Before tackling the issue of stock market trading strategy it is essential that you become well informed about stock trading basics. The simple truth is that every stock market trading strategy (successful ones only) happen to be based on a few simple golden rules. One such golden rule is that you need to develop a [...]
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What a rollercoaster week it had been for the financial markets. First, Lehman Brothers take a hit, sending the markets into a tailspin, followed by Merrill Lynch and AIG. Bank stocks in Singapore plunged before bouncing back. Some of the events affect us. If you have AIA insurance policies, you may have been feeling very [...]
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The US dollar has appreciated sharply and the prices of gold and oil fell. Gold fell from a high of $1030.80 in March to US$808.05 this week. As for oil, it is currently at US$113.55. There is a chance that gold may fall further to high – US$700 levels. There is an inverse correlation between [...]
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With some of the prices of precious metals and commodities hitting the roof, I thought it would be clearer to look at the percentage change than just raw figures. With fears of recession in US, these are some investments that are considered safe during times of crisis. Item Last Year’s Prices This Year’s Prices % [...]
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Oil and gas investment sounds extremely lucrative, with you getting your money back within 4 years, and then continuing to receive monthly payments for 12 or more years, based on the company’s proposed investment scheme. It could even replace the Annuities scheme from CPF Life if you invest substantially! So are there any risks involved? [...]
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Contrarian Investment is what major investors do to gain huge profits. They go against the market sentiment, and some have been well rewarded. Others may have held such contrarian view too early, and they are unable to hold out if they do not have deep pockets. With that in mind, is this actually a good [...]
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My mother’s friend’s daughter is getting married next month, and the mother is complaining about the rise in gold prices. She only bought one gold bracelet last year, because she thought it was too expensive. However, now, it turned out to be even more expensive than before. Diamond prices are still rather stable. More people [...]
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One of the first gold card I had many years back was from Citibank, and it was a business card. I never really had a need for it, and I did not know what the difference was. It turned out that business credit cards had some uses. Among the so many varieties of credit cards, one [...]
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The market has been very volatile, but my Latin America unit trust is still holding up well. The gold unit had declined but it’s still up. Except for Singapore/Malaysia, the rest of my unit trusts are still doing fine. I’ve sold off the China unit trust. How much do you want to earn before you [...]
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Still on Jumong, one of the tribes, Keru, lacked political power, but it sought to increase its wealth tremendously through trade. It was only with money that they could afford to buy weapons and hire mercenaries to fight for them. Some other tribes suffered under Han oppression, and lost their tributes when robbed by bandits. [...]
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