Soilbuild Business REIT Preferential Offer – Doing What’s Right?
A few weeks ago, Soilbuild Business REIT announced a preferential offer, and this came as no surprise to me, as they needed cash to purchase a Bukit Batok property from their sponsor,…
Croesus Retail Trust & Mapletree Commercial Trust – Preferential Offers
Phew, it's been another busy month, and I was involved in my military reserve training at the start of the month ( "NSmen ICT" or "reservist training" in the local lingo), so…
Sime Darby takes over Saizen REIT – Trustable Management?
Whoops, it's been more than two months since I've last blogged! I've been really busy at work, and July seems to be quite a relatively boring month for the market (relatively…
A Review Of Maybank-Kim Eng’s Monthly Investment Plan
On the back of the minimum commission charges being imposed by Standard Chartered, I'm writing this review of Maybank-Kim Eng (MBKE in short) Monthly Investment Plan as there weren't any detailed…
When the Music Stops – No More Minimum Commissions on Standard Chartered
Well, an era of no minimum commissions has ended for retail investors in Singapore - Standard Chartered has sent out love letters to clients like me, informing us of the…
OUE Hospitality Trust Rights Issue – Opportunity, or Fallacy?
Sure-win lottery? I really wanted to write an article on this over the Labour Day weekend at the start of May, but somehow procrastination set in, and with my busy…
Investing with CPFIS – Keep It Simple
After reading TurtleInvestor's blog post on investing with his CPF money, I felt compelled to write my own post about my experience with investing using my CPF money. Sometimes, it's best…
Orchard Road Report 1Q2016 – Budget Day For Yourself?
While on my monthly stroll down Orchard Road today (mostly empty on the sidewalks, as almost everyone's in a shopping centre or in the air-conditioned underpasses), a crowd outside the OCBC branch…
Saizen REIT – Free Shares, Free Money!
In what seemed like a crazy year since 2015, this was literally one of the dark horses of my recent purchases. I hesitated to blog about this until the counter…
Buyer Beware – Ahma-nomics in Play
Remember the old adage that when everyone and their mother is putting money into the stock exchange, we should all get out? Well, this has actually just started happening. Just as Japan…