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Use specific words for financial products
Correct terms used in financial products can alert investors to risks.
Picks from the library: Investment gurus
Learn tips from these expert investors from books available at the library. -AsiaOne
Picks from the library: Portfolio management
Clueless about managing your portfolio? Get tips from these books that are available from the library. -AsiaOne
Low risk investment not always best
Emphasising the risks of particular products may cause more problems and higher risks for most investors.
Don't buy, don't sell
Sit tight and wait for recession dust to settle, say financial and real estate experts in a survey. -ST
How to survive these tough times
What should we do in order to adapt to this change?
How to tighten your belt online
The battle plan to buy your purchases online for a fraction of the cost.
Structured products, anyone?
Industry is comatose now but experts say it will be revived, taking new form and shape.
When an investor burns his finger
He should take advantage of potential investment opportunities rather than focus on losses.
Investors want financial advisers they can trust
Honesty, reliability among other attributes they seek, study shows.
Be prudent with credit, but not overcautious
One must hope that judgment is being exercised prudently - with not too little and also not too much risk aversion - in determining who gets credit.
Hard times but let's take heart
Reports of two suicides lead me to ask if things are so dire that one should take one's life. The answer is no.
The biggest Ponzi scam of all?
Does the stock market of today bear the hallmarks of an elaborate scam?
Now's the time to learn true value of money
Our children have been growing up with no real understanding of what money is worth, and how to earn it. This is the time to teach them, says writer. -TNP
Children need to learn financial planning
Today's children receive almost everything on a platter, and hardly know how to plan financially.
The actual cost from the Madoff fallout
Market integrity takes a hit from huge financial scam.
Minibonds cost my mum $100k
In these volatile times, where is our money safe and where do you begin to look?
The world's biggest scam
Investors lost billions from Bernie Madoff's hedge fund. -TNP
Vegas 'gamble' that hit the jackpot
NUS trio wins prize in CA Int'l contest on strategic value of IT management.
Thoughts on SGX's regulatory stance
Is SGX transparent and does it fully explain its actions?
Why MAS should handle complaints
Reader appeals to MAS to consider taking over the handling of complaints.
SGX should set governance benchmark
What's detectable is a greater appreciation of the duties and responsibilities of independent directors & a generally higher awareness of corporate governance demands.
Can a Madoff-like scandal happen here?
Strict asset, base capital requirements and audit controls minimise risks.
Downturn hard-sell turns me off
No pressure to buy things 'today' helps to keep customers. -myp
Stock up ark carefully - for the next bull run
Opportunities abound as appetite for risks disappears.
Sorry! Sorry!
Who is going to apologise for the mess the world is in now? -Sin Chew Daily/ANN
How to play our cards in 2009
We do not know what lies ahead, but here are some tips on how to deal with whatever might come your way. -ST
Keep your wealth for next round
A tough 2009...but a speedy recovery is possible once Americans start spending again, says Oei Hong Leong.
Bank unfair to existing home loan clients
DBS home loans pegged to the Special Mortgage Rate now are now disadvantaged from higher interest rates. -ST
Goodbye and hello 2009 - here's to hope
2008 was not so bad, we pulled through it right? Heres a wishlist for 2009.
 
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