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I wrote a small contribution to the SMARTINVESTOR magazine on structured products. A hot topic these days as the Lehman Brothers Minibonds saga left many burned. Since these products a …
Financial investment products such as bonds and stocks are pretty easy to understand, however making the decision of investing in a specific bond or stock is based on your assessment of th …
As a kid, whenever I was not happy with something done by somebody else, my mother used to say: the best way to get what you want, is to do it yourself.Maybe it starts to trickle down now …
The two friends I had a bet with regarding the oil price (I bet with them that the oil price would be below 80 USD at the end of 2008), have a surprised look when I tell the the oil price is now below 40 USD per barrel. They simply cannot understand what happened, so they ask me what my view is on the oil price for 2009...Obviously the economy is in a bad shape, and demand …
AIG getting a third bailout in 5 months, Citigroup continues to bury itself, SFCG going under, ... The next wave of the Tsunami just hit. We are getting used to it, however, our portfolio is not getting any better. The stock market is back to the '97 levels, more than 10 years back Who is talking about the Japanese lost decade? Maybe we should rephrase it to 'The …
With a shrinking GDP and the property prices boom we had in 2006 - 2007, property prices were bound to go down. Year-on-year property prices are down 20% now, but did we touch the bottom? An analysis by DTZ shows that property prices are not set to recover before mid-2010. With the bulk of new condos coming to the market, expats leaving Singapore due to the current …
I am sure you have heard of a low Annual Percentage Rate (APR) credit card. It is one of the most featured cards that credit card companies offer to inquiring applicants. However, when applying for a credit card, you and me, like anybody else, tend to forget about the interest rate and we sign up for a nice credit card with lots of benefits including cash rewards, discounts …
John Authers draws a beautiful chart on the performance of oil versus banks: access it here (opens a new window)
We are delighted to announce our new feature: everybody can now generate a full, personalised, financial planning report! The feature is available in the Prosperity Planner under the summa …
The Risk Manager shows you the potential upside and downside linked to investing in financial products. The obvious question is then, where can I invest without any risk? The definition of …
ProsperityPersonal takes the presentations to the next level! We are happy to announce that next week, we are presenting to NUS students in Wealth Management. Our presentations are part of our broader aim to provide financial literacy talks in Singapore, with the aim to increase awareness on how personal finance works, how investments work, and for advanced users we …
How can you try to get a feel on how the medium and high end real estate prices are going to evolve in Singapore? By surveying foreign schools. In November last year, the american school saw many of their pupils set to leave by the year end. The economy in the US took a hit before any other country, and american expatriates were called back home in the cost-cutting …
Oei Hong Leong claims he lost S$1bn (US$687m) in 2008 because Citi allegedly gave him “inaccurate and misleading” information on his trading exposure. If only they had some financial …
The impact of the credit crisis has been ravaging the US, and it now starts to shake the Asian economies relying heavily on exports. The link between no credit availability and exports lies in the fact that consumption, both retail and corporate, has decreased significantly due to unavailable credit to finance purchases. As a result, the falling demand translates into growing …
Fantastic spoof on where the bailout money goes, remember Merrill Lynch and BofA?
Finally it is available, the big brother (read enhanced version) of our Wealth Manager is online and in beta version, you can access it here (opens in a new window). So, what's new?The Pro …
look at what AIG is doing with those gov bailout money!they use it to pay huge amount of bonuses intead of saving their asses.bonus is for those ppl who has done an excellent job, not for …
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Which is worse than a mule (the hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse). Thanks for suggesting this Mike, I could not help mentioning it :-). Mike was wondering how come the …
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