Martin Lee @ Sg

There have been more and more kinds of alternative investments like trees and animals being sold to the public in Singapore. Some of these investments promise investment returns of 10-20+% p.a, and a few of them even come with “capital guaranteed” tags. It’s always a mystery to me how growing plants and rearing animals can …

As part of MOH’s efforts to help the public understand our health care system, they have published a brochure called the 10 top common myths of Singapore Health Care”. The brochure is available in four languages. I would just like to add a few of my personal opinion to the myths which should be read …

I am sure the title of today’s post would have caught your eye. I’m actually quite excited to be writing this post today as this will probably be something new to 80-90% of my readers. In a short while, I’m going to introduce you to something exciting which I am certain you will be sharing …

Lose money for my firm and I will be understanding; lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless. ~ Warren Buffett These famous words of Warren Buffett come to mind when the David Sokol scandal first surfaced. Has the Sage of Omaha eaten his words? It is therefore no surprise …

Over the weekend, I was at Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual general meeting. For those who are not familiar with Berkshire, this is the company that is run by the world’s most famous investor, Warren Buffett. The attendance for this event has been steadily increasing throughout the years and an estimated number of 40,000 …

Ms Goh Poh Kheng wrote in to the forum the other day to express her surprise at the low payout from Medishield for her father’s hospitalisation. The bill size was $2300 after a government subsidy for staying in C class. Based on a deductible of $1000 and co-insurance of 20%, her father should be able …

Picked up this story from Tan Kin Lian’s website. A consumer was insured under company A for a integrated Shield policy for more than 10 years. An agent persuaded the consumer to change the Shield insurance to company B saying it was better. The consumer was worried that the change in policy would lead to …

This article on Singapore Real Estate Investment Trusts (S-REITs) is long overdue as I already had plans to pen down my thoughts on this topic more than a year ago. Initially, I wanted to title this post “The Disastrous Singapore REITs Model” but decided otherwise. So why do I think they are a disaster? A …

There has always been the ongoing debate over whether buying a whole life or term insurance plan is better. It is not possible to have a standard answer that applies to everyone as it really depends on your objectives. Not to mention the fact that products from one company might differ from that from another …

Someone posted this warning on a company called Nexus Ventures on one of my comments and I thought it would be good to share for awareness. No one cold calls for pre-IPO shares! “There is this London based company called Nexus Ventures http://www.nexusventures.com who has been calling Singapore investors to invest into a pre-IPO stock …