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Sunday, 17 June 2018

Understanding the Safeguards of Astrea IV 4.35% Bonds

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Astrea IV 4.35% bonds are unusual retail bonds as they are backed by Private Equity (PE). There are 5 safeguards put in place by the issuer...
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Monday, 11 June 2018

Would I Invest in Astrea IV 4.35% Bonds?

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Recently, Temasek launched a Private Equity (PE) bond for retail investors known as Astrea IV 4.35% bond. It is the first PE bond open to r...
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Sunday, 27 May 2018

Possibly The Worst Time to Invest – 4 Years On

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This once-a-year post probably sounds like a broken record, but 4 years after I thought it was a bad time to invest (due to record high Dow...
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Monday, 21 May 2018

Who Moved Starhub's Cheese?

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Starhub has been facing declining profitability in the last few years. It even had to cut its 20-cent annual dividend last year, a dividend...
Monday, 14 May 2018

A Satisfied M1 Investor

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I started investing in M1 in Jan last year. At that time, it was to take advantage of the crash in telco stocks due to fear of the fourth t...
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Monday, 7 May 2018

NB-IoT – The Next Frontier for Telcos

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NB-IoT sounds like the name of a robot, but it stands for Narrowband Internet of Things. You probably have heard of Internet of Things (IoT...
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Sunday, 29 April 2018

No Competition for M1's Big Data Plans

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Usually, the 3 local telcos are very competitive. Whenever 1 launches a new service, the other 2 will follow quickly. However, for the new ...