The global stock market has just had an amazing rally in April despite a looming recession ahead. Do you feel puzzled and frustrated by this? Did you sell your stocks in March or were you waiting on the sidelines? The further we get into this global lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the clearer the […]
Oil Prices Dip Below Zero: Why It Matters To You
Recently a lot of my clients and subscribers have asked if there is any investment opportunity given the collapse of oil prices. Is it time to buy oil ETFs or energy companies, or is a recession imminent? We all know the world has become chaotic, and 2020 is a year of miracles in financial markets. […]
How Should You Handle A Recession?
If you are worried about recession in your retirement years, you should read this. In the course of my work as an independent financial adviser, I have done retirement planning for many people. In our initial discussion, most people tend to plan their retirement using very optimistic assumptions. But I always share with my clients […]
Investing for Retirement: Why Buying Stocks During a Financial Crisis is a Bad Idea
If you want to build a portfolio and invest for retirement, should you buy more stocks during a financial crisis? To many novice and professional investors alike, it sounds like a good idea. After all, stocks always go up higher in the long term, right? So buying stocks at a hugely discounted price seems to […]
How to survive a stock market crash
There are plenty of investment moves you can make during a stock market crash, but this is not the obvious one. 2016 started as a bumpy year in the investment world. Shanghai stock index crashed more than 7% just 30 minutes after the market opened on Jan 7 and was forced to close due to “circuit breaker”. […]
How to invest in a stock market crash
If you are a loyal Singapore stock investor, you may have just lost 3 years of your investment gains in the past few weeks. Panic selling is an understatement of what is happening in the financial markets. With STI index fell to a three year low, it was reported by Bloomberg that the richest people in Asia […]