What a week! Over the past week or so, we’ve seen: 3 US Banks fail. The Feds rush in to bail out depositors at 2 US banks. The market price in interest rate cuts as early as June 2023. And last night, we had a potential run on a Global Systemically I...
This is a reply to a regular reader and active commentator, Garudadri. I thought I should publish it as a blog to issue a warning to all readers. Here goes. To be quite honest, I am not rubbing my hands in gleeful anticipation of a greater market cra...
Despite their age, many of these huge resale HDB flats are still commanding a premium, plainly because of their mature location (which conveniently comes with more amenities) and their rare size (especially when compared with the BTO scene). And so...
It’s coming to the end of Q1 2023 and already looking like an intense & painful year. There are a few major life expenses this year that I’m in the process of dealing with. I couldn’t spread them out over the next few years because they somehow a...
Reggie, over at The Financial Coconut, invited me for a chill conversation about working in an advisory firm. You can watch the whole interview here: I was always intrigued by where Reggie’s set was, and after the interview, I realized that there was...
This is the fourth part in a series that looks at different behavioural traits and biases which affect investors. They are taken from the excellent book “The Art of Thinking Clearly” by Rolf Dobelli. You can find the first three parts HERE (Part 1),...
Good news for OCBC customers! You can now buy shares directly with your OCBC Digital Banking App via OCBC’s Online Equities Account (OEA). This means you can bank and trade all on one app, so you don’t need to go through the hassle of accessing diffe...
Summary Barnes & Noble grew into a bookselling powerhouse after scaling quickly, thanks to cookie-cutter retail locations. After years of struggling against e-commerce companies like Amazon, the bookstore adopted more of a local strategy, empower...
“I Have Not Failed. I’ve Just Found 10,000 Ways That Something Won’t Work.” Thomas Edison Thanks Edison, I needed that balanced statement to what sounds like a negative title. However, I do believe studying worst-case scenarios is important to know w...
The just-completed earnings season has shed light on how businesses are performing. With dark clouds looming on the horizon, investors are curious to know how companies are coping. Some have seen their profits falling as high inflation has pushed up...