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This week’s articles and my reflections on them are detailed below. And as usual, any feedback would be warmly welcomed. (To understand the genesis behind this weekly…
The benchmark Straits Times Index dropped an incredible 127 points and fell 4.3% on Monday 24 August 2015, its biggest one day drop for close to…
To understand the genesis behind this weekly series, click here. ==================== The Market Is Crashing! What Should You Do? As I am writing this article, the Straits Times Index has dipped below the critical 3,000 mark. The market has dropped close to 20% even though a high of 3540 was achieved as recent as April 2015. Honestly, I feel the pain. With a $200,000 portfolio, it does hurt to see the value decrease by $1-$2k almost on a daily basis for the past couple of weeks. But it really doesn’t make sense to “Buy High, Sell Low” right? In these times, instead of allowing ourselves to become emotional and sell everything to stop the pain, one should try to access his/her rational mind. Yes, I am…
As I begin planning how my 168 hours are going to be spent every week, I realised that I spend alot of my time on the local financial…
First, let’s take a look at how some of the key indices have performed in the past few years. In the past three years, the…
It’s been a year and a half since I last posted an annual update on my portfolio performance. How fast time flies. When I first…