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Investment Lessons Learnt From This COVID-19 Crisis

On March 24, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Miscellaneous

As the COVID-19 outbreak gets more serious, this had caused a significant impact to the worldwide economy. Last week, we just saw the stock prices of REITs falling as much as 50 to 60 percent. …

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Should You Buy Into Straits Times Index During A Crisis?

On March 23, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Stock Analysis

At volatile times like this whereby the world wide stock market crashes multiple times within a month, it just confuses investors like me on which company to buy into given that we have limited cash …

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The Best Fixed Deposits In The Current COVID-19 Situation (March 2020)

On March 20, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Fixed Deposits, Money Management

With the current economy getting worst due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, local banks have started to slash their fixed deposit interest rates. This …

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REITs Limited Time Offer!

On March 18, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Stock Analysis

The Federal Reserve announced that it will cut interest rates to zero as part of its emergency measure to protect the economy from the impact caused by the COVID-19 virus. I thought that this will …

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Screening For Dividend Stocks In March 2020

On March 14, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Miscellaneous

The stock market crashed this week on further news of the spread of the COVID-19 virus and also the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. Due to the continued bad news, the Straits …

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Straits Times Index Fell 6.03% Due to Oil Price War

On March 9, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In My Stock Transactions

Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak which has caused much volatility in the stock market, the stock market plunged further today on the news of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) slashing crude for April delivery prices. This had sparked …

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Goodbye The Hour Glass

On March 8, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In My Stock Transactions

The Hour Glass is a stock with deep value and it currently makes up 3% of my stock portfolio. This company had been consistently paying investors dividend over the years. In fact, The Hour Glass …

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The Best Fixed Deposits of March 2020

On March 5, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Fixed Deposits, Money Management

Given that the interest rate of Singapore Savings Bonds had fallen, even the interest rates for fixed deposits were not spared. My favourite bank, CIMB has cut their fixed deposit interest rate to 1.55%. The …

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