Tag: Investment
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Here’s Something Interesting About 7-Eleven – It Sells Pharmaceutical Products Also and It’s Growing
When I think about 7-Eleven (7E), slushies for sure will come to mind. When I was a teeny little boy, I used to just go to a 7-Eleven convenience store to admire the spinning slushy machine. I will bug my mum (who was just going there to buy bread) to…
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Japan’s Stock Market Reached Another High – Here are 5 Key Takeaways from Its Performance So Far
Japan’s Market Has been One of the Highest Performing Market Globally Since the beginning of the year, the Nikkei 225, Japan’s main stock market, has risen by 19.8%. This makes it one of the best-performing markets in the world after the Nasdaq Composite Index at 20.9%. Meanwhile, other stock markets…
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I Read Sarawak Energy’s 142 page ESG Statement So that You Don’t Have to – Here’s the 5 Key Takeaways
Sarawak Energy (SE) is not a publicly listed company but it still publishes its Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) statement with the latest year being 2021. Even though 2021 isn’t the latest one, it still provides a lot of information to what SE is trying to in the coming years. After…
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I Read Through Tenaga Nasional’s 150+ page Sustainability and Governance Statement So that You Don’t Have to – Here are the 5 Key Takeaways.
Disclaimer: This is for education purposes. I take no responsibility for anyone’s investment decisions regarding this article. Tenaga Nasional Berhad is Malaysia’s electrical utility company that provides electricity to all Malaysian states (except Sarawak). I have been writing about financial statements and annual reports, but this is probably the first…
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Here’s 5 Things You Need to Know About Eli Lily & Co
Eli Lily and Co is a U.S. based pharmaceutical company. Eli Lily and Co (Eli) researches and sells medicine and pharmaceutical products in the U.S. and other countries around the world. Most of its sales are concentrated in the U.S., encompassing about 64% of its total revenue. Meanwhile, Eli’s main…
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Should We Be Worried About China?
For more interesting content on investments, economics and personal development, give my website a follow on the right hand corner! Disclaimer: This is for educational purposes and should not be construed as investment advice. Please consult a financial advisor and I take no responsibility for anyone’s investment decisions. I still…
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Is Grab Worth Grabbing Now? 5 Things You Should Definitely Know
Ah, Grab. How I remember the times when it was just MyTeksi in 2012. I was just an intern back then, fresh off the boat, not knowing how the world works. Then, in 2014 and 2015, they rebranded to Grab, and the war between Uber and Grab started. We all…
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Let’s Look at SVB and See How It Got into This Mess
A man by the name of John used to live in the center of town. He was brilliant, and every young innovative person in town trusted him with their money as he was known to be great at protecting and growing their money. For a while, John was the talk…
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If I Were to Explain “Contagion” and the Current SVB Debacle to the Regular Person on the Street
Follow and subscribe to get on my email list for my Medium and WordPress to get updates on my latest writings! Picture this. You are going to the bank to withdraw your money. You put in your ATM card and press your password. A moment later, a red pop-up message…
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I Like Trains, And Here’s How I Understand the Economics Surrounding Them in Malaysia (Part 2)
For readers who have missed part 1, you can read it here. In part 1, I explored why Malaysians take trains and the decisions that encourage and discourage them from doing so. In part 2, I will be talking about the economics surrounding Malaysia’s investments in train projects, and how it…
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