Top Reads this Week (31 March)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. The yield curve...

Yield curve inversion – should Singapore investors prepare for a recession?

As you’ve probably heard by now, the most notable event the past week in financial markets was the “inversion of the yield curve”. Basics: What...

SIA Retail Bonds Balloting Results – And some quick thoughts

For those who missed it, the balloting results for the SIA 3.03% 5 year retail bonds are out. As expected, the offering was upsized from...

Top Reads this Week (24 March)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. Investment Conference (Saxo) So...

SIA 5 year 3.03% Retail Bonds – The best thing since sliced bread?

I’m sure most of you guys have heard of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Retail Bonds by now. It’s a 5 year bond yielding 3.03%...

Top Reads this Week (17 March)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. Nothing happens, then...

[Ask FH] How to build a balanced stock portfolio for Singaporeans – Part V

Taking the opportunity to respond to reader’s queries on portfolio building, investment advice, or anything finance related at all. I know I’ve been a...

Hyflux’s new restructuring deal: Should investors accept it?

I’ve been following the recent Hyflux saga with much interest. The fall from grace of one of Singapore’s homegrown companies, and the entire restructuring...

Top Reads this week (10 March)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. This stock could...

Top Reads this Week (3 March)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. Hyflux - A...

CPF Minimum Sum changes: Why I will not top up my CPF (and when should you)

In my previous article on CPF, I made the argument that one should think carefully before making CPF topups because (1) CPF-SA money is...

Top Reads this Week (24 February)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. Lessons learnt from...

Hyflux: What went wrong and what can investors do?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few months, you’ve probably heard about the Hyflux saga. With stories about how retirees placed...

3 Quick Thoughts on Starhub’s massive dividend cut

As most readers are probably aware, StarHub recently announced that it is slashing its dividends for 2019. Starhub is switching from a fixed dividend...

Top Reads this Week (17 Feb)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. Taking stock of where...

Top 5 Singapore Stocks to buy (2019 edition)

There’s an interesting exercise that fund managers like to run. And it goes like this. Imagine that you’re a fund manager and you just...

Top Reads this week (10 February)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. Here's wishing all readers...

[Ask FH] How to build a balanced stock portfolio for Singaporeans – Part IV

is an ongoing initiative to respond to readers’ queries on portfolio building, investment advice, or anything finance related at all. If you have any...

Top Reads this Week (3 Feb)

Rounding up the top reads from around the web, as shared by fellow investors or myself in the Financial Horse Facebook Group. Totally illogical to...

Time to sell Mapletree Commercial Trust and all your REITs after the recent runup?

Okay, clickbaity title aside, this was a real problem that I encountered in January 2019. One of the main trends I highlighted in the...

Top Reads this Week (27 Jan)

Commentary: Who's buying private property after last year's cooling measures? (Channel News Asia) Interesting take on why property is, and will continue to remain strong...

Complete guide to CPF, CPF Life, and CPF Investment Strategies

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past month, you’ve probably heard about the whole CPF saga. Long story short, CPF made some...

Top Reads this Week (20 Jan)

On the perils of dividend investing... Dividend Investing is Really Dumb (Fat Tailed and Happy) Always sad to see a fellow blogger go, but I can...

Review of AXA Wealth Treasure – And some thoughts on Investment Linked Policies

I received a really interesting question over Christmas (names and details amended for privacy reasons): Dear FH,  Firstly, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to...

5 quick thoughts on CapitaLand’s S$11.3 billion acquisition of Ascendas-Singbridge

It’s funny how life turns out. Just last week I added CapitaLand Limited onto the FH Stock Watch, because I thought it was starting...