Singapore shares opened higher but closed in the red on Monday (Jul 24), joining China’s key indices in red ink while the rest of the major Asian bourses registered gains.
$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ declined 0.4 per cent or 13.16 points to 3,265.14, with 14 of the 30 constituents including the banking trio finishing lower.
China’s fiscal conditions still face persistent challenges this year, especially from falling land sales revenue and...

When did it start? The day Warren Buffett visited Japan? What did he say? Or do? Was he a messenger of something? Thoughts please.
$Berkshire Hathaway 13F(BK2999.US)$ $Berkshire Hathaway-A(BRK.A.US)$ $Berkshire Hathaway-B(BRK.B.US)$ $Sumitomo Mitsui Financial(SMFG.US)$ $Mitsubishi Electric (ADR)(MIELY.US)$ $Mitsubishi Estate (ADR)(MITEY.US)$ $OSE Nikkei 225 mini Futures(JUN4)(NK225Mmain.JP)$ $OSE Nikkei 225 Futures(JUN4)(NK225main.JP)$ $Nikkei/USD Futures(JUN4)(NKDmain.US)$ $Ishares Jpx-Nikkei 400 Etf(JPXN.US)$

Since being sworn into office 105 days ago, he's made $20.8M in stock trades
$1.37M of that has been in Japanese stocks
Here are the notable buys in his most recent filing from Monday:
$50K - Central Japan Railway $Central Japan Railway (ADR)(CJPRY.US)$ - up 2% since
$50K - Dai-ichi Life $DLICY: - up 2% since
$50K - Softbank $SoftBank Group (ADR)(SFTBY.US)$: - down 2% since
$15K - Mizuho $Mizuho Financial(MFG.US)$: - up 7% since
$15K - Nomura Research $N...

Because traders hunted for bargains in the local stock market and shrugged off concerns over inflationary pressures and interest rate hikes.
Regional markets ended the day mixed. The Nikkei 225 was down 0.7 per cent, the KLCI lost 0.3 per cent, and the Kospi shed 0.2 per cent. Meanwhile, the Hang Seng rose 0.3 per cent, and the ASX 200 added 1.3 per cent. 
About 951.7 million securities worth S$740.8 million changed hands on the local bourse $SGX(S68.SG)$ , with ad...