Wall of Worry or Another Brick Wall?

Cast your mind back to September 2008 when Lehman Brothers collapsed. At the time, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in America. The thought of Lehman being in trouble was beyond unthinkable. But then the unthinkable happened – Lehman fil...

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Apr 25, 2023
ANA Not Honouring Error Fares

Early last week something happened that caused some turbulence throughout the travel community – Japanese airline ANA was selling tickets at stunningly cheap prices via their Vietnamese site. Long haul business class tickets were going for under S$50...

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Apr 25, 2023
ParkwayLife REIT 1Q2023 Business Update

Today, ParkwayLife REIT shared their 1Q2023 business update. If you are not familiar with ParkwayLife REIT, it is one of the largest listed healthcare REITs in Asia with an enlarged portfolio of S$2.20 billion. The REIT have a track record of growing...

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Apr 25, 2023
How to earn miles on your income taxes

Don’t make the mistake of paying for your income taxes via GIRO, because that earns you absolutely NOTHING on your payments. Here’s what I’ve been using to earn miles on payments that my credit cards wouldn’t otherwise give me rewards for. Now that y...

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Apr 25, 2023
Avoid Overseas REITs

Download REITs 2023 Handbook: https://www.drwealth.com/sreit2023 My observation is that overseas REITs tend to underperform when compared to the Singapore-based REITs. I show you the stats and my reasons why I think this is the case.

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Apr 25, 2023
Applied for Singapore Savings Bonds (SBMAY23 GX23050W)

The May 2023 tranche of Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB) has an average yield of 3.07% over 10 years. This is not very appealing considering that other low to risk-free alternatives such as T Bills and bank fixed deposits easily yield more than 3.5% cur...

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Apr 25, 2023
IREIT secures 15 year lease for Darmstadt campus.

This will be a very quick update on IREIT Global. When I blogged about IREIT Global in February, I said I wasn’t doing a Chicken Little because the vacant asset in Darmstadt would be progressively filled. I also said that rental escalation was likely...

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Apr 25, 2023