Browsing: Smart Reads

It’s time to figure out what to do when you’re cooped up at home.

Do you see the glass as half-full, or half-empty?

With opportunities available, investors have the option to put their CPF monies to work.

There is much we can learn from Walter Schloss.

Selling all your stocks today would be tantamount to admitting to failure.

Rescuing an airline in crisis made highlights this week.

With Covid-19 ravaging Singapore’s economy, the Government has announced a Resilience Budget to assist people and businesses. We take a look at companies that stand to benefit from this generous package.

The words “lock down” have become the buzzwords for the month.

We look into the effects of the market crash on your retirement plans.

The markets are braced for more volatility as the coronavirus competes with Donald Trump to see who can spread more confusion.

It would be an understatement if I said that this had been a rough week.

Everyone is too focused on the “now”. As long-term investors, let’s think beyond this crisis to see what the effects will be.

Yesterday, Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX: .DJI) fell 10%, the second-largest crash after the infamous 1987 market decline. 

The speed of the market plunge has left investors scratching their heads as to when the market will bottom.

Pattern recognition helps you survive as a human being. It’s part of who we are. But as an investor, it can work against you. Here’s what to do.

The market is dropping. Shouldn’t you sell now and buy back later? The idea is well-meaning and reasonable but also flawed. 

The US Fed Reserve moved to lower interest rates to zero overnight, in what was the largest single-day rate cut since the Global Financial Crisis.

It has been eleven years since the previous severe bear market. Here are three important lessons gleaned from that harrowing event.

In distressing times, the balance sheet rather than the profit and loss account should be our first port of call.

The leaders of the G7 will hold an emergency meeting by videoconference on Monday.