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I would like to spend a bit of time discussing the use of margin for investment, especially considering the dearth of discussions on this. I’m a great believer of using […]
Category: Leverage
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[Premium] I’m thinking of selling
The market has been in a sort of an exuberance mode for the last few months. I’ve made some pretty good money. However, all the positive news have made me […]
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[Premium] How the Rich Get Richer: Using Debt to Your Advantage
I am over $1 million in debt right now. About $800,000 comes from my leveraged portfolio, and I have a housing loan of $300k. This is with employment income of […]
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[Premium] Picking up a Lifelong Income Plan
I’m buying a fixed income instrument through leverage. I can’t share the exact plan yet, but it’s a participating whole life plan which provides for lifelong income. I was hesitant […]
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[Premium] Are Privileged Banking and Relationship Managers worth it?
I’ve been a privileged/preferred banking customer for about 2 years now. I’ve shopped around the major banks in Singapore, and have a decent understanding of their services and charges. There […]
Portfolio Update May 2020 and my $1.4 mil leveraged portfolio
I would like to do more of complete portfolio update, as I realise that my past updates were abrupt and messy. Actual statements were shown, without much background and explanation. […]
Stress stress stress
I have been following the news and it has been stressing me out. There is full fledged market panic now. The corona virus situation has escalated far beyond anyone’s imagination. […]
In Deeper and Deeper Trouble
Yesterday was another historic day. Dow Jones and the S&P 500 index went down 9% – 10%. I watched years of returns disappear in literally 2 days. This has stunned […]
Forced to top up the margin account
Just dumped $16,000 into my margin account as my margin level became dangerously close to below 140. Once that happens I will be margin called and have to swallow a […]
Will I get margin called?
It has been an interesting couple of weeks. My portfolio was significantly hit by the market turmoil and I became worried about being margin called on my leveraged bonds. This […]