Category Archive: Market

Numbed by Politics, Numbed by Markets and Numb by Linkin Park

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Political Bash : Is there anywhere in the world you can feel safe these days? Not in China where their second richest man and owner of their largest real estate company, Wang Jianlin,… Continue reading

Welcome, 1% SIBOR. It Is For Real This Time.

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Appetide Cafe   It is Oxley on our minds this week when you can have the free papers devoting 10 pages to the Oxley saga that I am ashamed to admit I little… Continue reading

Hello July 2017 and Remembering The 1997 Asian Crisis

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Midsummer has passed and long hot days are back to haunt us, drain the spirit and enfeeble the mind. Over lunch with a friend, we could not wait to pour out our grief… Continue reading

Random Thoughts on China and Investing Made Complicated

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Politics Bash It is politics not financial markets hogging the limelight but stunned markets are rising above it all, in defiance of the Federal Reserve’s threats to hike rates again and reduce their… Continue reading

Market Defiance Part 2 : The Covfefe Conundrum and The Crash To Come

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Market Bash : Trump Tribute A heartfelt thank you to Donald Trump for the word of the week, month and possibly, the year – COVFEFE, because there is not getting over this week… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – are we on the verge of a stock market selloff?

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About 11 months ago, we wrote: “…a Trump presidency coupled with US dollar strength will cause the S&P500 to jump, doubling or even quadrupling. This is mainly because the Donald has the willingness… Continue reading

A Suicidal Time For the Markets

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Mental Health Problems – Continued Suicide has been quite the theme for parents this week as a dear friend informed me that her parent group chat has been abuzz with interest, on the… Continue reading

The Mental Health Problems of Debt and Despair

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Weekly Market Bash : Feeling Sore Another sucker-punching week that got us all worked up over mindless emotions of a nuclear war, the French elections, along with the over-valued stock markets that had… Continue reading

Op Ed : Can We Bring Back The 5 Year Singapore Government Bond Futures ?

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  Market Bash : All About Trump We can feel the levels of frustration build up, anxieties growing that just about anything can be construed as the tipping point for the correction of… Continue reading

SGD April Monetary Policy Statement : April Is No Fool

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Photo courtesy of  Mr Eric Chong, Singapore.     Weekly Market Bash – Do We Know A Happy Banker ? Another week and we ask ourselves do we know a happy banker ?… Continue reading