OCBC Online Equities Account Review – Buy shares on OCBC’s Digital App! 0.05% commissions for SG, US and HK Markets!
Good news for OCBC customers! You can now buy shares directly on the OCBC Digital App with OCBC’s Online Equities Account (OEA). This means you can bank and trade – all on one app, so you don’t need to go through the hassle of accessing different accounts or apps. What’s more? You can fund your […]
Why I may buy OCBC Bank Stock in 2024 – at 6.2% dividend yield? What about DBS or UOB Bank?
As some of you will know, I’ve been pretty neutral / bearish on the banks for most of 2023. In most of 2023 I was pretty bearish on the banks due to a combination of (1) interest rate cut expectations, and (2) uncertainty over economic growth. For good reason too, because here’s DBS share […]
Why are DBS, OCBC, UOB stock prices dropping? When will I buy bank stocks in 2024?
I received a very interesting question this week: Hi FH, can you share some perspectives why the 3 local bank share price have been falling and what are the signals we should look out for as a good time to buy? Very interesting – and I’ve had quite a bit of thoughts on the […]
Top 3 Dividend Stocks to buy in 2024 – 5% yield minimum (No Banks or REITs)
So a FH Premium member recently posed the question: Hi FH, I recall you did an article sometime ago on dividend stocks that are non-bank or reits. Would be interesting if you could do a refresh. E.g. 100k in non-bank or reits or netlink. Thanks I am not a big fan of dividend stocks […]
How to get up to 6% p.a. dividend income as a passive investor (United SG Dynamic Income Fund review)
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about dividend investing recently. As you would recall, a couple of weeks ago a reader wrote in with the following situation: 43 year old male, married with 2 kids (5 and 3 years old) Paid off residential mortgage six years ago Has $1.27million in cash/stocks between him and […]
OCBC Bank pays a 6.15% dividend yield – Better Buy than DBS or UOB Bank? Will I buy Singapore banks in 2023?
After my recent article on how to generate $50,000 dividend income a year. There were a lot of questions on OCBC, and how it compared to DBS and UOB. A lot of retail investors also seem to think that OCBC is “cheaper” than DBS and UOB, and therefore a better buy. So I decided […]
Lion-Nomura Japan Active ETF (Powered by AI) Review – Japan stocks up 25% in 2023, good investment for Singapore Investors?
As we all know, Singaporeans love Japan. With borders being open again, it’s almost as if half of Singapore was in Japan over Christmas. We love to eat Japanese food and have a dip in an onsen. Given how much we like everything Japanese, why not invest in Japanese stocks? Japanese stocks have hit an […]
Top 10 Investment Books to Read in 2023 – Must Read to Improve as an Investor
For today’s article, I wanted to take a step back from the day-to-day movements of markets. Instead of focussing on where T-Bills / Fixed Deposit rates are going. I wanted to discuss how to build a deeper understanding of markets. Because if you plan to spend the next few decades investing in financial markets, doesn’t […]
DBS, UOB, OCBC share prices down – Are Singapore Banks a good buy at 5% dividend yield?
After last week’s article on Keppel Infrastructure Trust, some of you have asked for an update on the Singapore Banks. DBS, UOB and OCBC are down about 10 – 15% from their highs. At this price, they pay about 5% dividend yield, which is pretty juicy. And yet conventional wisdom is that banks are […]
Grab lays off 1000 staff – Read the Email from CEO Anthony Tan to his employees
As many of you would have heard by now, Grab has announced that they will be laying off 1,000 employees, or 11% of their workforce. My heart goes out to all the employees affected. Background on the layoffs at Grab As you recall, in 2022 when other tech companies like SEA (Shopee) were laying […]
