Monthly Archives: August 2008
Momentum Trading On US Assets
Wall Street suffered a bloody nose on Friday but investors can seek solace that US assets are looking attractive. Hot funds are plumping for US assets and some momentum trading is underway. Continue reading
Filed under Currency, Economy, Properties, Stocks
Hurricane Gustav Brings Cheers To Oil Market
Hurricane Gustav is set to bring cheers to the battered oil and commodities market as it heads towards the Gulf of Mexico. Oil prices briefly touched $119.63 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange before falling back to $118.15 … Continue reading
Inflating Earnings By Capitalizing Expenses
In real life, expenses are pretty straightforward. Anything which constitutes an outflow of money to pay for a product or service is deemed as an expense. For accounting students, an expense is recorded when an asset is used up and … Continue reading
To Sell Or Hold Blue Chips In A Bear Market?
The global economy is headed for a recession and the stock market decline is well underway – investors will not touch stocks with a barge pole. I do not foresee a stock market crash for SGX nor embattled Wall Street, … Continue reading
Housing Mortgage Crisis – No Nation Spared
The upheavals in the global housing market ignited by the US subprime mortgage crisis has spared no nations. Continue reading
Filed under Banking, Economy, Properties, Stocks
Jeflin’s Investment Carnival #1
For those of you hungry for the latest market trends and investment knowledge, here is the first edition of my blog carnival, a selection of recent blog posts covering a mixed bag of investment subjects. The Dividend Guy discusses the … Continue reading
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Singapore Volume Leaders 15/8/08
GoldenAgr 0.59 Down 0.035 (5.60%) 32,254,000 Noble Grp 1.97 Down 0.11 (5.29%) 24,679,000 SingTel 3.49 Up 0.02 (0.58%) 23,778,000 Capitaland 4.94 Down 0.06 (1.20%) 22,396,000 Ferrochina 1.21 Down 0.07 (5.47%) 16,105,000 China XLX … Continue reading
Filed under Stocks
More Pain From Avalanche of Mortgage Defaults
The avalanche of housing mortgage defaults from subprime crisis has affected prime mortgages which are now defaulting at an alarming rate. Continue reading
Filed under Banking, Economy, Properties
