The Weekend Cynic – Traffic Jams, Jupiter and Little Girls

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Gripes, rants or peeves, this has been a thought provoking weekend. When you are caught in 3 separate jams that totaled 3 hours, paid ERP 5 times – twice on the same gantry,… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Are You Ready For The Truth ?

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Where do FOMC members go when they retire ? WALLSTREET ! A week of ups and downs and ups as the market digests bad employment numbers, good retail sales and a tame CPI.… Continue reading

Mind Over Money Matters – New Year Trades

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I have been taking it easy for over a month now, spending time with the boy and handling our lives without foreign labour. Trying to get back into the swing of things has… Continue reading

SGD New Issues Reviews : Stanchart Sub 12YNC7 4.5% and Ezion 5Y Senior and Maxicash VRN !!!

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New issues come out to prance and caper, While rates behave before the Taper. Croesus 4.6% 01/2017 is trading at 101 and Hyflux 5.75% perp sold off from 100.40 to 100.05 this morning.… Continue reading

SGD New Issue Review : Hyflux Subordinated Perpetual NC3 High 5%

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Issuer: Hyflux Ltd. • Issue: SGD subordinated perpetual capital securities • Ratings: Unrated • Format: Regulation S only and S274/275 of SFA • Issue Size: TBD • Tenor: Perpetual NC3 • Ranking: Subordinated… Continue reading

A Place For Bitcoins In My Life

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Who is not talking about Bitcoins these days ? With the world watching in awe and disbelief at its price action. A bitcoin is worth 919 USD as of close yesterday. How many… Continue reading

New SGD Issue Review : 3Y Croesus Reit Trust

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*** NEW ISSUE: CROESUS RETAIL TRUST – SGD 3 YR ISSUE *** Issuer              Croesus Retail Asset Management Pte. Ltd. ( in its capacity as trustee-manager of Croesus Retail Trust) Status:             Senior, unsecured Rating:            … Continue reading

Do Not Set Up A Small Business In Singapore – Singapore Company Register

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This may be one of my last posts. If they shut me down. So be it. But I have to assert my point. Things here are not what they seem. Being a first… Continue reading

David And Goliath – The Big Smalls in FX

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Lingo aplenty for us poor people at home. We have EM, DM, G3, G10, the Bigs and the Smalls. The “smalls” are a basket most connote with the Aussie dollar, Canadian Dollar, South… Continue reading

Ironies, Training A Poker Player And The Bitcoin

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Busy week to be topped off with a bunch of ironies on Friday that started in the toilet for me. I get a kick from reading the entries in my son’s Facebook account… Continue reading