There are two main school of thoughts when buying a stock. You either buy it for its dividend or for its growth, hoping it will unlock its value one day and perhaps become a multi-bagger. …
Continue readingUpdate on Singapore Savings Bonds March 2016
I have been monitoring the Singapore Savings Bonds for the past few months, hoping for interest rates rise. I was hoping for safe heaven to park my excess cash. However, the results have been disappointing. …
Continue readingOUE Hospitality Trust Issues Rights to Fund Acquisition of Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Extension
On 7th March 2016, OUE Hospitalty Trust announce an underwritten and renounceable rights issue to raise proceeds of S$238.6 million. The proceeds from the rights issue will be used to fund the acquisition of the Crowne …
Continue readingHow 30 Good Ideas Became Great Businesses
Do you aspire to be an entrepreneur? Do you have an idea but didn’t know if it will work out? Recently, I have borrowed a few books about entrepreneurship from the National Library. I hope to …
Continue readingMy Sweet Retirement Current Portfolio Dividend Yield
Recently, I did a rough calculation of the dividend yield on my stock portfolio. The formula is based on the total dividends I collected for FY15 divided by the total amount I invested. The current …
Continue readingST Engineering Announces Final Dividend of 10 cents
ST Engineering announces its financial year 2015 results on 26th February 2016. Revenue fell slightly by 3% from 6,539 million to 6,335 million dollars. Earnings per share fell slightly from 17.06 cents to 17.05 cents. With …
Continue readingNeraTel Cuts Dividend from Two Cents to One Cent
NeraTel announces its 4Q2015 results on 24th February 2016. Profit after tax for the full year fell 17.4% from $16.2 million to $13.4 million. A final dividend of one cent was declared as compared to …
Continue readingFar East Hospitality Trust DPU Fall for 4Q 2015
Far East Hospitality Trust (“FEHT”) announces its 4Q2015 results on 24th February. Distribution Per Unit (“DPU”) for 4Q2015 fell 8.6% to 1.17. The annualised DPU fell 10.5% to 4.60 cents. Net Property Income fell 4.9% as …
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