Top Reads this Week (23 Sep)
1. Is buying experiences better than buying things? Not for everyone (Big Think)
This is a great rebuke to the idea that its more worthwhile...
Top Reads this Week (17 Sep)
A couple of readers have commented that the previous layout of "The Weekly Horse" wasn't sufficiently intuitive, as it was a mixture of my...
The Weekly Horse: How should NSFs invest their money?
I recently received the following question from an NSF reader (published with consent):
“Hi Sir,
I chanced upon your blog while trying to grow my wealth....
The Weekly Horse: Dilemma of a 40 year old REIT investor
For the past week, I've been conversing with a reader with a very unique financial situation. I've summarised the key points below (keeping his...
The Weekly Horse: Review of StashAway’s new “High Risk” Portfolio
In my previous review of StashAway (Part I and Part II), I commented that one of my main gripes with StashAway was their heavy...
INVEST Fair 2018
The folks over at ShareInvestor (a subsidiary of SPH) recently reached out to me regarding the marketing of INVEST Fair 2018. As readers may...
The Weekly Horse: “Smart” Money trades of 2018
I recently had the privilege of attending an investment talk hosted by a private bank for their clients. The talk was given by a...
The Weekly Horse: Replacing Standard Chartered Online Trading with Saxo Markets (Half year update)
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If you’re keen on opening a Saxo account, Financial Horse has partnered with Saxo for a special affiliate promotion:
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The Weekly Horse: Top Links for the Week
The story of the week has got to be Facebook's 20% drop in one day. I am sure everyone has their own take on...
The Weekly Horse: Is the Yield Curve still a reliable indicator of recessions?
Over the past week, I have heard the yield curve being mentioned 3 times. The first was for a board meeting for a listed...
The Weekly Horse: Are Singapore Companies still competitive today?
As members of the Facebook Group will know, Financial Horse was in Europe for a holiday the past week, which is why there was...
The Weekly Horse: Preparing for the next market crash
As many of you are aware, the US Federal Reserve recently raised interest rates by 0.25%, and projected another 2 rate hikes for the year. At...
The Weekly Horse: Debrief on Astrea IV Bonds
Debrief on Astrea IV Bonds
For those who are not aware, the retail offering of the S$121 million Class A-1 Bonds was 7.4 times oversubscribed....
The Weekly Horse: Responding to Criticism on Temasek’s Astrea IV Bonds
Criticism on the Astrea IV Bonds
Given the massive debate over Temasek's 4.35% p.a. Astrea IV Class A-1 Secured Bonds that is raging on this...
The Weekly Horse: Should you sell your Jurong Property?
All Financial Horse does in his free time during the week is read financial news. With this new initiative, hopefully some good can come...