img src=”http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/5843/160/thinking.jpg”br /br /emfont color=”#0000FF”(P.S: Sorry for any disturbances the advertisements above may have caused you)/font/embr /I like reading the Review segment of the Straits Times because there are occasionally interesting analysis, and Andy Ho sometimes has interesting articles. This guy writes extensively on a variety of topics ranging from health to science to philosophy to political systems to economics … all of which interest me (save maybe for health). Saturday’s article in ST is the inspiration for this latest blog entry.br /br /I had read a book on chaos theory some years back, which is the subject of Andy Ho’s article, but had not really made the connection to stock market dynamics then, probably because my market experience then was not too extensive for me to make that connection. But some years later, on reading this article, it struck me how economic and stock market behaviour can be described …

GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES AND JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS TO JOIN STI IN FIRST INDEX REVIEW Singapore, 11 September 2008 – Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore Exchange (SGX) and FTSE Group (FTSE) announced today the results of the first review of the Straits Times Index (STI) and FTSE ST Index Series. What's In: Golden Agri and Jardine Matheson Holdings. What's Out: Thai Beverage PCL and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings. Read more here Chart of Golden Agri Chart of Jardine Matheson Holdings

In the recent months, interest rates of Banks and Finance Companies in Singapore have been trending downwards.

Here are two reports from Straits Times and AsiaOne:

1) March 24, 2008
Singapore interest rates likely to fall further Fed cut and robust Sing$ could push interbank lending rate below 1%
By Nicholas Fang
SINGAPOREANS can expect cheaper mortgages but lower savings and fixed deposit

No, it’s not the CNG you think it is.
Amid the recent high food inflation and record prices of rice, it is a relief to find some businesses in Singapore that do not raise prices but attempt to sell more in place of thinning profits. (薄利多销）。

Today I came across the Straits Times and saw an article on the launch of a community website, www.ekampong.com.sg ; in particular, the article zooms in on