<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Recent Posts in 'the use of a bank nowadays' | sgForums.com</title>
    <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    <language>en-US</language>
    <ttl>60</ttl>
    <atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://politics.sgforums.com/open_search.xml"/>
    <description></description>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by eagle @ Mon, 05 May 2008 00:38:33 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For DBS he will be working at Singapore's downtown Shenton
Way, where during an earlier stint he met his wife, Koh Li Peng, a
top model who earned the tag of Miss Singapore in 1984.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"I would walk out for lunch and see her. One day, I
approached her and it started from there," Stanley told the local
Business Times in an interview in 2004.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stanley and his wife have three children.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Got money different &lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:38:33 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8061916</guid>
      <author>eagle</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by walesa @ Sun, 04 May 2008 23:58:24 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Without going too much into the technicalities for those without
a relevant finance/economics background, just thought this might
serve as an interesting read for those wondering why Singapore
banks pay such low interest rates (among other things) : &lt;a href=
"http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080504/tap-dbs-ceo-c3bb44c.html"
rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080504/tap-dbs-ceo-c3bb44c.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;DBS is likely to report on Wednesday quarterly
profit fell 8.3 percent from a year earlier to S$566 million ($416
million) - SINGAPORE, May 4 - For Richard Stanley, Singapore's
attraction goes far beyond the realm of his Citibank career in the
city-state. He found love on the island, a former Miss Singapore
who became his wife.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;The romance with the country has lured the 47-year-old
American banker to return to work in Singapore for the third time,
to run Southeast Asia's biggest lender, DBS Group Holdings
.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But expanding DBS beyond Singapore and Hong Kong, its two
key markets where it earns about 90 percent of its profits, and
weathering global credit turmoil will not be easy.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"DBS is not a broken
bank," said Matthew Wilson, an analyst at Morgan Stanley. "It is
just a Singaporean bank and hence has structurally low growth, low
returns, and limited distinctive capability to succeed
regionally."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;DBS cannot offer the
global scale and breadth that the likes of Standard Chartered and
Citigroup could offer to regional banks, he
said.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Richard Stanley has no easy levers to pull to improve
performance."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;DBS is likely to report on Wednesday quarterly profit fell
8.3 percent from a year earlier to S$566 million ($416 million),
according to a Reuters poll. Analysts expect it to report lower
fees and fresh provisions on its exposure to complex credit
derivatives.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But the writedowns would be much lower than last year when
it wrote down S$270 million on structured instruments, including
debt exposed to the collapsing U.S. subprime mortgage
market.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;DBS is also facing slowing growth after two years of strong
earnings momentum as a looming U.S. recession threatens to derail
an Asian economic expansion that enabled regional lenders to
withstand the credit crisis last year.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But DBS has put its faith in Stanley, who has spent 18 of
his 27-year banking career in Asia, including stints in Thailand,
Singapore and Shanghai. His appointment came despite speculation
the job might go to Francis Rozario, another ex-Citibanker who
works for Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings [TEM.UL], which
owns 28 percent of DBS.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"As a seasoned banker with a proven track record in Asia,
Richard is well-positioned to help DBS grow our regional footprint,
diversify our revenue base and focus on higher-return businesses,"
said the group's Chairman Koh Boon Hwee at the time of the
announcement.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;His appointment comes as the bank is gunning for expansion
in Taiwan where it bought failed lender Bowa Commercial this year,
while it is also trying to build a domestic business in China and
is increasing branches across India.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stanley comes with a track record of acquisitions in China,
which eluded his predecessor, former JPMorgan banker Jackson Tai,
who resigned last year.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stanley helped lead a Citi consortium's $3.1 billion
acquisition of a controlling stake in Guangdong Development Bank in
2006 and Citi's purchase of a minority stake in another Chinese
lender, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank .&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;DEPARTURES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But even before Stanley stepped into his office on Friday, a
string of departures at DBS greeted him.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;David Lau, the former head of global markets, is joining a
hedge fund and analysts fear he could take some traders with him.
Edmund Koh, its former top salesman in the consumer division, left
to join U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group in Taiwan, while
chief operating officer Frank Wong is retiring at the end of the
year.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"DBS has seen three of its most senior executive depart,"
Credit Suisse's Sanjay Jain said in a note to clients."One too many
changes at the same time?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But a person who has worked with Stanley in China sees him
as a team player and someone who has the capability of building an
international business.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"He was a great builder of franchise in China and very well
regarded by the people here," said the person, who asked not to be
identified because of corporate rules. "He cared for the people who
worked with him and they were also loyal."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Since Stanley first moved to China, Citi's headcount in the
country has grown from 150 to more than 3,000 as of last
year.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stanley joined Citi in 1981 and became China country manager
in 1999. He took a regional position in Singapore in 2004,
overseeing Southeast Asian markets and banking, before returning to
Shanghai in 2005 as China CEO.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For DBS he will be working at Singapore's downtown Shenton
Way, where during an earlier stint he met his wife, Koh Li Peng, a
top model who earned the tag of Miss Singapore in 1984.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"I would walk out for lunch and see her. One day, I
approached her and it started from there," Stanley told the local
Business Times in an interview in 2004.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stanley and his wife have three children.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 23:58:24 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8061783</guid>
      <author>walesa</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by balance_else_complacent @ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:15:31 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I am going to withdraw all my money from my savings bank savings
account tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Am putting it into something more rewarding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have to walk the talk.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not much to a bank but hope that not everyone will do the same,
transfer to another bank giving better returns.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If money is mine,&amp;nbsp; I will one day withdraw completely what
is mine at all cost, NO MATTER WHAT 'BANK' it may be. if u knoe wtf
i mean.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:15:31 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8051254</guid>
      <author>balance_else_complacent</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by balance_else_complacent @ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:30:37 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thats life, &amp;nbsp;as long as consumers and customers allow
it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:30:37 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8048442</guid>
      <author>balance_else_complacent</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by Focors @ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:37:43 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;hv you guys noticed that when you are lender to the bank, they
inform you reduction of interest rates for deposit very
quickly?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but when you are a borrower to the bank, eg mortgage loan
borrower, even if you are on variable interest rate package, they
take more than 6 months and still do not&amp;nbsp;announce any drop in
interest rates?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;banks busoh!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:37:43 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8048024</guid>
      <author>Focors</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by eagle @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:50:38 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by walesa:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
What exactly are you looking at in terms of investments? Obviously,
purchasing stocks and bills/bonds are as different as chalk and
cheese - depending on your needs and risk appetite, the incentives
for&amp;nbsp;investment instruments would therefore be different.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the basis of what you've posted over the last two threads,
you don't seem to have a particular area where you seem to have a
particular interest in (as you seem to be keeping a lookout for
anything from fixed deposit to bills - or was it your gf? - to
forex). If I recall correctly, you're an undergraduate, aren't you?
Planning on pursuing a career in finance?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, you may wish to pm me to discuss this further to save
others the hassle of reading things that do not directly relate to
the thread. &lt;img src="/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/set1/tongue.png"
alt="tongue.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Me ah... looking all over at the moment, while waiting for the
economy to cool down somemore before picking up, I guess, around
2010&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;sent u a pm...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:50:38 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8043479</guid>
      <author>eagle</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by walesa @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:15:56 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by eagle:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok I get about 70% of whatyou mean liao &lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=
"icon_biggrin.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any more opinions and suggestions? I'm trying to soak up as much
information as possible asap with regards to making money work for
you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
What exactly are you looking at in terms of investments? Obviously,
purchasing stocks and bills/bonds are as different as chalk and
cheese - depending on your needs and risk appetite, the incentives
for&amp;nbsp;investment instruments would therefore be different.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the basis of what you've posted over the last two threads,
you don't seem to have a particular area where you seem to have a
particular interest in (as you seem to be keeping a lookout for
anything from fixed deposit to bills - or was it your gf? - to
forex). If I recall correctly, you're an undergraduate, aren't you?
Planning on pursuing a career in finance?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, you may wish to pm me to discuss this further to save
others the hassle of reading things that do not directly relate to
the thread. &lt;img src="/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/set1/tongue.png"
alt="tongue.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:15:56 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8043402</guid>
      <author>walesa</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by eagle @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:51:37 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by walesa:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don't think you get the drift of what I was trying to convey.
Firstly, financial and currency markets are synonymous with
risks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By suggesting you convert your base currency, what I mean is
this : if you're hedging against the US$ and&amp;nbsp;believe the
&#163;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;would appreciate more
than the S$ against the US$ in a pre-determined timeframe (ie.say a
year), it would make more sense for you to convert your S$ into the
&#163; before you invest the money in a foreign account (this would
obviously yield a better return than simply converting your S$
directly into US$).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While the currency examples&amp;nbsp;cited here may be theoretical,
it is not completely detached from reality if you understand the S$
floating mechanism where the brand of "dirty float" deployed by the
MAS&amp;nbsp;effectively floats against a basket of currencies. In
short, the strength of the S$ - assuming MAS maintains its existing
monetary policy over the course of the period you wish to hedge
your funds -&amp;nbsp;has a somewhat direct, but not exclusive,
correlation&amp;nbsp;with the strength of the US$ and the &#163;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok I get about 70% of whatyou mean liao &lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=
"icon_biggrin.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any more opinions and suggestions? I'm trying to soak up as much
information as possible asap with regards to making money work for
you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:51:37 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042992</guid>
      <author>eagle</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by walesa @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:33:09 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by eagle:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My post was after I had consulted some UOB person, although I
don't really trust him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Putting in a foreign account, you are still exposed to the
long-run risks of the currency market. You never know which way the
currency is going to go. Lucky you earn. Unlucky (eg suddenly get
sub-prime crisis, etc), then you lose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can imagine what happened to those who their fixed D into the US
market about 1 year ago?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don't think you get the drift of what I was trying to convey.
Firstly, financial and currency markets are synonymous with
risks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By suggesting you convert your base currency, what I mean is
this : if you're hedging against the US$ and&amp;nbsp;believe the
&#163;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;would appreciate more
than the S$ against the US$ in a pre-determined timeframe (ie.say a
year), it would make more sense for you to convert your S$ into the
&#163; before you invest the money in a foreign account (this would
obviously yield a better return than simply converting your S$
directly into US$).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While the currency examples&amp;nbsp;cited here may be theoretical,
it is not completely detached from reality if you understand the S$
floating mechanism where the brand of "dirty float" deployed by the
MAS&amp;nbsp;effectively floats against a basket of currencies. In
short, the strength of the S$ - assuming MAS maintains its existing
monetary policy over the course of the period you wish to hedge
your funds -&amp;nbsp;has a somewhat direct, but not exclusive,
correlation&amp;nbsp;with the strength of the US$ and the &#163;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:33:09 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042950</guid>
      <author>walesa</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by balance_else_complacent @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:43:33 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by eagle:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even if you put in foreign banks, you are still likely to lose
to inflation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are many many ways to use money and place them where you
can get till 10% p.a. within SG (passively), but very long term...
Right after my exams I'm going to embark on some further reading up
and preparations..., and already have plans to save a few hundred a
month just for this goal alone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
inflation is like true FT. they are needed IF&amp;nbsp;only they are
true FT with talents not available here. else, they are&amp;nbsp;just
to&amp;nbsp;lower cost. and this is not wise nor is it a solution other
than a workaround&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;anyone can&amp;nbsp;come&amp;nbsp;up.
nothing great.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if you&amp;nbsp;read&amp;nbsp;my post&amp;nbsp;paying due attention, you
could not fail to read that i said foriegn banks&amp;nbsp;that
give&amp;nbsp;higher interest rate. And this implicitly means&amp;nbsp;able
to cover the inflation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i urge you to study hard and avoid IT which is has oversupply of
'talents' that price themselves from 2.5k.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It should now&amp;nbsp;be clear to everyone, the term Talent is
over-used and to me strictly, it is&amp;nbsp;not accurate term. They
are foreign workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A Foreign talent&amp;nbsp;would be, to me, someone like Koh Boon Wan
who is&amp;nbsp;invited to be citizen and he dropped his malaysia
citizenship to take up the&amp;nbsp;job&amp;nbsp;gubbymenting.&amp;nbsp;
another case in point is a scientist. a researcher with nobel prize
level of calibre.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am sure no one in the world dares to criticise me if I call
them talents.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thus, i educate people who still do not understand the word
'talent', what it means.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if you are really a talent, why are you paid low ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i think somehow they are called foreign talent and fall under
the policy of foreign talent. Their obvious purpose i see is to
delay mnc from relocating.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lowered cost due to influx affects locals&amp;nbsp;.Flats price
are&amp;nbsp;already world famous expensive, daily&amp;nbsp;expenses are
going up and up. ERP, COE, ERP Parking, Inflation has gone record
high. medicals, education. how low can poreans salary go to compete
with influx ? And Low Quality of Life. But there is someone trying
to find the happiest person maybe hoping to clone more people like
him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thus,&amp;nbsp; a long term solution is needed&amp;nbsp;to give locals
higher paying jobs and creating jobs for locals 1st and not just
creating job for everyone. delaying MNCs from moving out is not a
longterm solution. its a workaround, shortterm. This effort should
start about 20 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:43:33 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042293</guid>
      <author>balance_else_complacent</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by eagle @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:25:48 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Even if you put in foreign banks, you are still likely to lose
to inflation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are many many ways to use money and place them where you
can get till 10% p.a. within SG (passively), but very long term...
Right after my exams I'm going to embark on some further reading up
and preparations..., and already have plans to save a few hundred a
month just for this goal alone.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:25:48 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042259</guid>
      <author>eagle</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by balance_else_complacent @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:20:24 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by eagle:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you do that, I believe you will be charged as being a
loanshark&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is a known fact that money will be lost to inflation if you
put in the bank since years and years ago. Quite surprising you
only notice it now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even for the bond my gf has purchased, with a requirement to be
held for 5 years, giving average of at least 5.28% p.a., is already
losing money to the inflation of 6.7%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;thats right, why should we lend money to banks who use it to
invest for themselves?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I will leave them some little money just enough for me to
withdraw from ATM for daily expense purposes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I will put&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;majority of my money in foreign bank or
any secure bank for 1&amp;nbsp;year to try&amp;nbsp;and use internet
banking to do money transfers. Even CitiBank and Other Great
Foreign Banks that are more international are opening retail banks
here and provide ATM machine also.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thus, Given the INFLATION and LOW LOW SUPER LOW LOW interest
given by local banks for savings and FD, there is really no need to
owe them in the way of lending their boss my money for them to use
at their owns in ways they choose and like and fancy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No body owes them nothing. This is lesson learnt from life in
the PORE. We really do not owe them anything. Their happiness. If
we continue to leave money there, they continue to enjoy at my
expense. Only when they give higher interest surpassing the
inflation by 2 percent then only i may consider. Else, there is
really no reason to put into FD and savings account except for ATM
purposes. If no need use cheque, then close the current
account.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is to make our local banks better. Let them realise they
must not be complacent. Complacency has cost poreans and the pore a
lot of reputation loss and money loss and resources loss and most
importantly my face is lost in front of foreigners.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that money cannot compensate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:20:24 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042250</guid>
      <author>balance_else_complacent</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by eagle @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:05:37 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by
balance_else_complacent:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Walesa has already answered&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;you. Take his advise and
you may be richer for it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think his points are valid.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the FACT&amp;nbsp; IS :&amp;nbsp; local banks interest for FD and normal
savings account no longer serves its purpose in the sense&amp;nbsp;that
why should people 'lend' money to&amp;nbsp;banks that
basically&amp;nbsp;returns no interest due to INFLATION ?&amp;nbsp;I rather
loan my money to&amp;nbsp;friends and earn some&amp;nbsp;kind of
respectable&amp;nbsp;interest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The customers collectively need to&amp;nbsp;decide if drawing out
all money from local banks&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;put it&amp;nbsp;into a new
bank that is reliable and gives better return.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&amp;nbsp;must&amp;nbsp;understand we do not owe the banks nothing. As
in Zilch.&amp;nbsp; They need to wake up their ideas. Do not take kuai
locals for granted.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you do that, I believe you will be charged as being a
loanshark&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is a known fact that money will be lost to inflation if you
put in the bank since years and years ago. Quite surprising you
only notice it now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even for the bond my gf has purchased, with a requirement to be
held for 5 years, giving average of at least 5.28% p.a., is already
losing money to the inflation of 6.7%.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:05:37 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042215</guid>
      <author>eagle</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by eagle @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:58:49 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by walesa:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Alternatively, you can change your base currency before depositing
your money in a foreign account.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My post was after I had consulted some UOB person, although I
don't really trust him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Putting in a foreign account, you are still exposed to the
long-run risks of the currency market. You never know which way the
currency is going to go. Lucky you earn. Unlucky (eg suddenly get
sub-prime crisis, etc), then you lose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can imagine what happened to those who their fixed D into the US
market about 1 year ago?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:58:49 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042201</guid>
      <author>eagle</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by balance_else_complacent @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:54:18 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by eagle:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you asked in the wrong forum&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You should post your question either in $Money$ sub-forum or
better, within Money Mind in hardwarezone forums&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, quite obvious you do very much about financial
planning.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the interest rate is 7%, your final is 1.07 more than your
original amount. However, you will have to take into account
exchange rates. If the exchange rate drops in your favour (and SGD
is expected to rise in value), and if it drops 7%, your final is
1.07*0.93 = 0.9951, less than the amount you initially put in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Walsea has already answered you. Take his advise and you may be
richer for it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think his points are valid.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No matter how you say&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:54:18 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042192</guid>
      <author>balance_else_complacent</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by balance_else_complacent @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:53:42 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by eagle:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you asked in the wrong forum&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You should post your question either in $Money$ sub-forum or
better, within Money Mind in hardwarezone forums&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, quite obvious you do very much about financial
planning.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the interest rate is 7%, your final is 1.07 more than your
original amount. However, you will have to take into account
exchange rates. If the exchange rate drops in your favour (and SGD
is expected to rise in value), and if it drops 7%, your final is
1.07*0.93 = 0.9951, less than the amount you initially put in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Walesa has already answered&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;you. Take his advise and
you may be richer for it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think his points are valid.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the FACT&amp;nbsp; IS :&amp;nbsp; local banks interest for FD and normal
savings account no longer serves its purpose in the sense&amp;nbsp;that
why should people 'lend' money to&amp;nbsp;banks that
basically&amp;nbsp;returns no interest due to INFLATION ?&amp;nbsp;I rather
loan my money to&amp;nbsp;friends and earn some&amp;nbsp;kind of
respectable&amp;nbsp;interest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The customers collectively need to&amp;nbsp;decide if drawing out
all money from local banks&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;put it&amp;nbsp;into a new
bank that is reliable and gives better return.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&amp;nbsp;must&amp;nbsp;understand we do not owe the banks nothing. As
in Zilch.&amp;nbsp; They need to wake up their ideas. Do not take kuai
locals for granted.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:53:42 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8042191</guid>
      <author>balance_else_complacent</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by walesa @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:48:37 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by eagle:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the interest rate is 7%, your final is 1.07 more than your
original amount. However, you will have to take into account
exchange rates. If the exchange rate drops in your favour (and SGD
is expected to rise in value), and if it drops 7%, your final is
1.07*0.93 = 0.9951, less than the amount you initially put in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Alternatively, you can change your base currency before depositing
your money in a foreign account.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:48:37 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8041885</guid>
      <author>walesa</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by walesa @ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:29:51 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by elementalangel:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that is you have a small sum of money..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
dbs gives a 1.5% interest a year&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
so if you have 100mil for instance.. you get 1.5 mil for free..
thats for sure...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;however if you invest it all dirrectly.. you will get risks...
would you want to risk/? would u darea take the risks?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Have you considered your deposit in the bank isn't really
default-free as you're led to believe?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Singapore, the deposit insurance is set by the MAS to a limit
of just SGD20,000. Basically, 99.98 million of your 100 million is
effectively your risk premium...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:29:51 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8041881</guid>
      <author>walesa</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by eagle @ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:39:54 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by
balance_else_complacent:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ok, really appreciate&amp;nbsp;your advise which is the&amp;nbsp;1st
advise I received.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To me, I owe no one nothing. I owe no banks no money. I owe them
nothing and do not wish to continue 'lending' them at such
pathethic interest rate which is eaten by inflation!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i vow to remove every cent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i hope and do not encourage all to do the same.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Imagine the terror of all withdrawing every cent from our local
banks!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that is not what i am hoping...but then, in a democracy, we are
free man. We own our money legally and fully can decide what to do
with it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If any of my money is stuck in some financial repository , i vow
to remove every cent sooner or later , at all cost.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i value freedom more than life itself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you asked in the wrong forum&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You should post your question either in $Money$ sub-forum or
better, within Money Mind in hardwarezone forums&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, quite obvious you do very much about financial
planning.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;is it feasible to WITHDRAW each and every single little cent I
have in a bank and&amp;nbsp;put it in a&amp;nbsp;OVERSEAS bank&amp;nbsp;not
registered in the PORE and earn the higher interest?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the interest rate is 7%, your final is 1.07 more than your
original amount. However, you will have to take into account
exchange rates. If the exchange rate drops in your favour (and SGD
is expected to rise in value), and if it drops 7%, your final is
1.07*0.93 = 0.9951, less than the amount you initially put in.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:39:54 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8040220</guid>
      <author>eagle</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by balance_else_complacent @ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:15:56 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;ok, really appreciate&amp;nbsp;your advise which is the&amp;nbsp;1st
advise I received.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To me, I owe no one nothing. I owe no banks no money. I owe them
nothing and do not wish to continue 'lending' them at such
pathethic interest rate which is eaten by inflation!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i vow to remove every cent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i hope and do not encourage all to do the same.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Imagine the terror of all withdrawing every cent from our local
banks!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that is not what i am hoping...but then, in a democracy, we are
free man. We own our money legally and fully can decide what to do
with it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If any of my money is stuck in some financial repository , i vow
to remove every cent sooner or later , at all cost.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i value freedom more than life itself.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:15:56 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8040117</guid>
      <author>balance_else_complacent</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by Paradise Lost @ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:52:05 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by
balance_else_complacent:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hello Friends and Worldly people,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I need your advise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given the local banks are giving so so soo soooo soooooooooo
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;low interest for savings and FD,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;is it feasible to WITHDRAW each and every single little cent I
have in a bank and&amp;nbsp;put it in a&amp;nbsp;OVERSEAS bank&amp;nbsp;not
registered in the PORE and earn the higher interest?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Will I be taxed for the interest earned&amp;nbsp;from a foreign,
unregistered-with-the-PORE bank? How about&amp;nbsp;through a bank in
the internet of no borders?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am sick of&amp;nbsp;'LENDING' my hardearned money&amp;nbsp;to
local&amp;nbsp;banks who give me interest&amp;nbsp;like not giving at all
taking&amp;nbsp;into account&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;INFLATION.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Should we all withdraw&amp;nbsp;all our money from local banks?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is purely a question.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope to get some kind of financial advise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Danke.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, its extremely feasible. In fact, there are international
banks operating in Singapore that provides services such as Foreign
currency deposits, saving you from the need to go overseas
physically and openning a bank account there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Of course, you will be bearing the foreign exchange risks if you
do. And no, you won't be taxed. &lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/KMess-Blue/satisfied.png" alt=
"satisfied.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:52:05 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8040090</guid>
      <author>Paradise Lost</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by balance_else_complacent @ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:49:08 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello Friends and Worldly people,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I need your advise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given the local banks are giving so so soo soooo soooooooooo
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;low interest for savings and FD,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;is it feasible to WITHDRAW each and every single little cent I
have in a bank and&amp;nbsp;put it in a&amp;nbsp;OVERSEAS bank&amp;nbsp;not
registered in the PORE and earn the higher interest?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Will I be taxed for the interest earned&amp;nbsp;from a foreign,
unregistered-with-the-PORE bank? How about&amp;nbsp;through a bank in
the internet of no borders?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am sick of&amp;nbsp;'LENDING' my hardearned money&amp;nbsp;to
local&amp;nbsp;banks who give me interest&amp;nbsp;like not giving at all
taking&amp;nbsp;into account&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;INFLATION.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Should we all withdraw&amp;nbsp;all our money from local banks?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is purely a question.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope to get some kind of financial advise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Danke.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:49:08 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8040046</guid>
      <author>balance_else_complacent</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by maurizio13 @ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:23:42 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;deathbait,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;such a long hiatus since your last post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so........&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it's been like almost a month, have you asked or found out from
your colleague yet?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:23:42 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:8037785</guid>
      <author>maurizio13</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by maurizio13 @ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:45:17 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;deathbait,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt=
"icon_lol.gif" /&gt;&lt;img src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif"
alt="icon_lol.gif" /&gt;&lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Where are you hiding???&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:45:17 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:7972077</guid>
      <author>maurizio13</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>the use of a bank nowadays replied by maurizio13 @ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:45:53 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by deathbait:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ok, i have admitted i don't know what you're talking about and
you want to milk it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fine. I WILL ask my friends about it. Sheesh. I guess we know
who's on the ego trip and who's really contributing now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Still, I would be very surprised indeed if anyone tells me of an
economic principle that would cause a difference in the EV between
investing in shares and putting it in a bank.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For a person who talks with much authority in risk/reward curves
and expected value, you now profess that you have no idea what I am
talking about.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Managed to get afew copies of exactly the same graph from 2
books (I edited the revealing information), which you might be able
to ask your colleagues.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If your friends are still clueless, tell them this work won the
researcher a Nobel Prize.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or maybe you have found out from your friend as to the meaning
of this curve, realised your folly&amp;nbsp;and decided to stop
blabbing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=
"http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb312/maurizio13/mystery1.png"
height="717" alt="" width="1024" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=
"http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb312/maurizio13/mystery2.png"
height="493" alt="" width="795" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:45:53 +0800</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">politics.sgforums.com:10:311098:7965645</guid>
      <author>maurizio13</author>
      <link>http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/311098</link>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
