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.
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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…
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.