Author: Charles Tan
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Hike interest rate? But why …
First, I hope the U.S Federal Reserve would CONTINUE to hike the up the rates, slowly and continuously. It would mean that their economy is doing well enough and thus warranting an increase. Yes, I do believe every time the investors anticipate this potential change, they may prefer to drop their holdings here in Asia,…
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Huge interest with KL – SG High Speed Rail. Good sign.
Okay, it will be 2026 before the high speed rail (HSR) Kuala Lumpur – Singapore (KL-SG HSR) is completed. This is assuming everything goes as per plan. Yes, there were some comments from the Chinese companies that if they are the ones building it, then the time needed can be shortened. That’s later perhaps since…
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Trumpflation H1 and more expensive valuation for H2 2017
Is President Trump good for the stock market? Well, it does seem that he has been good to both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Bursa Malaysia. The image shows the DJI. Why was he good for the stock market? According to chief executive officer and executive director Teh Chi-cheun of Pacific Mutual Fund in…
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GPO: Guess which shop has the longest queue?
It’s opened. It’s just 50 minutes away from my home. I love its ‘sister’ outlet in Johor. Yes, I have just visited the Genting Highlands Premium Outlet two days ago. Earlier article here: What if all the cheap goods are sold out? Shopping without sweating is great. It’s not as cold as I would have wanted but…
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Higher cost of living versus expensive tastes.
There’s an interesting article about the state of the property market of Malaysia in TheStar. It talks about how a ‘rebalancing’ is now happening and the ball is in the court of the developers and the authorities. (I do think that the developers are today only launching new units when they are pretty confident that…
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Entrepreneurship and a degree when parents are rich
Do you know that when venture capitalists invest in firms, they do lots of due diligence? Yet, most of the companies they invest in do not become a star performer? Then, why are they doing it all the same? It is because that one company that do become a star performer would provide them returns…
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Ringgit strongest, comparatively. Malaysia is positive. Nomura disagrees.
Many months back, a colleague was telling another colleague that with the ringgit’s value which is continuously dropping, her online shopping was taking a big hit. Things were 40 percent more expensive. I told her that ringgit has actually dropped but it’s definitely nowhere near 40 percent. She said, ‘It may happen you know.’ Seriously,…
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Property market is slow is not true because…
Everyday, we see negative news about the oversupply situation for the property market in Malaysia. At the same time however, we also see news about how some launches of new developments were so successful that the phase being launched was sold out within half a day! Okay, most of the time, these are bookings. These bookings…