24 Aug How This Asian Trillion Dollar Trend Can Create Passive Income for You
Tap on this durable trend to find reliable dividend payers for your passive income ...
Author: Chin Hui Leong
22 Aug How David Kuo Earns Passive Income with Malaysian Stocks
Look beyond the national headlines and study the individual companies for opportunities...
12 Jan How the Asian Consumer Will Fuel Dividend Growth for the Next Decade
This article was first posted on 12 January 2022 and updated on 11 April 2022. In the past, Christmas shopping would make or break a retailer’s year. Not anymore. The end of the year shopping period traditionally kicks off with Black Friday. This momentous day gets its name from...
10 Jan Down and Poised to Rise: Why Malaysian Stocks Deserve a Place in Your Portfolio
This article was first posted on 10 January 2022 and updated on 11 April 2022. The Singapore-Malaysia causeway is on the verge of reopening again after being closed for 20 months. While the land border with our northern neighbour has been closed since March last year, trade...
05 Jan Why We Are Investing in Asian Healthcare
As the saying goes -- in life, nothing is certain except for death and taxes. Thankfully, we have better access to healthcare today compared with the past, helping us live longer. Meanwhile, if we assemble a strong dividend portfolio, it can generate income to help pay our...
03 Jan Why Asian Healthcare Growth is Accelerating
Healthcare stocks have been historically prized for their resilience and stable growth. But that perception may be changing soon, especially in Asia. Take Singapore’s health expenditure, shown in the graph below. Between 2009 to 2019, the decade prior to the pandemic, healthcare spending rose by a little under...
10 Oct 4 Lessons from Owning REITs for A Decade
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in The Business Times in January this year. Today’s article is an updated version, which takes COVID-19 into consideration. I bought units of Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U) in September 2006. I still own all of those...
07 Oct Three areas where Asian firms are beating their Western counterparts
Most Asian companies are simply a clever copy of Western companies - or so the cynical among us might say. As investors, we will miss out on opportunities if we are swayed by this sweeping statement. The reality, however, is more nuanced. Broad generalisations can hold...
06 Oct How Asia’s Rise is Fuelling Dividend Growth for These Iconic Companies
With the addition of another 1.5 billion middle class Asians by 2030, there will be more demand for services and consumer goods and plenty of consumer spending to go around....
03 Oct The Rise of the Asian Consumer
We are living in the age of COVID-19. Naturally, most of us are adapting to change. But there are fewer discussions around what has NOT changed. And that’s the more important point, according to Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. At first glance, it would seem like...