In June 2009, a bespectacled Senior Vice President at Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched Bing, the Redmond company’s answer to Google’s popular search engine. His pitch was simple: search engines were ...

On the surface, investing may look deceptively simple. All you need to do is find a great company to invest in, and then allocate your money to it. However, many investors either overlook or ...

You may have noticed this trend recently. Unit prices for Singapore real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been rising in anticipation of an interest rate cut. Then, last week, the US Federal ...

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Like most investors starting out, I thought investing was about waiting for the perfect time to buy a popular stock and then taking profits before the share price heads south. I was unaware that I was ...

In May 2025, China released details of its Digital China Plan. This plan outlines the push for “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Plus” application and developing data infrastructure. The end goal for this ...

Global asset manager and operator, Keppel Ltd. (SGX: BN4) has surged roughly 29% year to date (YTD) on the back of strong business execution. The question on every investor’s mind is: With secular ...

The REIT sector is an attractive place for income investors to look for consistent dividends. REITs are mandated to pay out at least 90% of their earnings as distributions to enjoy tax benefits.

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT) (SGX: C38U) is Singapore’s largest real estate investment trust (REIT) with a portfolio of prime retail and office assets in the commercial sector.

We all dream of a comfortable retirement, one where money isn’t a cause for worry. To turn that dream into reality, we need to back it with a solid plan. Saving diligently and investing prudently are ...

From Singapore blue chips to Nvidia’s earnings and Sea Limited’s rise, here are this week’s top investing stories you need to know. Markets have been buzzing with fresh developments. This week, Nvidia ...

A shift is coming. After more than three years of battling high borrowing costs, Singapore’s REITs are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Meanwhile, banks that thrived in the high-rate ...