Singapore has been getting expensive, not just for luxuries but also essentials. Most evident is the price of hawker food as well as mid-range eateries like Ya Kun and Toast Box. When a traditional kaya toast set costs more than a McDonald’s value meal, you know something is not right. In my personal opinion, some of the price adjustments are out of proportion to the purported increase in costs. Although the government has said it would monitor for errant bus...

Have u heard? They are increasing the public transport price again Considering walking or cycling to save moolah and reduce carbon footpront
1. High electric bills due to climate change causing hot weather which results in more usage of aircons Solution: Try to buy electrical appliances with at least 4✓ using climate vouchers courtesy of the government Stack it with CDC supermarket vouchers if u still haven't use it
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In today's discussion, I will be sharing 3 important aspects that may show that the cost of living in Singapore will go even higher next year, 2025.
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Back in September 2023, I shared with mooers the prices of many items that will increase in the next few years. Mooers can access the post by clicking the link below.
Since then, almost one year had passed, but inflation continued t...

September - the notoriously volatile month see the market sell-off since the 1st trading day of the month.  The CPI data released yesterday shows that inflation eases to 3-year low. Notwithstanding, the core inflation is still stubbornly above the FED's inflation goal of 2%. Hence, market is now expecting a rate cut of 25 bps instead of a larger rate cut in September.
I started to build my dividend portfolio in August 2024 with the view that a rate cut, albeit small or big, wi...

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At the start of March, the market seemed calm. On March 7, Jerome Powell's speech hinted that the Fed was open to increasing its pace of hikes, which sent markets into a panic. The strong employment data put upward pressure on inflation. However, the situation was reversed by a little trouble in the banking sector. Silicon Valley Bank's attempts to shore up its finances failed miserably, leading to a run in the global ...

Does the announcement of the CS and SVB acquisitions mean that the banking industry's winter is ending?
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Welcome back to Monthly Buzz. Earlier in February, both S&P 500 and Nasdaq soared to about five-month highs as Meta led a rally in the tech sector. However, the good times did not last long. Elevated valuations for overall US stocks, poor financial reports during earnings season, and rising interest rates left little room for future gains. Major indexes fell following the release of hotter-than-expected data on the labor market and...

had bought some REITs earlier with the aim of getting regular passive dividend income but when the interest rates went up, REITs prices started falling to match their higher investment risks over the T-bills and fixed deposits interest rates which had risen and my principal losses now exceeded the dividends I received and so I'm in the red sitting on paper loss..
nevertheless we see that they have started to recover slightly in the last couple of months in the possibility o...

Singapore Real Estate Investment Trusts (S-REITs) have surged as inflation in the US shows signs of cooling.
An analyst at Industrial Bank Singapore, said that whether the sell-off in S-REITs is coming to an end depends largely on when global inflation, particularly in the US, reaches its peak, and when the US Federal Reserve starts to slow down in raising interest rates. And he expected that the S-REIT is likely to bottom out in the next three to six months...