So next time someone tells you that he has made lots of money from stocks, we have to compare him with the "top property players".
Can he match the 500% gain of JRLX Singapore PROPERTISM Index (JSPI) over the last 10 years?
I myself did not make so much gain because I'm not a "top property player" but just an average one.
I didn't have the foresight to buy Farrer Court and those enblocable terrace houses at Paterson Road, or the even-numbered houses at Margate Drive (I didn't even know that even-numbered houses at Margate Road can be redeveloped into condos but odd-numbered houses cannot
until someone in this forum told me).
That's why I'm not a "top property player" but just an average one.
However, over the same period of the JSPI index that I composed above, I managed a gain of 90%, which is better than the Mr Goh above who lost $350,000 in shares; Mr Tan (former Chairman of Asia Insurance some more
) above who lost $30,000 in Lehman Brother minibonds and Mr. Jacot (CEO some more!
) above who lost half the $250,000 he invested in stocks.
CONCLUSION: Properties make better investments than stocks.