My friend emailed me this and i found it very funny and couldn’t help but want to share it with you guys! Happy weekends!Dear Prim@ Minist@r,We citizens of Singapore urge you to PLEASE MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.We DO NOT NEED your help. Every time, you mention HELP, we have to runFor cover!!!Help the poor? Raise ...

Tan Kin Lian’s BlogInsurance agent does not tell the truthDear Mr. Tan,I met an insurance agent on the street, and was introduced to their “savings” plan. I read through your website and understand that such a policy is called a regular premium ILP policy, which provides life insurance cover and also an investment portion.The agent ...

Image via WikipediaYou have heard stories of traders or punters made good by investing all their money into 1 stock and newspaper stories proclaiming how a trader can turn $1,000 into $100,000 in 1 month or even having 1000% return on investment.For a beginner to investment, they might be convinced that the only way to get rich is to have concentrated bets. However, that is …

Here is a link to an Australian Get Rick Quick Scam. http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/06/11/get-rich-quack-david-schirmer-of-the-secret/As mentioned previously in my blog, be critical of what is told to you when attending investment seminar.

Gold Coast lifestyle from Brett Clements on Vimeo.Queensland, Australia - Seeing this clip reminds me of my fond memories there...Really a wonderful place to stay for extended periods.Oh yes, which brings me to my opinion of the Aussie Dollar. It has depreciated a lot against the USD ('coz of the USD dollar strength, the impending economic global slow down). Since SGD is …

I just put in my bid for the OCBC NCPS which is paying 5.1% per annum till perpetuity (subject to redemption by OCBC from 2018 at par value). If you can get it at par value, it is not a bad investment option.However, it might not be advisable to hold it to perpetuity since the redemption occurs in year 10 and after which you will be getting the SOR + 2.5%. I'm sure there will …

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Do not jeopardise your investment returns by buying products without regards to the whole portfolio as this is likely to increase your risk without necessarily increasing your returns.Some financial advisors/bankers will tell you to buy products and they might not even know what a portfolio should consist of. However, if you have more than 50% of your fund invested into …

2009 Year to date (YTD) ReturnPortfolio 19.86%Equity(Include Funds)   37.72%Direct Shareholding51.94%Dividend/Coupon/Interest received for 2009 $120,761Absolute Return Since Nov 2007Portf …

Honestly Speaking - Speak Your Mind About InvestingHave you guys watched the commercial on TV lately.. with the people in there dunno fretting about what.. machiam like die father die mother look like that..Here's what I created to lighten up the mood .. haha.. look out Marvel Comics!oH.. you should head over to view the comic gallery.. there are a lot more that is 10x …