When you deal with investment products, you may stumble upon the term “Accredited Investor”. Accredited investors (AI) are often referring to High Networth Individuals. They have access to some of the untraditional or sophisticated investment products which are out of touch by the retail investors. What is so good about products for Accredited Investors? In […]
Why buy and hold investment strategy makes little sense
We all hope that one day we will have enough money to live off our savings and retire, but not everybody is willing to take the first step. Why? Because the advice we received every day from the media and “experts” is often confusing and contradicting. Did you ever hope that there is some way to […]
One simple investment strategy to ride through tough stock market environments
The recent stock market crash is a good test for the faith of many investors. Should you buy stocks now at distressed price or should you “cut loss” and re-enter the market later? What I am thinking now is, what would Warren Buffett, George Soros or Jim Rogers be doing now? What would Wee Ee Chao or Koh Wee […]
How Does MAS New Requirement of Customer Knowledge Assessment (CKA) and Customer Account Review (CAR) Affects You
With effect from 1st January 2012, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will require all financial institutions to ascertain whether their clients possess the necessary knowledge or experience on the features and risks of the products that they intend to trade through the prescribed Customer Knowledge Assessment (CKA) or Customer Account Review (CAR). The requirement […]
SGX announced further measure to differentiate between direct replication ETFs and synthetic replication ETFs
On 22 August 2011, SGX announced “Further measure to improve investor awareness of exchange traded fund (ETF) structures“. Recent attention given to the embedded risks of synthetic replication exchange traded funds (ETFs) has raised awareness on the importance of understanding the structures, features and risks of a product for informed investment decisions. To make it […]
Are your ETFs lent to hedge funds?
Billions of dollars have been poured into ETF in recent years. Many investors misunderstood the products and only learned it the hard and expensive way. Japan earthquake and recent meltdown of silver price have caused various pitfalls of ETF exposed to daylight. ETF was also scrutinized lately with numerous regulatory warnings and concerns raised by […]