"Beating the Street" with value deals!

A reader sent me an email to say that he missed out on both value for money deals on "Buffettology" which I blogged about yesterday. Is there another book I would recommend that is being offered at a special price?

Consider this:

"Whereas companies routinely reward their shareholders with higher dividends, no company in the history of finance, going back as far as the Medicis, has rewarded its bondholders by raising the interest rate on a bond. Bondholders aren't invited to annual meetings to see the slide shows, eat hors d'oeuvres, and get their questions answered, and they don't get bonuses when the issuers of the bonds have a good year. The most a bondholder can expect to get is his or her principal back, after its value has been shrunk by inflation." - Peter Lynch.

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Beating the Street

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Good deal on "Buffettology" (hardcover).

Will CapitaLand build "almost inhuman" size apartments?

The statement by former CEO of CapitaLand, Liew Mun Leong, regarding shoebox apartments being “almost inhuman” is one of those things which will be remembered for a long, long time.

Now, in a bid to sell more apartments in rather challenging circumstances, will CapitaLand build smaller and smaller apartments including those which are "almost inhuman"?



"Almost inhuman" size apartments in Japan.

CapitaLand, Singapore’s biggest developer, may alter the size of its apartments as it seeks to improve affordability to combat government measures aimed at curbing speculation and lowering prices.

The developer sold 139 residential units in the island- state in the three months ended June, 31% fewer than in the same period last year, it said yesterday as it forecast “headwinds” in the near term with the housing curbs. (Source: Bloomberg)

Tough times for property developers in Singapore and, with interest rates set to rise, it seems that it will only get tougher.

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To rent or to buy: Rule of 15.