US stock market

Tong's Portfolio

Fed and Trump underwrite the US bull market

SINGAPORE (Feb 28): Global stocks traded sharply lower last week as the second wave of Covid-19 outbreak, this time outside of China, triggered heightened uncertainties.

US stocks

Buy the dip when market overreacts, says KGI

SINGAPORE (Feb 5): The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by about 666 points on Feb 2, a magnitude that was last seen the day after Britain voted to leave the European Union on June 24, 2016.

IPO

3 reasons why US firms are taking longer to go public

SINGAPORE (Jan 9): It was an encouraging 2017 for the S&P 500, booking a full year of monthly total gains for the first time ever. But the elephant in the room still remains about the shrinking pool US companies going public.

Global Economy

Fed's Yellen to headline annual Jackson Hole policy conference

NEW YORK (Aug 18): Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will join European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in Jackson Hole, Wyoming next week, setting the stage for a potentially revealing debate over the common challenges facing the world’s two most

Funds

Are ETFs a bane or boon to the US stock market?

SINGAPORE (Aug 16): Inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have hit an all-time high this year with investors piling a total of US$391 billion ($535 billion) in the first seven months of 2017 alone, according to ETFGI.
From Google Drive

Fed minutes suggest increasing tensions on inflation shortfall

WASHINGTON (July 6): Federal Reserve policymakers were increasingly split on the outlook for inflation and how it might affect the future pace of interest rate rises, according to the minutes of the Fed's last policy meeting on June 13-14 released on

In print this week

Passive ETFs aren’t all bad

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): The US stock market rally following Trump’s successful presidential bid may be an anomaly by historical standards, but it also means investors can start to look for investment options with US exposure.
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