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”
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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…
Speculation is most dangerous when it looks easiest. There is plenty that can go wrong.
The gap between the stock market and the economy is growing wider.
We are at the tail end of the Singapore blue-chip earnings season. Just a couple more companies to go before the curtains can come down.
It will be a long time before things will return to normal, if that is even possible. But that doesn’t mean that our lives will have to come to a standstill.
There has been a slew of profit declines announced by companies during this reporting season.
On this National Day, let’s all band together and keep the faith that the world can overcome this tragic pandemic soon.
We will never be 100% right. But it is always better to be roughly right than to be totally wrong.
The global economy is like a four-engine plane. But as with the plane, when each engine loses power, we can expect economic growth to slow.
Prudence is the order of the day as the central banks urge banks to rein in their dividend payments.
If you thought the latest US GDP numbers were bad, then the next set of unemployment figures should make your toes curl.