Too many people are looking for easy ways to invest their money without having to do much, just wait for a few years to get their money. If it is that easy to earn the money, why would they want to share their business model with you? They can simply make the money on their [...]
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1. I still won’t be able to buy a decent place. 2. I will not buy an old HDB flat and be stuck there for more than 5 years. Too many horror stories about weird neighbours, loanshark problems, and other stuff. 3. If after getting your place, your fengshui master tells you that the house [...]
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One of the main reasons why so many people just cannot seem to make money out of the Forex market is because they are far too prone to investing their money in the wrong manner. Things would really be looking bleak for such people except for the fact that now with the help of Forex [...]
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The numbers of aspiring stock traders that believe that they can, after learning about stock market day trading, succeed in firing their boss and become successful and as powerful like the ones who till recently were signing their paychecks are growing. And, these same individuals are also being influenced by the constant barrage of television [...]
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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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I just paid my road tax and realised that the printed sum on the letter of $402 was reduced to $360 or so when I went to the website to pay. I know I’m paying less than before already. If I did not go to onemotoring.com, I would have been overcharged. Well, at least it [...]
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Self-Serve ATMs would probably be introduced in Singapore next year. They are supposed to be multi-functional, and you can even deposit cheques and pay bills on top of other normal activities. One point made by the interviewee on Channelnewsasia.com said that the traffic in Orchard Road is very high, and it would be unacceptable for [...]
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Land banking has been around for a few decades. I only found out about it recently when I went for the investor talk. It was at the same location I found out about oil and gas investment. What landbanking does is to select big parcels of agricultural land that are near developed areas before they [...]
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Make sure you file your income tax returns before April 15. Do not wait till the last moment. Some Common Filing Mistakes 1. Declare all income. Winnings from Toto and 4D are not considered income as they are windfalls. I wonder whether this is true or not, but apparently for those who want to cheat on [...]
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