I patronise Starbucks. The coffee and food are nice, although they are not top of the class.
It has numerous chains all over the world. Wherever you go, you tend to hit one Starbucks outlet. You are likely to see people in the outlet during its business hours.
The industry is very competitive, with many other companies competing with Starbucks. With the competition, Starbucks' coffee and food seem to be expensive comparatively. On top of that, coffee price and manpower costs are on the...

Having a full-time job did not allow me to divert time to learn more about other than doing simple and low risk investment. My investment portfolio was largely made up of low risk assets with a few technology stocks. The returns were satisfactory given that I did little to manage my portfolio. I tried to pick some US dividend stocks towards the end of the year.  I managed to receive the dividends and sold 5 out of 8 of the dividend stocks with ca...

I did not have time to think and build a portfolio as I gave my full-time job full attention. I will adjust and balance my time so that I can learn and gain more investment knowledge to build a portfolio that suits my lifestyle and risk appetite.

Dear Santa Moo, my wish list is:
1. Curate a structured education program on forex trading. This will help interested traders to gain knowledge.
2. Provide 'forex trading' and 'future trading' in the paper account. This will help new traders to gain confidence.
3. Provide a stronger Volume Indicator. This will help with cutting down time for analysis and decision making.
4. Enhance the 'screener' to allow screening of US Dividend Stocks by Dividend ex-date.  This will hel...

How to view others transaction and copy an order?

Year 2023 was rough. But it was also full of opportunities. Invest with cash that you can afford to part with, execute your investment plan, diversify, and have patience. Year 2024 will be interesting. Waiting for more investment opportunities.