There is, understandably, a lot of fear and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stock markets have suffered brutal sell-offs back in…
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The showdown between Trump and Biden is set for Tuesday evening. Do investors care who wins? Traders might. But serious investors probably don’t give a flying fig.
It’s getting close to the time when American voters will have to decide between a continuation of the Trump administration or whether it is time for a change.
Is a dividend investing strategy still relevant?
Our job as investors is to try and identify those last-man-standing companies. To do that, we need to dig into their balance sheets and cash flow statements because cash is king.
Take a chill pill this weekend and explore our little island.
The US Federal Reserve has said that it will keep interest rates lower for years to support recovery from the coronavirus crisis and recession. But the question is how low is going to be low enough.
A vaccine is not a fancy motorised scooter or a piece of operating software where a minimum viable product or MVP will do. This is not something that can be fixed on the fly after it has been injected into millions.
Volatility has suddenly reared its ugly head once again.
The US markets will be closed for Labour Day holidays on Monday. But there will be plenty of economic data to digest from the US, China, the EU and our northern neighbours, Malaysia.
We can now add another letter to the bowl alphabet-soup and raft of symbols and shapes that experts are predicting the economic recovery will take — the letter “K”
After a surprising period of calm, the market has been roiled by volatility once again.
While we have, collectively, decades of investing experience, we also recognise that we are going through a pandemic for the first time. We don’t want to be over-confident.
You need to take stock of what’s happening around you and be the steward of your own portfolio.
Look forward to the world getting back to normalcy once again.
Banks can tell us a lot about what is going on in an economy. They are, after all, at the front end of everything that goes on.
US Federal Reserve is aiming to boost average inflation above a 2% target, whilst keeping interest rates ultra-low for years to boost employment. The two key words are “average” and “target”.
It is tempting to wait for the market to dip again, but by doing so, you may miss out on attractive investing opportunities.
The brokerages are playing catch-up with the swift rise in share prices of glove companies.
There is just one more counter to announce results before the curtain can come down on the blue-chip earnings season…