Dear helpless investor, I am writing to check in on you. It has been a roller coaster week. Are you still intact despite all the ups and downs? You must have been through a lot. Suddenly, you woke up to a disastrous free fall in the stock market. The next day there was a historic... [read more]
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Singapore has a rapidly aging population. Next year we will be a “super aged” country with over one in five aged 65 years old or above. By 2030, one in four Singaporeans will be 65 or older. The two main factors behind an aging population are longer life expectancy and fewer births. An aging population... [read more]
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This March companies are busy preparing sales forecasts for the new financial year. Regarding forecasts, I have said this in my book Behind The Scenes of The Property Market: “With high uncertainties looming in the global economy, it is doubtful whether anyone can predict what will happen in six months, let alone the full year.... [read more]
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This Chinese New Year we went back to my hometown in Hong Kong. The last time we did so was seven years ago in 2018. Same as previous times, we booked the hotel near Victoria Park. One room offered unblocked seaview of the Victoria Harbour so we could watch evening fireworks with relatives on the... [read more]
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“Singapore Govt ‘not averse’ to more property cooling measures if necessary: Desmond Lee” – that was the title of a Straits Times article published last Friday (Jan 17). A few questions pop up in my mind: – Were HDB property cooling measures effective? – Did private property cooling measures work? – Is new property curb... [read more]
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