The stock market was extremely volatile last week, but do you know that it was due to an event called “Quadruple Witching”? This is an event which occurs four times a year on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. Last Friday was the third Friday of September, it was a day on […]
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How to Hedge Your Stock Portfolio Risks Using Futures Contracts
The stock market has been volatile and uncertain since the beginning of 2022, and you may have stocks in your portfolio not making money. The question is, “What can you do if you want to keep these stocks?” In my previous article, I shared with you how to use Options to enhance your stock portfolio […]
How to Increase Your Stock Portfolio Return With Option Strategies
The stock markets have not been easy for investors since the beginning of the year. Stocks had their worst first half-year run in 52 years given the fears of the Russia-Ukraine war, high oil prices, the never-ending pandemic, as well as inflation and recession worries. The stock market volatilities were constantly at a high level […]
What if Interest Rate Hikes Are Good for Stocks: How to Invest When the Market Has You on the Ropes (Part 3)
When it comes to money, people like to act with a herd mentality. We tend to follow what we read, whatever is reported. But did you ever take a pause to understand the relationships between inflation, recession, interest rate hikes, and monetary policy tightening? Just 2 days ago ( July 27), The Federal Reserve raised […]
Is High Inflation Here to Stay? – How to Invest When the Market Has You on the Ropes (Part 2)
In my previous article, I explained why you should take a step back when you are bombarded by doomsayers’ claims that high inflation will cause the “biggest recession in history”. Most people do not understand that inflation is not the root cause of the recession. Rather, inflation is a man-made tool to be used as […]
Inflation and Recession: How to Invest When the Market Has You on the Ropes (Part 1)
The two dirty words, inflation and recession, are everywhere. Even if you are not into investing or finance, you can’t help but see them all over the news headlines, financial blogs and YouTube channels. It is as if the world is moving toward an inevitably doomed economy, and everybody is going to become poorer. I […]
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How to Invest After the Fed Tapering and Interest Rate Hike
The stock market has been quite volatile in recent weeks. A lot of people are of the opinion that it is due to the newly discovered Omicron variant. But in my previous article, I demonstrated that Omicron was never a concern to Wall Street. So then what was it that really spooked the stock markets? …
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What Is the Metaverse and Why You Don’t Want to Miss This Investment Opportunity
If you are still asking which cryptocurrency you should “invest” in, you are heading in the wrong direction. As I have discussed in my earlier article, the value of what crypto brings to this world is not just a few more symbols to trade or a get rich quick scheme. It is a much bigger revolution. …
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ETF Investing is one of the most misunderstood investment strategies. It was created with good intentions but was misused by many people to sell their products and services. At the surface level, they give you some investment advice that seemed to make sense. The typical pitch goes like these: …
How Should We Invest in 2022?
2022 started with the worst January for the US stock market since the last financial crisis in 2008, and it definitely set the investors and speculators jittered. With the fear of inflation and interest rate hike, the mainstream media made a U-turn from their optimism of the stock market just one …
Investing in REITs – Why It Is NOT the Right Time to Buy Now
With the global recession triggered by COVID-19, we have seen that the Singapore REITs index has suffered a massive 20% loss. You may be asking, “What would be the impact of COVID-19 on REITs? Is it a good time to buy REITs now?” In this article, I want to help you understand three …
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How to find Singapore High Dividend Yield stocks in 5 minutes
Dividend-paying stocks are the most popular investment products among Singaporeans to plan for retirement. After I published this article last week, many readers want to know what are the tools available to choose dividend stocks efficiently. Gone with the days when you have to fork out big …
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