STE's Stocks Investing Journey

image credit to TheBusinessTime.com On 19 th April, The Business Time published an article on issues related to ETF, “ Vanguard is growing faster than everybody else, combined !! “. No doubt, ETF which is tracking indexes from all over the world is getting so popular because of lower cost as compared to active management. “In the last three calendar years, investors sank USD$823 billion into Vanguard Funds, by any measure, these are staggering figures. Vanguard’s asset under management have skyrocketed to USD4.2 trillion from USD 1 trillion seven years ago. “ according to the company.

image credit to businesstimes.com .sg I read therefore I write This is an interesting article about increasing vacancies rate at the high-end shopping district at Downtown Manhattan in today's The Business Time. Quoted from the article “ Dusty windows on Madison Avenue. Ghostly trace of sign-on Columbus Avenue. Manhattan’s top retail strip, some of which are among the world’s most expensive shopping districts, appear to have seen better days. Once packed street are being hit by completion from emerging neighbourhoods, and deep discounting from online retailers. In February, the heart of Madison’s shopping district had 37 vacancies or stores for rent …….. “

These two pieces of news from The Business Time (Weekend) on 5 Nov made me think and write this blog post eventually. P2P Investors in a fix as car firm director “disappears “ “ Crowdfunding investors are likely on the hook for roughly $600,000 in loads to parallel importer named TLC Cars that failed to deliver on sold vehicles – and the director is now uncontactable . “ write the paper. P2P (peer-to-peer ) investment platform and Crowdfunding seems to get popular in Singapore with many platforms being established recently, like “ Capital Match, MoolahSense, Funding Societies, New Union, coasset.com etc “