To The Moon

$ValueMax(T6I.SI)$   Hmm...

"Accumulating your initial $100k poses the greatest challenge, while surpassing that milestone to reach $1M and beyond becomes easier." That is especially hard to agree with. When I started out on my first job, I was single and had no burdens. That was back in 2001. Being a navigator doesn't make things any worse. I didn't have much chance to spend my salary when I'm spending most of my time onboard vessels. After giving to my parents and for my own expenses, I saved at least 60% or more every month. I started investing in 2007. When I ended my 10 year contract in 2011, I was given a 10 months bonus. With that, I easily hit the 100k mark. Fast forwards to 12 years later. I'm married, owns a HDB and with 3 kids in tow. With all these commitments, I'm barely pulling through and only managin

As the saying goes, greed comes before a fall It sure seems to be an easy way to earn fast cash by jumping onto this AI train But this money making machine could also turn into a deadly value trap if invest too much and/or not quick enough to jump off the train in time I've narrowly escaped such a fate once, so I'll not be so eager to do it again I had my scare during the lockdown phase of covid when I bought shares in glove making companies such as UG Healthcare, Top Glove and Riverstone when demand for such products spiked The share price shot up rapidly needless to say Production ramped up to meet the huge demand, everything from share price appreciation to dividends were spectacular But when demand started dropping, the share price tumbled as well I was lucky to exit just in time with

Replying to @Furore:Recent investments after covid are mostly in the red as well Only Nvidia helped me earned more than 100% in capital appreciation, which I had long sold Being a huge REIT investor, it just doesn't help make things any better in such a high interest rate environment//@Furore:Cashwise richer... Net value and quality of life? Poorer... Started putting aside a bit more cash a month than I used to before covid, so in terms of liquid cash, richer In terms of net value and quality of life, definitely poorer. All my investments can't go back to where they were before covid with huge paper losses. Salary stayed same, lucky enough to keep my job, no year end bonuses but ye

Cashwise richer... Net value and quality of life? Poorer... Started putting aside a bit more cash a month than I used to before covid, so in terms of liquid cash, richer In terms of net value and quality of life, definitely poorer. All my investments can't go back to where they were before covid with huge paper losses. Salary stayed same, lucky enough to keep my job, no year end bonuses but yet have to put up with rising costs of practically everything. From food, to transport, to utilities, even all the way to GST going up twice in a row from 7% to 9% soon. GST increases by 2% in such a short time, but I don't even see a 0.000001% increase in my salary. It feels exactly like getting a pay cut right after another pay cut. From going karaoke to drinking with friends, high tea followed by bu

Usually when people invest, they mainly go for two things. One is capital appreciation in the form of share price appreciation or passive income in the form of dividend payouts or both. If it is just for passive income, it would be easier. Just go for dividend stocks or bonds. But if the motive is more of capital appreciation, it could be harder to predict which particular company's share price would go up. So what stocks would go up soon? I shall try to answer that.  With the recovery of air travel after covid, hospitality and air travel related stocks are always in the spotlight. But will these stocks really go up and when is the time that they would perform? For those that are vested in air travel and hospitality related stocks or are interested to invest in these stocks, this woul

Short term bullish outlook for CDG? $COMFORTDELGRO CORPORATION LTD(C52.SI)$  (CDG) recently announced an increase in flagdown, distances and waiting times fares. There will be a S$0.50 increase in flagdown fares, a S$0.01 increase for distances and waiting times to S$0.26 for its regular fleet. Whereas its limousine taxi will maintain the original flagdown fares with S$0.01 increase for distances and waiting times to S$0.36. Under the revised fare structure, the company estimated that cab fares for a 10km off-peak normal taxi trip will be 6.8% higher. CDG will also extend peak hour surcharge for all taxis by one hour to cover the period from 5pm to 11.59pm (previously 6pm to 11.59pm), effective Monday through

Covered Calls ETFs I've been buying RYLD regularly for a year plus, as I was pretty much attracted to its purportedly high monthly dividend payout with a dividend yield of around 11% to 12%. That should give me around 8% returns after withholding tax deductions. The low prices also meant that I could buy in bit by bit, month in month out without much commitment.  After monitoring the stock holdings I have in RYLD and the net position after taking the dividends into consideration, I noticed that it had been mostly in the red to at most borderline profitability much to my chagrin. Although the monthly dividends were nice, the share price had been dropping consistently. So I went and did a simple comparison between the more popular covered calls ETFs to see if I've made a wrong investmen

$Food Empire(F03.SI)$   (FEH) General Outlook Food Empire's stock has done very well, rising from 65 cents at the start of the year to $1.07 recently. The market looks persuaded that Food Empire's business of selling 3-in-1 coffee is resilient. It has proven its management's execution capability with its strong track record. On top of its strong quarterly results, Food Empire has been buying back its shares frequently and paying dividends, and can be expected to continue to do so. Further share buybacks would support the stock price. Dual listing in SG & HK With its recent announcement of its interest in dual-listing the stock in HK, management hopefully can make a strong case why this is positive for shareholders given the lukewarm rec

$Lendlease Global Commercial REIT(JYEU.SI)$ (LREIT)- Emerging dominant retail play LREIT is a hidden gem with the potential to emerge as a strong contender within the retail S-REIT space. With JEM in the bag, the risk-reward profile for LREIT has turned more favourable with higher growth visibility, while it rides on the rebound of its key assets 313@Somerset and JEM. Operating metrices continue to be strong with 313@Somerset's tenant sales hitting past pre-COVID levels. Occupancy cost (c.15%-18%) are at healthy levels, implying upside for rents. It is anticipated (i) Higher GTO rental benching on record high sales, (ii) moderation of passing rents to match FY19 levels, and (iii) Easing cost pressures to drive hig