Searching the web or asking for quick tips for the best stocks to buy may not be your best investment strategy. You can’t just search for the ‘top ten stocks to buy right now’ on Google and invest in each of the stocks fed to you by different ‘experts.’When you blindly follow recommendations from friends, family, or ‘experts,’ you will, later on, find yourself stuck when deciding whether to sell, cut loss, or continue holding the stock.It’s just not wise to agree on everything, be it in stock-picking or life in general. Always, you have to practise critical thinking.Here we outline a simple framework for you to pick the best stocks to buy, ones that generate sustainable growth for your portfolio, and can give you compounded interest over the years.1. Business ModelWhile property is all abo

Follow @VI College for more investment-related content!“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”Amongst the many quotes popularised by Warren Buffett, the above was one of the standouts as it fully captures the how and why of Warren Buffett’s investment strategy.Some people do not yet understand why we put Buffett on a pedestal in investing. Yes, he is one of the world's most successful investors and one of the best stock pickers. Yes, he has a net worth of $104 billion as of the date of writing.But more than these internationally known facts, we imitate Buffett’s strategy because we have seen his method work for ourselves and our VI community.Why Warren BuffettAt 11,

“Forever” – this is Warren Buffett’s preferred stock holding duration. And it says a lot about his principle in investing, which we, at VI College, also follow.Essentially, it is about buying stocks and holding onto them for the long term, say several years or decades. Some prefer to call it the “buy-and-hold strategy.”This same strategy worked for Buffett, hence, we cannot deny the fact that it works. After all, we believe that investing success lies in your time in the market versus timing the market.What's the point of timing the market when we know it is highly volatile anyway? Buying in and out of stocks isn't investing; it's gambling!To ride out the market’s volatility, value investors settle for a long-term approach. We buy stocks to hold on to them for years to come and let compoun

It is increasingly impossible to depend on just our 9-5 job for income these days while living in Singapore, especially if we have a family to support. Forget savings and leisure. Some days, basic expenses alone demand our entire paycheck.This led to a lot of Singaporeans now starting to look for other avenues to grow their income, attempting to keep up with the speed of things. And if you're reading this, you're probably one of them.One of the popular choices now is property investing in Singapore.One of the most timeless, or should we say "classic", investing instruments there is, is property. In other countries, property investing could sometimes lean towards "a piece of land" or "a building". But because of the nature and size of our little red dot, property in Singapore these days, mo

For sure, you know friends and relatives who receive passive income– or money that comes to their bank accounts while they sleep soundly at night.It’s not surprising how the goal of creating passive income is becoming increasingly popular in Singapore. With so many options for generating passive income, we frequently wonder which is the simplest and most profitable.On this, we say, “how about considering Singapore dividend stocks”?Okay, so “stocks” might intimidate you. But believe us when we say that dividend stocks are often easier to invest in, especially for those who are not experts in stock investing.Investing in dividends stocksDividend stocks are those that give out dividend payments to shareholders. It’s like a way of sharing what the company has earned with the shareholders.You d

When you hear people talking about the stock market, it’s often about how they either hit the jackpot or lose everything – never both but always either.But perhaps one thing keeps you puzzled: With the S&P 500 giving annual returns of more than 5%, how come people still lose money? It’s because they don’t know how to make money off stocks!Ask anyone with good financial knowledge and they would tell you that stocks are the way to getting wealthy. It doesn’t require much time or is as complicated as you think; thus, making stock investing one of the best ways to build wealth.History has proven that the stock market would go up over time, and as long as you stick to a set of rules and methods when buying stocks, you can make a profit.Nope, it doesn’t involve you sitting in front of the co