Category Archive: Equities

Equity Thursday : China and The IPO Gravy Train

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I thought I would write about something to take our minds off the ECB and the Non Farm Payrolls tonight before the US holiday tomorrow and their long weekend. Global IPO Stats Year… Continue reading

Record Lows for 2014 – Volumes and Volatility

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Records have been broken in many categories for 2014 so far. Dow Jones Industrial historic highs, S&P 500 record highs 10 times in the past 4 weeks. The only record lows we are… Continue reading

Blame The Weather, Then Blame The War – Lower Expectations, Higher S&P 500

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The world has caught on the game and even central banks are long equities. Life is all about expectations and meeting them. When your expectations are low, you will always be happy and… Continue reading

Taking Another Look At Singapore Reits

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A friend informed me that he has made 18% trading SReits this year which is impressive because I did not think that SReits were all that exciting. But he is an SReit expert… Continue reading

Weight Of The World (Cup) On The FOMC

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“Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.” – John Templeton We are between stage 3 and 4 ? My mind hazy from all the… Continue reading

Father Knows Best ? Not Always – Market Thoughts

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Sometimes I wonder why life is so carefree for a child or teenager like my son. And so I drew it out. For him, things that he can control, he really cannot be… Continue reading

The Relative Volatility and Price Action of NSE Nifty and SGX Nifty

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This is a good article written by a friend last year comparing between the National Stock Exchange of India’s NIFTY contract and SGX’s NIFTY futures. Some of the regulatory information may be outdated… Continue reading

The Moral of The Ali Baba Story

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Let’s be clear that Ali Baba is no child’s story as far as I am concerned. And I see myself having some affinity to the folktale given that my nickname in primary school… Continue reading

Yes, It Will Crash. By How Much ?

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The undercurrents have yet to hit retail space as institutional research reports emerge that are sounding faint alarm bells that buzz louder each day as summer approaches. Many of these research reports are… Continue reading

Market View – Feeding Out Of Yellen’s Hands

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I do not really bother about all those editorials we read about America losing her political clout on planet Earth. Bernie’s analogy of the Romance of the 3 Kingdoms in his Ad Hoc… Continue reading