The Future Of Gold
On 5 November 2024, the US presidential election was held, and Trump won a huge victory. The impact on stocks, the USD, and gold, among many other things, was evident. Earlier I had written a few articles on gold, with…
Category Financial Literacy
China’s Stock Market Enters A Bull Run
The Chinese stock market investors recently were very hyped up over the long awaited bull run. After the SSE Comp and CSI 300 index fell to a low and crushed confidence, a sudden u-turn occurred, and confidence is coming back…
Sell The News
‘Sell the news’ is a term we often hear in the trading and investment world, where once a particular positive result has been confirmed, people start selling or dumping the asset involved. It may seem very strange to many new…
Run Your Household Like A Company
The company is a for-profit organisation set up to conduct business with an ultimate aim to earn money. Money is priority, and while staff welfare and corporate social responsibility varies across a wide range, ultimately has the end result of…
Do Not Be In A Hurry To Invest
Many young adults make the mistake of being in a hurry to invest. They have read books and gained knowledge elsewhere about the power of compounding. That time is needed to accumulate wealth, and the earlier they start, the better…
China’s National Team Gives Up
In the Chinese stock market, there is such an existence called the National Team (國家隊). The National Team has interfered in the financial markets at times when necessary to support a certain stance and of course to give confidence to…
Getting Started On Your Investment Journey
I surf the personal finance / FIRE forums frequently, and one question that often pops up is: How do I get started on my investment journey? Usually asked by the very young people, sometimes even before they hit the legal…
Sheng Siong Group Ltd (OV8)
Sheng Siong Group Ltd is a Singaporean supermarket chain listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). It is one of the biggest supermarket chains in Singapore and has been expanding well over the past few years. This is a stock which…
China Stops Buying Gold
China started buying gold in Q4 2022, and had been steadily buying all the way till April 2024. Although China has been buying for so long, it was only in early 2024 that the masses took note of it. Gold…
China Capital Markets Shake-Up
China has recently come up with a series of guidelines and enforcements to regulate their capital markets, and by extension to inject confidence among investors, ultimately reviving their now near-dead capital markets, especially their stock markets. On 12 April 2024,…
Of Million-Dollar HDB And Mass Development Condominiums
The first million-dollar HDB was transacted in July 2012 and made the news. Since then, the volume of million-dollar HDB transactions has increased over the years, especially during the Covid and ‘post-Covid’ period where mass inflation has made everything much…
Cash May Still Be The King
The modern paper money we often refer to as cash has come a long way in terms of trading. From the original barter trade to seashells, mankind later introduced copper coins, silver ingots and gold bars. Paper money and later…