything about monetary policy in her speech, leaving the market LOST and… Continue reading →