A monopoly is when a single company controls the majority of the market share in an industry or sector, benefiting from switching costs. According to super-investor Rob Vinall, it is costly and disruptive to replace the dominant market leader, making them reluctant to switch providers and enabling the company to earn beyond-normal profits. However, the risk is that it tends to make the company incumbents complacent and lazy (in the long run).
Case 1:
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According to Singapore Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung, while Singapore and Hong Kong's companies and sectors compete, they also mutually benefit from each other to an even greater extent.
He also pointed out that supply chains, production capabilities and markets, as well as people relations are all "closely interwined" across the world and between cities. Singapore and Hong Kong realtions need to be seen from that prespective.
Do you think Singapore...

As strong as the U.S. economy, Singapore Property is probably the best investment in 2022.
Why? Here are 3 reasons as follows:
1. Record Breaking million-dollar 99-year leases HDB flats.
On Sep 2022, the HDB resale flats climbed for the 27th consecutive month with record of 45 units sold for at least $1 million, and a total of 277 units sold to date in 2022, exceeded the 259 units in the whole of 2021! (*1)
2. Wealthier people ar...

Have you bought your mid-autumn mooncakes this year?
With less than a week left until the Mid-Autumn Festival, the mooncake markets across the country are already warming up early.
With the loosening of Covid-19 restriction measures, businesses surveyed reported a two-year high in mooncake sales this year, with an increase of about 20%. With more employees returning to their workplaces, a number of...

Buffet restaurant are finally getting to a taste of normalcy after Singapore scrapped restrictions surrounding self-service buffets last Saturday, more than two years after the pandemic began.
The restaurant was full over the long weekend. Usually it would only be about three-quarter full on a weekend.  Now that the restrictions have been lifted, we can finally enjoy our buffet!
What is your favourite buffet restaurant in Singapore?How long has it been ...

As an investor, guess that most of you guys have been through major and minor market crash. When the market is clouded by nagetive atmosphere and stocks prices went straight down, it is commonly called "dip".
Every coin has two sides. Sometimes a dip come after appalling financial crisis. But if we see it from different angle, it also provide perfect buy-in opportunities for investors to ape in.
As mentioned above, there are thousands kind of dip ...