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Being a Tech-Savvy Investor.

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The year is 2017, we are in a digital age where there has been an obscene increase in information in the world and internet. Content creation is happening 24/7 and we are at the mercy of fake information and news all the time. North Korea Fired A Missile At Japan! Trump Decides to Allow Refugees Into USA! Singapore Abolishes NS! FAKE FAKE FAKE ! With all the false information going around, the average investor has to sift through tons of news and shady investing gurus around in order to get the true information he needs to make a sound investment decision! In this post, I am going to recommend(No, I am not paid to do so) a few trusty websites/ applications I use to get my daily financial news and conduct my research on! 1. StocksCafe A shout out to one man who is changing the Fintech Scene here in Singapore, Evan Koh, he created StocksCafe(aka SGXCafe) to meet a demand for a growing community of investors here. On this platform, you are able to maintain a portfolio of SGX ...

Be a Trump in your own right!

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            We all know that The Donald made his fortune through the Real Estate markets and if you want to live the high life like him, you can begin right here , a favourite amongst passive investors here in sunny Singapore; Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). We all know that if you weren’t born with a silver spoon(or platinum spoon in Singapore’s case) in your mouth, you wouldn’t be able to afford to buy properties to rent out and generate passive income. I mean like, people here spend half their lives to pay off their own house, how the heck are you able to own multiple properties!? But what if I told you that you could own part of the buildings you see in the above picture? Well you could, through REITs! REITs are able to own buildings by funding it through debt and collective funds from retail and institutional investors! It is a relatively low risk form of investing due to the highly regulated REIT scene here in Singapore. Futhermore, ...