The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) is up just 1.2% so far for the year. With the US-China trade war, Hong Kong protests, Brexit, and general economic slowdown worrying investors, it’s not surprising to see the Singapore stock market languishing. If you are looking for stock ideas amid all the macro fears, you have come to the right place. Using our data provider, S&P Global Market Intelligence, and a Magic Formula methodology popularised by Joel Greenblatt, we found some of the best stocks for the month that could go on to perform well. The basic premise of the Magic Formula is to find the 30 best shares in the market as ranked by their cheapness and their quality and to hold on to that basket of shares for a year before repeating the ranking process. For a deeper underst

What a revelation! On 13 May 2019, after a probe by SGX RegCo, Best World finally revealed that Koh Kim Chuan, the legal representative and shareholder of Changsha Best, is the brother-in-law of the Group’s CEO and Managing Director.  Currently, Best World shares are suspended from trading and hapless investors are once again left high and dry. In recent years, corporate governance issues had dogged numerous SGX-listed companies like Yuzoo, Noble Group, Midas and the likes. Even blue chips like Keppel Corporation are also not spared (Keppel was fined a whopping $560 million by US authorities in 2018 over corruption scandal). Against this backdrop, I am not surprised if Best World turns out to be yet another falling knife. It seems to be disaster after disaster for SGX-listed companies,

I've been keeping it inside my (war)-chest for a long time now.And finally I've got to just let the cat all out of the bag today.Retiring in Singapore demands a high level of both savings and income and this needs to be at least in the 8 digits figure. If you are short of that, you better get your way around working until retirement before thinking about the time you can do with retirement.I mean just look at the Me & My Money Series sections over the past few weeks and you get the idea.Folks are aiming high to become a multi-millionaire and they are stretching themselves by getting there earlier and faster.Investing in equities has been one of the most riskiest, silliest and slowest decision an investor could ever make. I mean think about it this way. You put a large sum of capital in