Just recently, I realised to my horror that I had maxed out my credit cards from one bank. Some insurance payments, income tax, road tax, and other big expenditures totally maxed out my account. I should have realised this when one of my big expenses did not get through and I had to use another [...]
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I have been running SingaporeProfit.com for over a year and when the time came for renewing my webhost, I actually encountered a little problem but it was resolved almost immediately. I get a free web domain when I signed up with my host, so when they charged to my bill, I expected everything to be [...]
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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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As a trader, it is important to look at the technical analysis of the stocks. Metastock is THE system to get, though there are various variations. I bought a system recently and had been testing out some of the functions. It is pretty easy to study the charts. It’s called the ABC system. Whether you [...]
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Just on Sunday, I spoke to an acquitance whom I met many years ago. He just moved to Singapore and is in the finance industry. I asked him whether it was possible for those who were not in the industry to move in, but it was rather tough. And as someone coming from the banking [...]
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Warren Buffet, at the annual Berkshire’s meeting with the shareholders, spoke about the future of his fund. He predicted that the US currency is going to depreciate against other major currencies, so the best thing was to invest in companies that had substantial earnings in other currencies. Some of the US MNCs earn more from [...]
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Land banking in US still attracts a sizeable crowd. I did not meet the sales consultant for a few weeks, and she told me the project she had introduced to me was more or less sold out. She then introduced another project in Texas to me. I promptly bought it. Some of the risks for [...]
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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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Credit card statements that arrive in our mailbox every month may be read and chucked aside. We would then proceed to write a cheque or do internet banking to pay the bills. Have you ever stopped to check through every item that appears on the monthly statement account for your credit cards? I just received [...]
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Quitting your job may be a difficult decision, but sometimes, you may get so upset and stressed at work that continuing on for that sum of money may be extremely detrimental to your mental and physical health. You may not have a job waiting for you, but you really have to quit. Before you take [...]
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