Tag Archives: STI

Wuhan Coronavirus and the STI

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Brennen
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Don’t make the same mistake that I made 2 decades ago

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Brennen

For the calendar year 2018, the Straits Times Index (STI) retreated from 3400.91 at the close of Year 2017 to 3068.76 at the close of Year 2018. The absolute fall for the calendar year 2018 was more than 10%. It … Continue reading →

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Are we over yet?

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Brennen

Just two days ago, the FED raised the interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.5%. Going into year 2019, it is expected that there will be another two more hikes. In a scenario when global stock markets have already … Continue reading →

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Reading too much into news & Wall Street movement can derail our financial plan

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Brennen

Very often we try to check the Wall Street movement and the futures to have an idea of what is likely to happen in the local stock market at the start of the trading day. After all, the Wall Street … Continue reading →

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The need for mindset change in investing (2)

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Brennen

In any stock seminar, we often hear of the same question over and over again. What are the stocks to buy and what to sell? In fact, it is probably the only question in the mind of investors when they … Continue reading →

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Stock investing – The need for mindset change (1)

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Brennen

In the discussion during a webinar that spanned over 2 hours yesterday evening, it was a natural progression that participants touched on the subject related to Straits Times Index (STI) movement. Almost all the participants lamented that the STI has … Continue reading →

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The shock that finally comes

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Brennen

Investors had a rude shock on Tuesday morning when they found out that Dow Jones fell a whopping 1075.21 points the night before.  That followed by an after-shock tremor of another 1032.89 on Thursday, 8 Feb 2018. In total, the … Continue reading →

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Being rational in the crowd of madness

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Brennen

Today, the STI ended up at 3567.14 or about 240 points (or about 6-7%) short of the all-time high made by the STI in 2007. By now, it appeared more and more people are thinking that a crash is around … Continue reading →

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Starting 2018 positively

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Brennen

Despite closing the year 2017 with an 18% upside in the Straits Times Index (STI), we saw another 90 points increase in the STI to end at 3489.45 in the first week of 2018. For myself, I am happy to … Continue reading →

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Final post for the year 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Brennen

Yesterday marked the end of the last trading day for the year. On the whole, it has been a great year even though the advancement of STI could not match that of the other markets like Dow Jones, Nikkei 225 … Continue reading →

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