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About apenquotes

Born in 1976. Married with 2 kids (a boy and a girl). A typical Singaporean living in a 4 room HDB flat. Check out my Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/apenquotes.tte.9?ref=bookmarks

That Restless Night…

Leverage in Options and the seemingly unlimited credit In 2022, Warner Brothers released the movie Elvis, which explores the complex and sometimes contentious relationship between the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, and his longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played … Continue reading

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My neglected portfolio, the Story Fund

My Portfolio I have a mixture of growth stocks, dividend stocks, REITs, and SSBs in my portfolio (not counting my CPF, T-Bills, cash, insurance, property, etc). As mentioned here, my portfolio basically consists of a Dividend Portfolio and a Story … Continue reading

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Nvidia, Bitcoin, Cocoa’s prices have all hit new highs recently. Why I am not chasing the ‘rainbow’…

These days with all the hype surrounding certain investments/assets, it is hard not to think about it or have the urge to invest money into it. I do not think of myself as a seasoned or even a successful investor. … Continue reading

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Tracking my Passive Income

This is just an update on my monthly passive income. “Being Able To Grow Old Is A Fortunate Thing” Jackie Chan, 70 I think as we inch closer to retirement, it is important to consider the following: 1) Passive income … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Allocation and Effects of Interest Rate Changes…

It has been a slow month basically for me in March. I did not have more ‘powder’ to invest and in addition, I started contributing to my SRS. For my SRS investments, I tend to limit myself to a few … Continue reading

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Rethinking my financial targets for 2024

I was scrolling through my Instagram feeds, and noticed that some of the financial influencers are showing short posts of their financial targets for this year. Typically, it could be their targets for passive income, or new goals in savings … Continue reading

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Post-Pandemic, what happened to the Worst COVID-19 pandemic hit S-REITs?

I reckon we are now in a post-pandemic world. On 5 May 2023, more than three years since COVID-19 was designated as a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the global Public Health Emergency (PHE) for … Continue reading

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When it is nice to read earning reports again…

I don’t know about you, I know it is important to keep up to date on the companies, in which I am invested. However, sometimes I am just too busy or just too lazy to read them. They aren’t the … Continue reading

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“Recovery” stocks in my portfolio – Will the rainbow finally be here?

I am not really into comeback/recovery stocks. However, I reckon this month will probably be the month whereby I think more into some of these recovery stocks. 2 of these being in my dividend portfolio, namely CapitaLand Ascott Trust (SGX: … Continue reading

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Wealth + Health + Family

I always thought there are more aspects to life than just wealth. The same principles of patience, perseverance/consistency, and positivity can also be applied to the other aspects of my life. Wealth Typically before Chinese New Year, I would be … Continue reading

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