Tag Archives: stock index

Yangzijiang

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Brennen

A former student messaged me on the eve of our National Day that Yangzijiang (YZJ) share price had dropped 20%. For the past 2 weeks or so, I have been very busy and have no time to look at how … Continue reading →

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The importance of financial goals

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Brennen

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

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Brennen

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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Isn’t this similar to the 90s?

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Brennen

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 →

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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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Two important life lessons when investing in stocks

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Brennen

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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It’s time to take stock of how our stocks performed this year

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Brennen

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 →

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What can we expect from the American election?

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Brennen

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 →

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An essential product does not mean its company share price will continue grow

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Brennen

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 →

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Sell in May and go away strategy: Why not a contrarian view?

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Brennen

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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