If you want to invest for retirement, you are facing an uphill task. Most investment strategies will never help you reach your retirement goals. The reason is simple, they are investment strategies, not retirement strategies. You need to understand that investing for wealth and investing for retirement are not the same thing. I wish I […]
Why should a foreigner invest in China A Shares and How
If you are a global investor, you can’t ignore China stock markets today, especially China A Shares. The irony is that when the US stock market made a 1% movement, it will be the headline news the next day in the Straits Times. But when China’s stock market made a 5.6% return in a single […]
Investing for Retirement: Why you should not over-rely on REITs investment
Real Estate Investment Trust, a.k.a. REIT, is a popular income generating investment nowadays. It is also one of the 5 core Income Generating Assets that I recommend for retirement planning. But the risks of investing in REITs are not well understood. In the course of my work, I realize many people have these common misconceptions: I […]
Invest for Retirement: How to Build Resiliency in Volatile Markets
If you are planning for your retirement or financial freedom, you probably start 2019 with a disturbing question after the stock market crash in December 2018. Should you continue to invest or quit? There is no shortage of information on the internet, you probably subscribe to many financial blogs or newspapers. But the information itself […]
What If Brexit Has No Deal?
The outcome of Brexit remains uncertain and headlines continue to be noisy, but if you read my article in 2016 about Brexit when it was announced, you know that the market always has an answer. The forex market says it is likely “no deal”, and it is probably good news for the British. What happens if […]
5 Outrageous Market Outlook for 2019 and How They Affect You
Let me put this down first: 2019 is going to be a year of global wealth re-distribution, and money will sneak out of your retirement nest egg if you still try to make and preserve your wealth in a conventional way. The fact that you are reading this article is probably because you care about […]