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Start trading on POEMS! Open a free account here! At a glance: Fed more cautious on future rate hikes Inflation numbers falling, now at 8.5% Federal Reserve is still hawkish Apple Inc and Walt Disney beat expectations The three major US indices – Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite started the month on a…Read More
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) have become a popular investment tool over the years as they provide diversity, flexibility and lower costs. Currently, there are 53 ETFs listed on SGX that span across different asset classes. Investors can choose to pay with cash or invest with their funds in their Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) accounts. The latter…Read More
Key Takeaways Leveraged ETFs are ETFs that multiply returns of their underlying indices, whereas inverse ETFs provide returns in the opposite direction of their underlying indices. L&I ETFs are structured in such a way that they are meant for active trading rather than buy-and-hold purposes. Holding these ETFs for a longer-term period will expose investors…Read More
You might already know that you can use your Central Provident Fund (CPF) monies to invest via the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). However, the CPFIS has a limited list of financial products which can be invested in, as well as limitations on which type of account can be used for these investments. Key Takeaways Exchange…Read More
Among the main global issues that, worry investors in stocks, bonds and other instruments these days are the Fed interest rate hikes, inflation, recessions (hard landings and soft landings for the economy), stagflation, energy prices and the conflict in Ukraine and its consequences on the commodities space. The markets have been very volatile as a…Read More
Introduction The annual Great Singapore Sales (GSS) is back this year from 9 September to 10 October 2022. Once a year, the Singapore Retailers Association organises the GSS together with various malls and stores to promote Singapore’s tourism industry. Launched in 1994, this annual event usually runs 6 weeks. In 2020, the GSS was rebranded…Read More
Introduction When analysing market trends and movements, we find that two-thirds of the time, trades fluctuate in a price range without any significant up or down trend. This is also known as a Sideways trend. This leaves us with the remaining one-third of the time, where the market is trending in a pronounced direction. Hence,…Read More
What is Contrarian Trading? Contrarian trading might not be familiar to many, but one of the most well-known traders to use this strategy of Contrarian trading is Warren Buffet. “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful”, one of Warren Buffet’s most famous quotes sums up what contrarian trading is about….Read More
As of now, the prices of electricity, fuel, vegetables, hotels and flights to name a few, are rising and just like interest rates. Factors such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, constant lockdowns in China, disrupted production chains and a persistent power crunch have all unsettled the delicate balance between supply and demand, causing prices to soar….Read More
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