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July 15, 2008 at 10:15 pm ET The weekly Property Post supplement to the South China Morning Post carried a front page article on how professionals are still bullish on the Hong Kong property market. Refreshingly, the professionals being quoted were actually ... (more) Monday, June 30, 2008 Monthly Review - June 2008 (7 clicks)
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June 30, 2008 at 9:02 am ET From a financial perspective, June was the worst month I have experienced since I started keeping monthly records in January 2007. If I had been keeping monthly records for longer, I suspect I would have ... (more) Wednesday, June 25, 2008 World Wealth Report (9 clicks)
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June 25, 2008 at 9:21 am ET The 2008 edition of the Cap Gemini Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report has been released. As usual the report made interesting, although slightly predictable, reading.Among the highlights:1. The number of HNWIs passed the 10 million ... (more) Monday, June 23, 2008 From A Private Portfolio - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 23, 2008 at 3:37 am ET There has been a considerable amount of commentary (mostly by politicians trying to blame the free market and others for their incompetence) about how speculators are contributing to the increases in the prices of many ... (more) Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Millionaire density by country (14 clicks)
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June 10, 2008 at 8:31 am ET Barclays Wealth released an interesting report on concentrations of millionaire households. It was the 5th report in a series and, like the earlier reports, made for interesting reading. Among the data included is the density ... (more) Sunday, June 1, 2008 Failed quest to simplify my life (5 clicks)
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June 1, 2008 at 7:12 am ET Back in January I stated that one of my objectives for 2008 was to simplify my life by reducing the amount of time I spent on administering my investments . While I have managed to ... (more) Saturday, May 31, 2008 Interest Rates - Is the cycle turning? (10 clicks)
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May 31, 2008 at 3:53 am ET Over the last 12-18 months Hong Kong investors have been beneficiaries of interest rates that started at modest levels and became progressively cheaper. This had implications for both affordability levels and asset valuations. ... (more) Friday, May 30, 2008 Monthly Review - May 2008 (5 clicks)
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May 30, 2008 at 8:51 am ET Although my net worth showed a decent increase for the month this was a case of a substantial bonus from my employment offsetting losses on the investment front.As a group, my mark to market investments ... (more) Thursday, May 29, 2008 Book Review: Mellon (8 clicks)
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May 29, 2008 at 7:12 am ET David Cannadine's very detailed biography of Andrew Mellon weighs in at over 620 pages (with another 150 pages devoted to footnotes and an detailed index). Although it was far from being a light read ... (more) Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Silver sold (7 clicks)
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May 28, 2008 at 4:36 am ET With the price of silver going up and down faster than my comfort level I exited the silver position earlier this afternoon. As the position was only opened on 19 May it turned out to ... (more) Saturday, May 24, 2008 From A Private Portfolio - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 24, 2008 at 5:42 am ET In part 1 of this post I made the point that CPI type indices which are typically used as proxies for inflation tend to understate the true rate of inflation. If inflation is understated ... (more) Thursday, May 22, 2008 Inflation - understated (1) (4 clicks)
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May 22, 2008 at 11:29 pm ET PIMCO's Bill Gross joined the chorus of people who believe that inflation is understated (or, at least that CPI type indices understate the true rate of inflation). Mr Gross stated that the US CPI ... (more) Monday, May 19, 2008 Silver purchased (2 clicks)
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May 19, 2008 at 3:27 am ET After exiting my position in silver several weeks ago, I have watched as the price of silver (and other precious metals) has consolidated. This morning I purchased a new position at HK$133.8 per ounce ... (more) Sunday, May 18, 2008 From A Private Portfolio - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 18, 2008 at 6:40 am ET Although Robert Vesco died in exile in Cuba in November 2007, his death was not widely reported until last week.Vesco will be best remembered as the man who rode to the "rescue" of investors in ... (more) Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Book Review - Richistan (7 clicks)
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May 13, 2008 at 12:00 am ET Richistan is Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank's look at the "New Rich". It was an impulse buy at the airport to give me something to read on a long haul flight back from ... (more) Saturday, May 3, 2008 HK banks do not cut mortgage rates (14 clicks)
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May 3, 2008 at 5:02 am ET For each of the previous instances in this interest rate cycle, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Hong Kong banks followed the action of the US Federal reserve and cut Hong Kong interest rates. ... (more) Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Monthly Review - April 2008 (4 clicks)
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April 30, 2008 at 10:21 pm ET April was a good month financially.As a group, my mark to market investments appreciated in value by meaningful amounts, although the gains were partially offset by adverse currecny movements. Here are the details:1. my actively ... (more) Tuesday, April 29, 2008 An unhappy tenant (9 clicks)
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April 29, 2008 at 1:32 am ET One of my tenants is unhappy and I cannot blame him. When the tenant signed the lease, the building was undergoing the second part of a refurbishment programme that involved putting scaffolding up around the ... (more) Monday, April 28, 2008 Banks trying to talk interest rates up (1 click)
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April 28, 2008 at 11:44 pm ET Because the HKD is pegged to the USD, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has been more or less compelled to follow the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts. As a result Hong Kong's interest ... (more) Bank raises some mortgage valuations (10 clicks)
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April 28, 2008 at 6:41 am ET HSBC has an on line property valuation tool which enables users to check the mortgage value of a property. The on-line valuation tool has some limitations in that it is not an accurate reflection of ... (more) Thursday, April 24, 2008 Rent controls demanded (5 clicks)
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April 24, 2008 at 4:07 am ET There was a whinging letter in the SCMP this morning demanding that the government introduce rent controls to protect tenants against "greedy landlords".Leaving aside the tone of snivelling, self interested hypocrisy in the correspondent's letter, ... (more) Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Inflation hits 5.3% (13 clicks)
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April 23, 2008 at 12:50 am ET The headline inflation rate for the 12 months to March 2008 was 4.2%. However, if the effects of the Hong Kong government's "one off" relief measures and rebates is netted out, the underlying rate is ... (more) Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Second installment of tax paid (2 clicks)
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April 22, 2008 at 4:49 am ET The second and final installment of my tax bill for 2007/8 is due on Friday. As I may struggle to get near the IRD office later in the week, I made the payment today. ... (more) Monday, April 21, 2008 High food prices - an opportunity for reform (8 clicks)
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April 21, 2008 at 7:00 am ET Almost all the press about rising food prices has been focused on the negative aspects. It is obviously right to focus on those who are unfortunate enough to be in the situation where rising ... (more) Saturday, April 19, 2008 Adopting a cat (8 clicks)
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April 19, 2008 at 8:51 am ET I finally caved to pressure from my children and adopted a three month old kitten from the local SPCA. OK, I was keen too.In spite of being an adoption of a homeless animal, it ... (more) Items 1 - 25 of 109
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