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Tag Archives: stock index
The importance of financial goals
Until a few days ago, stock investment has been extremely daunting. For several months, the stock market has been relatively unidirectional – downwards! Even with the run-up in the last few days, the stock market still lost more than 10% … Continue reading
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Ten years after the fall of Lehman Brother
Today marks the 10th anniversary when Lehman Brothers fell into bankruptcy on 15 September 2008. Despite the on-going tariff war between the US and China, there is a general sea of calmness in the major stock exchanges all over the … Continue reading
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Tagged DBS, Gentings, Lehman Brothers, stock index
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Isn’t this similar to the 90s?
The spate of events that happened in the last six months reminded me of what we had experienced in the 90s. More than 20 years have zoomed passed us and how many of us remember those events that had taken … Continue reading
Stock investing – The need for mindset change (1)
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
Two important life lessons when investing in stocks
It must have been 20 years since I attended a remisier course leading to an examination that would enable me to become a full-fledge remisier. After all, I had just completed an MBA course and, this would enable me to … Continue reading
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Tagged Investment, Jardine C&C, personal finance, stock index
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It’s time to take stock of how our stocks performed this year
At the close of calendar year 2015, the STI ended at 2882.73. And today, the last day of trading for year 2016, the STI ended at 2880.76. In effect, the STI lost less than 2 points or less than 0.07% … Continue reading
What can we expect from the American election?
Now that the American election is over, and Donald Trump has been announced to be the president-elect. The inauguration is scheduled to be on 20 January 2017. As a biggest economy in the world, we can expect big event changes … Continue reading
An essential product does not mean its company share price will continue grow
I met two persons, who told me that they had Hyflux shares. I met one of them some 4-5 years ago and the other 2-3 years ago. Both of them have held the stocks for some time. So I presume … Continue reading
Sell in May and go away strategy: Why not a contrarian view?
The old saying sell in May and go away strategy seemed to have taken its toll this year when STI was sharply sold down from 2960.78 on 21st April to 2730.8 on 6th May 2016, a drop of 230 points, … Continue reading
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Tagged Financial Education, IPC, Jardine C&C, stock index, the banks
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5 reasons why stock investing is so difficult to start
Ethan Ho is a guest writer for our blog. He is part of the investing & financial literacy team that helps build the investingnote community. We thank you for his invaluable contribution. You have probably heard stories of people who’ve … Continue reading
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