Many of you would have received your year-end bonus last month. Since you can’t travel freely, you may want to put the money to good use by investing this sum of money. But you may not have a good idea what to invest in or you may be torn about the numerous options you were … Read more
(I share my thoughts regularly in our FB group, join the conversation here) Microsoft announced a $68.7 billion offer to acquire Activision Blizzard. Alex analyses the deal here. This is the largest tech deal ever. The previous record was Dell’s acquisition of EMC for $67 billion. Even so, it is just 3% of Microsoft’s market … Read more
While Bitcoin was created as a decentralised, digital currency focusing on being a store of value and a medium of exchange by solving the quintessential double spending issue, Ethereum was created to take full advantage of the blockchain and empower people to build and run applications on it via smart contracts. The Rise of Ethereum … Read more
The Singapore stock market has its fair share of doubters, especially since the STI‘s overall returns in the past 5 years is pretty underwhelming. In comparison, the S&P 500 has returned investors more than 100% over the past 5 years: While this feels true in comparison to the more volatile US markets, it doesn’t mean … Read more
In an effort to revitalise our local capital market, SGX announced new rules that would enable Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) to list on its mainboard, which became effective on 3 September 2021. To start the year, two SPACs, Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp (VTAC) (backed by Temasek) and Pegasus Asia, released their preliminary prospectus for … Read more