USA: 7 Things to Know About McDonald’s before you invest (2025)
What business McDonald’s is really in? If you think it is selling hamburgers, think again. Personally, I recall a time when I read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. From it,
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USA: 5 Things to Know About Ulta Beauty before you invest (Updated: 2025)
Ulta Beauty (Ulta) is the largest retailer of beauty products in the United States. Loyal members are offered a selection of 29,000+ products, which include bath, cosmetics, skincare, haircare, &
5 Takeaways from Warren Buffett’s Letter 2024
As of 31 December 2024, Berkshire’s common stock investments are worth US$ 271.6 billion, which is a 23.2% decline from US$ 353.8 billion at end-2023. Such was attributed to a
7.5% Dividend Yield, Anyone?
Ideally, as investors, we should first assess a stock’s fundamentals before investing. Such would include understanding its business model, financial results and growth plans. However, as we all have busy
5 Insights from Fundsmith in Outperforming the S&P 500 (Updated: 2024)
Recently, I read and studied the latest investment letter of Fundsmith for 2024. Honestly, I wasn’t looking into investing in Fundsmith or any other unit trusts as I enjoy sizing up
Ian’s Personal Financial Reflection for 2024
It’s my final article for 2024. Before I step into 2025, I like to pen down financial highlights and as well as some personal thoughts and lessons learnt throughout 2024.
3 Types of Stock Returns & 3 Lessons for Investors
There are 3 types of stock returns: Dividend yields. Capital growth attributed to earnings growth. Capital growth attributed to speculation (also known as lucky money). Dividends are easy. They are paid from companies’ earnings
Investing is like Cooking Uncle Roger’s Egg Fried Rice?
Today, KCLau.com has 2 online courses on Growth Investing: Growth Vault and Value Masters. I create Growth Vault with KC Lau while Value Masters is created by KC Lau and Peter
SGX Introduces 5 HK SDRs: How It Can Benefit Investors?
On 30 October 2024, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) introduced the Hong Kong SDR. The Hong Kong SDR allows investors to buy, hold and sell the beneficial interests of 5 securities namely,