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How to Find a Good Stockbroker
Stockbrokers go hand-in-glove with investing in Singapore’s stock market like butter on toast. A trading account, which you open with a brokerage, is just as necessary for share investing as your account with the Central Depository or CDP. Choosing a stockbroker or a brokerage is a lot like choosing
Hot Investment Profile: Dairy Farm International Holdings
SGX Stock Code: D01/ Stock Price: 6.750 What was began as the goodhearted intention of a Scottish surgeon to provide safe milk, is now one of the biggest supermarket and consumer goods retailers in Asia. Dairy Farm International Holdings was one of last week’s top gainers on the
Sophisticated Investor Profile: Loo Cheng Guan
In striving to provide investors with guidance in the form of cutting edge fintech for making sound investment decisions, Spiking looks in turn to outstanding business leaders for direction and advice. As one of these industry stalwarts, Mr Loo Cheng Guan of the Rockstead Capital Group is both shareholder and
Gameplay for Play-it-Safe Investors
At first glance, playing it safe is usually the smart thing to do, not just in the stock market, but anywhere. No one in their right mind would jump out of a plane without a parachute. Neither would anyone sink their hard-earned money into a company they knew nothing about.
The Wisdom of Crowds
As featured on August Man
How to reach the millennial investor
“If you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” A particularly apt aphorism when it comes to brokerages that, recognising the ever-growing potential of the millennial market, are determined to tap it. Millennials make up 22% of Singapore’s total population — that’s 1.2
Hot Investment Profile: City Developments Limited
Stock Code: C09 / Stock Price: 8.140 Singapore’s second-largest property developer and stock market star performer, City Developments Limited (CDL) was one of last week’s top gainers on the SGX. As “Singapore’s Property Pioneers since 1963”, CDL has built more than 36,000 residences. The company is
Sophisticated Investor Profile: Lim Ah Hock
Spiking has found support for its innovative technology not just from other industries but also overseas. Spiking shareholder, Mr Lim Ah Hock is the founder and executive chairman of leading Malaysian power company, PESTECH International Berhad. After successfully leading PESTECH’s regional expansion, Mr Lim knows how a company can
Meet Stock Market-Savvy Millennials
Buying or selling shares at the stock market isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when speaking of the current generation. Yet the number of millennials looking to the stock market to build up their savings continues to move up. The proliferation of trading apps and websites
Spiking Sets the Stage For Online Trade
Remember the good, old days when investors had to hit the road and head for their stock broker’s whenever they wanted to buy or sell? Nowadays, most of them simply hit “enter”. Like a host of other financial services, from bank transactions to due diligence, stockbroking has long since
Hot Investment Profile: M1 Limited
Stock Code: B2F / Stock Price: 2.580 One of Singapore’s top telecommunications companies, M1 Limited was one of last week’s top gainers on the Singapore Exchange. Formerly known as MobileOne Limited, the company has the distinction of being the first to provide 4G coverage for the entire city-state,
Sophisticated Investor Profile: Ong Chu Poh
Investors from several different industries have come to invest in Spiking as an exciting, new fintech company. Among them is the founder of the ECON Healthcare Group, Mr Ong Chu Poh. Having built up ECON into the leading nursing home operator it is today, Mr Ong knows what it takes
