ARA Asset Management Limited (ARA) announced on 11 Nov 15 a rights issuance (click here to find out more on rights issuance). It will issue a total of 152,127,196 shares based on 845,151,093 total outstanding shares. What it mean to shareholders is that for every 100 shares he owns, he is entitled

In Part 1 of the mini-series, we showed the power of exponential compounding returns. Today, let me show you an example of how time plays a big factor to compounding and why you should start investing early, even when you are an employee, to reap this benefit . Starting early

In the previous articles on “Why you should invest”, we explained in detail why investing is the best hedge against inflation, increases your earnings without incurring tax, and continues to earn well after you stopped working. In this mini-series, let me share with you why you should start investing early,

Previously, we talked about share buybacks. This occurs when management uses its own company’s cash to repurchase its shares from the open market. If the CEO/directors used their OWN money to repurchase stocks of their own company from the open market, what would you think of the stock? Below is

Some days back, I wrote an article on using share buybacks as references to capitalize on stock market crashes. So what is share buybacks? Also known as “share repurchases”, share buybacks occurs when a listed company buys its own shares from the stock market. You can see it as the company re-investing into itself. When

We believe by now, you are aware that the Great Global Sale is going on. Billions have been wiped out within seconds globally. As Warren Buffett always says, be greedy when others are fearful. Here is one example of a company being greedy when others are fearful. I even did

We spoke about how inflation erodes one’s savings in one of our previous articles. Today, we would like to share how increasing active income is eroded by tax, and how you can increase your income in Singapore without incurring additional tax. Lastly, how to continue earning well after you have

As the saying goes, “Buy into a Blue Chip company because it will never go bankrupt”. We can’t deny that if a company has grown to a substantial size, with all the right systems in place, it runs at a lower business risk than that of a smaller counterpart. The

When people are asked why should or shouldn’t you invest? Responses range from “it’s too risky”, “I do not know how to invest”, “I have no time to monitor”, etc One of the most common response will be “Investing is too risky”. Is it really risky? Perhaps an alternate viewpoint

Recently, I have been receiving a lot of questions from friends about how to start investing. In my opinion, the most important thing that one should know before he or she places a dollar in the stock market, is to understand the differences between Technical Trading, Fundamental Investing, and gambling.