Browsing: Kuo’s Smart Take

The investing world wants to know what Warren Buffett plans to do with his growing cash pile that just can’t stop growing.

Should we put our money into safer instruments such as bonds and time deposits? Or should we opt for income-producing shares instead?

The empty streets and restaurants in Singapore were suddenly brimming with people on Friday night. Orchard Road was once again a hive of activity.

China is now more connected with the rest of the world than during the SARS pandemic of 2003. So, any slowdown in could have a much bigger impact.

Don’t play roulette with your investments. If we choose our shares carefully, we could sleep well at night.

There is so much that is wrong with the outbreak of the potentially-lethal Wuhan virus that it is hard to even know where to start.

Don’t be distracted from your long-term investing goals by the “phase one” Sino-US trade deal.

How the change on quarterly reporting could affect you.

Hang onto your hats because it’s going to be a divisive year.

If I had to find one word to describe 2019, it would be … inexplicable.

The recently-announced trade deal between America and China didn’t strike us as being much of a deal between the two economic giants.

Governments that are ignoring climate change may eventually be forced to take action to avert an environmental catastrophe.

Did you make any money on your stock-market investments this year? I did. The best thing that any of us could have done this year is to ignore the noise.

Do you prefer large-cap companies or small caps? Large caps, or companies with sizeable market values, can have their advantages just as smaller outfits can have their pluses.

Retailing is not just about choosing online over offline. It is not a binary choice but instead it is about appreciating and understanding what customers want, and when they want it.

The companies that we invest in should be sustainable businesses. What’s the point in making stuff, if there is nobody around to buy the stuff they make?

We, investors, sometimes like to make things much harder than they need to be. But we don’t have to make it hard for ourselves.

There were two stories in The Business Times that caught my attention this week. They were kind of related but not quite. Same, same but different.

We might not know what the stock market will be doing the short term, but we should recognise when shares look cheap.

If you choose and combine your stocks carefully, then your portfolio could outperform money in the bank.