Everyone might be familiar with the paradox of the Prisoners’ Dilemma — one of the most popular concept in modern game theory in Economics. By nature, individuals tend towards acting in or protecting their own interests, by not cooperating with one another, they tend to find themselves in a worse state than they would haveContinue reading “Scrip Dividends — choose Cash, sure Lose?”
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Differences between Scrip Dividend Scheme (SDS) and Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)
Most recently, I elaborated on understanding the Scrip Dividend Scheme better and shared my choices for the Dividend Reinvestment Plan — OCBC Bank (O39) and CapitaLand Retail China Trust (AU8U). I had erred on the later, it should be corrected as Scrip Dividend Scheme (SDS), and not Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP). SDS and DRIP look the same,Continue reading “Differences between Scrip Dividend Scheme (SDS) and Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)”
Importance of understanding Level of Ownership – Subsidiary, Associate and Joint Venture
Following up from my previous thoughts on why we, as investors, should care about Shareholding statistics of your vested company (which is upstream), it is important also to know the level of ownership your vested company has in other companies (which is downstream). The main objective to investment in other companies is to derive positiveContinue reading “Importance of understanding Level of Ownership – Subsidiary, Associate and Joint Venture”
Theory of Constraints 