Especially not when making investment decisions. Uptrends are slow and methodical. Gains don’t come in big chunks but rather a stairstep process. Uptrends almost lull us investors to sleep because there isn’t much going on in terms of volatility. Downtrends, on…
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 – 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵.
We should stop once we’ve had enough.But what is “enough” for you?Would you recognize “enough” when you saw it? Have you written down your $$-amount that you consider enough? And how often has this $$-amount changed over the years? Do…
Where do you think Singaporean investors rank in terms of domestic equity allocation in % of total equity? Do we have more or less than 50% of our equity invested in the Singapore stock market? … From my anecdotal encounters…
Could it be that we have seen the peak in global oil demand back in 2019? I wouldn’t know. Due to COVID-19, experts are predicting that the oil demand peak might happen earlier than previously thought. BP says it could…
It’s the time of the year again where we start out with a bag full of New Year’s Resolutions and than slowly … one by one … fail to execute them. Do you happen to have set the resolution to…
I had a sobering meeting with a former colleague from work. We had not met for years. But I vividly remember him making a commitment at the end of our previous coffee chat in 2016 or was it 2017 that…
This will have some long-term implications. As a rational optimist, I do believe that the vast majority of the 7.6 billion people in this world wake up each morning to build a better life for themselves. The younger they are…
A bit volatile out there recently, isn’t it? How do you feel? Calm or nervous? I choose to tell myself to stay calm and use the opportunity to refresh my memory on what I should do in order to be successful in…
After the recent days of heightened market volatility I was curious to check out how the S&P 500 component stocks have faired over the last 12 months: Hmm, looks to me as if the bull market is mainly hinged on those…