Category Archive: Op-Eds

Year of The Monkey Market Advice : To Tame That Monkey Mind

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“Buddha described the human mind as being filled with drunken monkeys, jumping around, screeching, chattering, carrying on endlessly. We all have monkey minds, Buddha said, with dozens of monkeys all clamoring for attention.… Continue reading

Immature Markets ? Monkey Trading ? Look Who Is Talking ?

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This post was written for http://www.hnworth.com, a site targeting high net worth individuals in Singapore. Have fun reading ! ******************************** On the off chance that some readers may not be aware that we… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – wrapping up 2015

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Our outlook for 2015 can be found here: https://tradehaven.net/ad-hoc-commentary-2015-outlook-destroying-europe-and-another-bank-bailout/   We were pretty spot on except on the S&P500. But we remember that we got out of our S&P500 on late Feb: “…In… Continue reading

2016, By The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come

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2015 is ending in one fine flux, on a bittersweet melody after the whipsaw love-hate years of “taper tantrums” since June 2013 which it was first broached. 30 months later in December 2015,… Continue reading

Real Estate : Sovereign Wealth Funds To The Rescue ?

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PHOTO COURTESY OF WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER, SIMON GOODMAN   When news broke that the Norges Bank was considering the joint purchase of Asia Square Tower 1 with Capitaland, it was seen as a big… Continue reading

Markets And Liquidity – Alienation, Fragmentation and Futility

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This post was written a week ago for http://www.hnworth.com, a site targeting high net worth individuals in Singapore. Have fun reading… ********************************   “You will never get out of life alive”, a quote… Continue reading

Deeper and Deeper In The Widening Gyre – The World of Derivatives

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This post was written a week ago for http://www.hnworth.com, a site targeting high net worth individuals in Singapore. Have fun reading… ******************************** A sharp intern who had worked in the risk department of… Continue reading

Know Of A Good Bond Hedge Fund ?

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What will we do without ex bosses ? Especially the ones whom we are fond of, and I can only count 1 or 2 in my entire career. For in the ruthless grind… Continue reading

Op Ed : Forex, Technical Analysis And Riches Be Thine

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This post was written a week ago for http://www.hnworth.com, a site targeting high net worth individuals in Singapore. Have fun reading… ******************************** I will share with folks what I had learnt a few… Continue reading

The Triple Whammy Of AAA Singapore’s Monetary Policy

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This post was written a week ago for http://www.hnworth.com, a site targeting high net worth individuals in Singapore. Have fun reading… ******************************** I wrote about this last week but I feel a need… Continue reading