My readers always ask me if there are any free platforms for stock research and portfolio monitoring. As you can imagine, the free ones always have limited features unless you are a paid subscriber. However, people tend to overlook that they can get useful data for free via their stock trading platform. But if you […]
Optimism is The Virtue of Capitalism – Ivan’s Investment Reflections for May 2021
Lately, stock markets have been getting jittery. Asian markets continued trading sideways while the US and European stock markets struggled to move higher in a zigzag manner. It seems to me that the stock markets have less concern over the resurgence of the number of Covid cases globally than the recent US policy initiatives. “Ivan’s […]
How Do Rising Interest Rates Affect Stock Market?
Recently, I wrote an article to caution the readers about the euphoria in the innovational technology stocks. In less than two weeks, many such stocks have crashed more than 20%, led by the stock market darlings such as Tesla, Square and Roku. So what happened? You may not realize that the driver behind is the […]
Kuaishou IPO Mega Listing – What It Means To The Stock Market?
Hong Kong IPO fever is not over, yet. Kuaishou, the biggest rivalry of TikTok, is looking to raise US$5.4bn in Hong Kong IPO this week. Because of the failure of Alibaba’s ANT IPO which was valued at US$313 billion, Kuaishou’s IPO is going to be the world’s biggest internet IPO since Uber’s $8.1 billion U.S. […]
The Year of Investing Dangerously – Ivan’s Reflections in January 2021
“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” I start with this quote to remind myself not to be carried away by the wave of exuberance in the stock markets now. People may talk about how they make more than 1000% in Tesla’s stock or Bitcoin. And you may be tempted to join […]
How to Invest Your CPF – The Complete Guide To CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS)
CPF is one of the most important assets for retirement planning in Singapore. But it is often under invested. Although CPF board pays you an almost guaranteed interest rate for your savings, you can still invest your CPF to earn a potentially higher return. There are a variety of instruments approved for CPF investment, such […]