stock markets

Let us put our First-World problems into perspective.

In addition to heightened volatility and uncertainty, the underperformance of some high-profile 2021 listings is also a concern

If we accept that markets are largely efficient, then why does mispricing exist?

What was once perhaps unthinkable must now be included in our immediate investment and business calculations. China is not sitting back in the face of this bully behaviour, so the investment horizon is still wide.

The Dow components then included some counters that are still thriving — General Electric, US Steel and Western Union. Other companies such as Utah Copper and Westinghouse have merged into Chevron Corp and Rio Tinto.

SINGAPORE (Feb 21): It is interesting human behaviour, when a major news event occurs, to see people clamour to make predictions about what the impact will be as well as where markets and economies will go. Many get suckered into reading these so-called e

(Nov 11): US stocks reached fresh record highs last week, boosting sentiment for the rest of the world’s markets. Wall Street remains the best-performing equity market globally this year.

SHANGHAI (Dec 24): Value investing is proving to be a profitable strategy in one of the world’s worst-performing stock markets, where a gush of momentum-chasing retail money has created boom-bust cycles.

SINGAPORE (Nov 20): Nearly half of Singaporean investors believe their own country presents the best investment opportunities in the near-term, ahead of other popular investment locations such as China and the US.  

SINGAPORE (Dec 8): Following a generally smooth-sailing year for global risk assets – one that came as a shock to bears and gold bugs expecting 2017 to be the year of volatility – Saxo Bank now sees the pendulum swinging back in favour of pronounced v