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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 12:13 am
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Some thoughts on unpredictable weather and oil price.
- Replies: 2
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Some thoughts on unpredictable weather and oil price.
We have all heard about QE2, the last train ... I have some thoughts .... in view of the unpredictable weather, chances are that harvest will be poor. I wonder if that will affect any particular type of stock ? For instances, things like due to poor weather, harvest of vegetables will be poor. There...
- Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:51 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: ILP
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6002
Thanks all for your comments. I had done a check. The new global fund has a higher percentage in US equities compared with the previous. But what they say as it is global fund, they have to put some money in Europe. I did speak with the adviser on my concerns on Europe equities, he advised to divers...
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:42 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: ILP
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6002
ILP
Hi all, Just hope to get some thoughts on this :- Some ten years or so ago, I signed up for an ILP plan. As I was much younger then, the premium was low for the coverage given. Like every ILP plan, some premium goes to paying for the insurance and the rest goes into a fund. And that time it was a Gl...
- Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:05 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: DBS Preference Shares (with a dividend rate of 4.7%)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6406
- Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:53 pm
- Forum: Financial Principles
- Topic: The Best Book on Personal Development and Success is this.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31907
I managed to borrow a copy from the library after long queue after coming across dennis' recommendation. It's indeed a very good book. Particularly good for youngsters. I ever tried to purchase on their website but not successful in the transaction. Thanks, Dennis for making the effort to bring the ...
- Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:41 am
- Forum: Property Market
- Topic: High Rise Building in Singapore safe?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15588
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:35 am
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: UK Traded Endowment
- Replies: 68
- Views: 103190
Alternative Asset
Along the lines of alternative assets ..... Lately, I heard about this opportunity by a US private mortgage company. It is said to work this way (unless I understand it wrongly)... They assist investors to buy up houses in US at prices below replacement cost (ie., the price of re-building the house)...
- Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:41 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Jim Rogers "Quite Sure" Gold Will Hit $2000
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9239
Thanks for the reply, Alvin. Would that also mean that there is a possibility of gold prices increasing faster than currency drop ? In the singapore exchange, except for STI ETF, all other ETF are also in US$ (I stand to be corrected). While I would like to buy look into purchase of ETFs, by the sam...
- Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:20 am
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Jim Rogers "Quite Sure" Gold Will Hit $2000
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9239
gold & us$
As US$ falls, gold price rises. While there's this possibility of gold hitting US$2,000, here in SG, we are buying gold in US$. This is the part which I'm not sure :- Today, when gold is ranging slightly above $1,000. US$ : S$ is at about $1.30-$1.40. But, when gold goes above $2,000. US$:S$ rates i...