When the IPO was first launched, it received much fanfare and hype. We can see that it was oversubscribed due to the great interest in a great brand name and that it is the 2nd largest IPO, $2.8B, ever.
The lure of a huge potential upside to growth in China with a good management behind it, [...]
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SGDividends asked a question that was very dear to my heart in his comment in my last posting. I’d thought it would be more worthy to put it up as a blog post to share with others as well.
As like most bloggers who have ventured into the blogosphere “just for the fun of [...]
Recently, NTUC has launched a promotion on a Free upgrade for their IncomeShield Plan. You can find more about it here.
Mike has also blogged about it briefly here with a summary.
Well, as with all good deals, it spurred me on to find out more so I emailed by financial advisor about it. This is what [...]
Traffic is like the blood of any internet marketing business.
Be it being used for direct sales, building a list for future sales, creating downline, earning more impressions for advertising, traffic is paramount to earning your way up. It is only when you have traffic then you can consider tweaking other parts to make it more [...]
Robert Kiyosaki a scam?
hmm… interesting video here. (but very low hit rate. Wonder why)
Also, it reminds me of many singapore seminars by pple like Kishore (who btw got reprimanded by MAS recently), Clement Chiang, Wendy Quek and numerous others on the newspapers as well.
I recently bought a ticket to the SuccessCharity Seminar (it makes easier when you know the proceeds are for charity). Managed to get 2 friends to go as well as they gave me 5 free tix. Think they needed to fill up the seats.
Have always wanted to meet Adrian Phang in person but i was intrigued by the other speakers too like Kishore M cos i see his books in local bookstores. Luckily he spoke first as we did not have the stamina to finish the rest of the seminar. “Predators” was more interesting.
Well, his talk is rather interesting about forex, though his marketing tactics were a little “interesting”. If he was so successful, need he do all those stuff? And the cool thing is that he did it right in front of a singapore minister.
Decided to research on him.
Some Website Reviews – read the comments!
Btw, at the SuccessCharity Seminar, he is charging $358/month x 12 months…
Cool that even on some blogs, there is some admin person trying to get the posts removed for defamatory remarks.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_508341.html
COE prices up
Housing prices up
SIA tickets up
Electricity prices up
We are being squeezed. Hope the next to be up is our pay! 
Or at least stock prices of our holdings.
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To further drive in my point in my previous post on Property Bubble and a possible “irrational exuberance”:
http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/326940/Hello_this_is_your_in_flight_property_agent.html
Quoting from Straits Times:
HONG KONG: People appear happier shopping at 10,000m above ground than on land, helping some Asian airlines’ in-flight sales to return to their pre-financial crisis levels well before a full recovery in their ticket sales.
In-flight shopping has undergone a radical change from the days when one could buy only perfume and liquor. The variety of products offered is getting wider and stranger – from foldable bicycles to bed frames, and soon perhaps even a house.
Spring Airlines, a Shanghai-based budget airline, is exploring selling property on board, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.
‘We are negotiating the idea with some property developers,’ Mr Zhang Wuan, a spokesman for the carrier, confirmed, noting that there are some problems involving legal procedures and staff training.
Selling real estate in-flight may not be too much of a stretch, as some travellers already spend a small fortune shopping in the air. A passenger on a Cathay Pacific flight bound for a South-east Asian country bought a Rolex Vintage watch priced at HK$195,000 (S$35,450) in mid-2008, the Post said.
Many airlines are also searching for innovative ways to expand their in-flight retailing to the ground. One idea is a home-delivery service. Carriers such as Cathay Pacific, China Airlines and Singapore Airlines will home-deliver bulky items.
‘People tend to spend more when they are on board, boosted by the holiday mood,’ said Mr Johnson Sun, Hong Kong general manager of Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL).
‘It is a contrast to how price-sensitive they are when it comes to air fares.’
Deep-pocketed travellers from Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen buy big on board, especially of white wine, Mr Sun said.
CAL had record in-flight sales of US$5 million (S$7 million) in December, the Post reported.
CAL and Cathay Pacific – the two airlines that operate more flights in and out of Hong Kong than any other carrier – said their in-flight sales have fully recovered, even though receipts from ticket sales are still below those of 2007 because fares remain low.
Cathay’s duty-free sales returned to pre-crisis levels in the final three months of last year. Sales in December were up 27 per cent, year on year, a record monthly increase.
The top-selling items are skin care products, watches and electronic goods, said Ms Jasmine Hui, Cathay Pacific’s in-flight sales and logistics manager.
Surprisingly, the fewer passengers there are on board, the higher the sales, said Mr Tony Detter, Hong Kong managing director of the In-flight Sales Group, which supplies in-flight products to Asian carriers.
‘The cabin crew may be overworked and find it difficult to devote as much time or attention to the service if the flight is full,’ he said.
So, if the sale of real estate on-board aircraft takes off, one could perhaps find in-flight property agents showering attention on potential buyers.
I think this is nonsense….
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First, Popular Holdings (the one that runs our beloved popular bookstores selling assessment textbooks and stuff) went into property investment.
Now Ajiesen Ramen (the one that sells yummy noodles) has gone into the fray as well. Yes you heard it right.
When such exuberance enters the market with company with little previous experience/specialisation into property jumping in, it might be a good time to take a step back and probably stay off. Read -> Warren Buffett.
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me2everyone is a website that i came across from a fellow investment blogger’s website.
I must say that me2everyone does look cool to some extent and seems “web 2.0-ish”. But what interests me most is that its business case is based on a stock market listing and ad revenue from a massive network of members (100 [...]
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