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How to buy U.S. shares in Singapore (and open a U.S. brokerage account)
By Adam Wong on October 22, 2019
As remarkable as Singapore is as a first world financial hub, our local stock market is rather… humdrum. And the main reason for that is...
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14 things I learned from the Bursa Malaysia ETF Workshop 2019
By Shak Chee Hoi on September 20, 2019
The Fifth Person was recently invited by Bursa Malaysia to attend an exchange traded fund (ETF) workshop. The workshop — Introduction to ETFs and Portfolio...
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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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