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5 reasons why you should attend annual general meetings if you’re an investor
By Rusmin Ang on April 23, 2019
During the window from April to May, many companies usually file their financial results for the previous year. What follows is a mandatory meeting, or...
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5 reasons why you shouldn’t buy a stock just because a big-name investor owns it
By Adam Wong on April 15, 2019
Recently, I read with some amount of sympathy about the retail investors who lost money investing in Hyflux perpetual securities. For some of them, they...
10 things I learned from The Little Book of Value Investing by Christopher H. Browne
By Shak Chee Hoi on April 2, 2019
When it comes to books on investing, The Little Book of Value Investing is often cited as a great introductory book for someone who’s looking...
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IFRS 16: How this new accounting standard will affect companies and your stock investments
By Ong Kang Wei on March 19, 2019
In the April 2008 edition of the Empire Club of Canada forum, former chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) Sir David Tweedie famously...
10% and beyond – how to earn a double-digit dividend yield from your investments
By Adam Wong on March 5, 2019
Whenever you mention income investing (or dividend investing) to certain investors, they may reply with one of many possible responses: “Dividends? I’m only earning 2-3%...
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8 timeless quotes from Warren Buffett about life, business and investing
By Kenji Tay on January 22, 2019
With a net worth of $84 billion, Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors of our time. Just as how we like to evaluate...
3 signs your stock portfolio could lose you a lot of money
By Rusmin Ang on January 17, 2019
Occasionally, I get smalls cut on my hand, sometime on my foot, and I usually have no idea how I get them. These cuts bleed...
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How to open a brokerage account in Singapore (and choose the right broker)
By Adam Wong on January 2, 2019
We get emails time to time from readers who are new to investing about how to open a brokerage account in Singapore. Most of time,...
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How to start investing in Singapore: A practical guide for beginners (updated 2019)
By The Fifth Person on January 2, 2019
It’s been over five years now since we founded The Fifth Person. In that period, we’ve shared our investment insights and analysis, published hundreds of...
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4 important lessons I learned from investing in 2018
By Victor Chng on December 27, 2018
Do you remember what your portfolio was like back in 2017? I can remember mine when I looked at my portfolio just a year ago....

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