Tag Archive: Singapore

Lessons from the SGD Sembcorp Perpetual Bond

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My impression is that the issue went badly. For a household name to fail to garner more than 400 mio in orders and names like Goodpack and Banyan Tree getting more orders than… Continue reading

FX Alert : New (Almost) Record This Month In SGDMYR !

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Actually the high last week was on National Day 2.5838, which was probably due to illiquidity. We went off last Wed at 2.56. The high on record was a short lived one during… Continue reading

Grand Dreams in Property

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The Trend “Rich Asian individuals are snapping up luxury residential properties and even office towers in the West. But Asia’s biggest investors, including sovereign wealth funds, insurance funds and pension funds, are only… Continue reading

SGDMYR 15 YEAR HIGH

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  Taken from our post last week What is Happening In Global Flows. Bearish MYR medium term – Deutsche Bank “USD/MYR has significantly lagged the pullback in the rest of USD/Asia, with spot… Continue reading

Creating Value And Closing The Gap

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Wealth creation is an amazing thing which I have been thinking about recently, after being courted to join the Nuskin network. It is entirely possible to create value in anything and everything and… Continue reading

Backing Down on The SGD – MAS Inflation Outlook

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I wrote Trading Against A Black Box – USDSGD last year. MAS published Monetary Policy Operations In Singapore back in March this year in an effort to explain themselves to the public and… Continue reading

Poor Barbie. I Don’t Want To Be Smart, Jackie.

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I am not smart. My maid is. A pile of Lego blocks, of assorted colours and sizes. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) She does not know what a can-opener is but she does not need… Continue reading

Singapore Banks Headache & The USDSGD

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July 15 (Bloomberg) — Singapore’s June home sales rose for a second month to the highest since a March record as Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook for the city’s banking system on… Continue reading

Bonds to Watch : Cashflow Ahead

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Just read that Wilmar signs mandate for a $1.5 bio term loan and thought it was good news till I realise it was for their loan maturity this year. Wilmar Says Unit Signs… Continue reading

REHASH : The Economists in Feb Said USDSGD at 1.2 ! GDP Next Week

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In early Feb, I wrote Sunday Times, Coffee and Slight Nausea. Tired of reading the same old “piece of mind numbing happy utopia calls, I will protest at the Toto salaries they are… Continue reading