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Category Archives for Alternative Investments

Profitable Plots Directors Jailed

Profitable Plots Directors Jailed

Today, Singapore courts found the two Directors of Profitable Plots, Timothy Nicholas Goldring and John Andrew Nordmann guilty of cheating. It was found that Timothy Goldring and John Nordmann had misrepresented an investment scheme called Boron. Investors were told that their funds would be used for the purchase of Boron products, but most of the […]


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EcoHouse Investors Stranded

EcoHouse is a company that offers real estate investment opportunities in Brazil. One of their investment projects offered a 20% return for a one year duration. A couple of days ago, there was an article in the Business Times which reported that investors who invested in the EcoHouse scheme were still waiting for their money […]


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What is Crowd Funding?

Crowd funding is a concept that involves the process of raising funds from a group of people for a particular project or business. This is usually done via the internet where a person will describe his project and the total amount required. Then it will be up to the public to contribute money to the […]


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Singapore Diamond Exchange

Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange

They say that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. One way for private investors to invest into diamonds as an asset class is via the Singapore Diamond Exchange (SDX). Note that the SDX is not an regulated exchange like the Singapore Stock Exchange, but exists as a private limited company that facilities the buying of […]


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Investing in Trees and Animals

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 […]


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