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Suddenly, now everything’s good? Haha.

Dec 21, 2014

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in IPO / Equity / Stock Market, US / Dollar related

I remember just weeks ago, reports after reports said that Ringgit was doomed, that the Bursa will be continuously negative because of a host of many reasons. One recent report even stated that Malaysia is the weakest ASEAN country. It’s ok, I am very sure they must done their research using statistics I do not…

Kota Kinabalu property market, shortages soon?

Dec 20, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Property Sabah

How many foreign workers would you find in a construction site in Sabah today? Well, except for the site supervisors, I think nearly everyone is a foreign worker. Of course, not just true for Sabah but also Peninsular Malaysia too. The problem with over-reliant is that if some unforeseen circumstances do happen, it will affect…

USA: 48% of banks lower lending standards

Dec 19, 2014

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Charles Tan

in US / Dollar related

This is a very important piece of news. Reported in LA Times, the largest of US banks have lowered their lending standards and the level is approaching the levels of 2008 financial crisis! As per the Office of the Comptroller (OCC), the largest US banks are going after profits and have been loosening their underwriting…

Kids eats free. Buy property.

Dec 19, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment

For the past few years, I have seen every mall having ever more baby related retail stores. Rows after rows of baby stuffs always greet you when you go to any supermarkets like Tesco, Giant, Jusco and more. Baby warehouse sales? These are held every month everywhere. With all these baby stores and stalls in…

World’s Best for doing business – Singapore

Dec 19, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Iskandar / JB Property, Property Singapore related

According to the annual Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for the best place to do business in the world, the top country is Singapore. It is ranked ahead of Switzerland, Australia, Hong Kong and Sweden. I love this ranking very much and hopefully this list is referred by all multinationals when they think of a new…

Nomura and RHB, their likes and downgrades.

Dec 18, 2014

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Charles Tan

in IPO / Equity / Stock Market

In this article you will learn a lot about some stocks you can buy and some stocks you may want to think twice before buying. As reported in a local English daily, below is a summary. The research is by Nomura Research as well as RHB Research. First of all, I do not own any…

KL118? Make it happen, please.

Dec 17, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

KL118. This is my first article about this sort of controversial tower after such a long time that it was announced. GDV is up to RM6 Billion over a period of 10 years. Anyway, nothing was announced after that until recently. It was reported by a local English daily that 6 groups including a UEM…

Switching for better investment, always.

Dec 16, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Personal Finance

A friend asked me if she should sell her holding of a stock which seem to have lost its main business and is currently pretty stagnant in the stock market. My question is, what would she do with the money? Buy another stock? Invest in other assets like property? Transfer the money into the unit…

Penang Property Submit 2015

Dec 15, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Property Penang, Uncategorized

There’s one upcoming event in Penang which is worth a visit. It’s the PIP Conference on 9th and 10th January 2015 to be held in SPICE (PISA). This year, the event is a collaborative effort between the organiser, PenEvents Sdn Bhd and the Penang state government. This is is both an expo as well as…

Excess properties? 13 months to sell off.

Dec 15, 2014

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Charles Tan

in China and Hong Kong Property related, Property Singapore related

As written earlier, due to the worry that the property market may have become too cold and become a danger to the whole economy, China has started to ‘warm-up’ its property market. Read here: China’s Property Market Rescue Package Deployed. This is insufficient as per China’s largest residential developer, Vanke. In fact, only the two major…

26,000 needed but building 86,000 units? Oops.

Dec 14, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Iskandar / JB Property

An interesting piece of news from a local English daily in Malaysia. According to Iskandar’s Comprehensive Development Plan 2006 – 2025, a total of 26,000 units of serviced apartments are needed for south Johor. How many is being built? Based o the approved ones, 86,000 units. Do not smile, yes that is an excess of…

Penang island getting bigger. E&O’s STP2.

Dec 14, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Uncategorized

Nearly 900 acres of reclaimed land would be added to Penang island’s overall size in the future. Seri Tanjung Pinang 2 (STP2) by Eastern & Oriental has been approved as expected. Out of this, 191 acres would be reclaimed and given to the state government. Pretty good deal for both the state as well as…

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