If the year were to end today, 2022 would rank as the 7th worst calendar year return for the stock market since the Great Depression. Despite there is still plenty of time left before the year is over, there’s no denying that this has been a terrible year in the stock market to date, especially […]
How to Invest in an Upside Down World Like Now
It never feels good when we are in this kind of market, it is hard to find any optimistic news. From interest rate hikes to inflation fear, from Russia Ukraine tension to global recession. The financial market is upside-down and many cracks are spreading. How should you position your investment to protect your downside and […]
What Are the Safe Haven Investments Amidst the Russia-Ukraine War?
As unfortunate as it is, Russia has decided to attack Ukraine. While it seems to be a geographic conflict, it is actually a financial war in disguise. As I have explained in this article, there is an invisible financial hand behind most of the geo-conflicts, and the Russia-Ukraine war is no different. If you are […]
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 month ago. Will the […]
Will Omicron Crash The Global Stock Market?
Almost all stock markets took a big hit amidst the news of Omicron, a name that many are still struggling to spell and pronounce accurately. The global stock market dropped more than 5% in the last two weeks of November. This new Covid variant is said to be more easily transmittable and has forced many governments […]
Playing a Catch-Up Game – Ivan’s Investment Reflection in August 2021
In my earlier July investment reflection “battleground in a decoupled world”, I talked about my feeling that China has chosen to de-couple from the rest of the world and mind their own business. Here was my summary: China has politically decided to be head-to-head with the US. China’s “dual circulation” actually means to close the […]