Archive for May 2009
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Wedding Ang Pao “Market Rate” and Etiquette
I’ve just got an email from a friend about wedding ang paos (red packets).
According to traditonal Chinese customs, ang paos are symbols of prosperity and we give them during weddings as a wish of such to the couple. And of course to help them offset their wedding dinner costs.
As a young adult with more and [...]
A Good Deal? – Incomeshield Plan Upgrade with NO underwriting
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 [...]
Investment Commentary from my Financial Advisor
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I’ve just received an email from my financial advisor about “Shoots Topping Out”. I’ve uploaded the investment commentary in my usual shared folder for everyone but here’s a direct link.
Funny that it comes after I just made the switch back into China Funds.
This is what was mentioned:
We view as such that it is [...]
Analyst Reports 23: Eastern Markets vs Western Markets?
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I think it goes without saying that the Indian Stock Market stunned everyone to death today. 17% up in one day is amazing compared to STI’s gains over the last few weeks. I wonder whether a total market halt was triggered cos when it did a more than 10% fall Jan [...]
Analyst Reports 22: Bull Market or Bear Rally?
The past week has been spectacular again. Another jab in the heart.
A fellow blogger on his post, “Green Shoots” Sprouting In Global Markets, quoted a very interesting piece of article. Sometimes it makes me wonder how come the stock market does not really translate the performance of the sectors.
Given that Taiwan and Singapore are the [...]
