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Without real yield, when will investors switch out of bonds?
There is ample liquidity in the world, while interest rates will remain near zero with monetary policies staying extremely loose.
November 06, 2020
Investing 101
How to pick a stock to invest in: 7 things you need to know
How do you select a stock to invest in? It is not enough to simply look at its price and its price movement from the charts.
June 18, 2020
Investing 101
Investing with little money: Can I invest with less than $1000?
The short answer, is yes.
April 17, 2020
Markets
Investors 'have little choice' but to go to stocks, DBS says
(Oct 4): Stocks still look particularly attractive in a world of ultra-low bond yields, according to Southeast Asia’s largest bank DBS Group Holdings.
October 04, 2019
Forex
China scraps foreign investment limit in stock, bond markets
(Spet 11): China removed one more hurdle for foreign investment into its capital markets almost 20 years after it first allowed access.
September 11, 2019
Ageing
Pension funds in growth markets flock to equities, Mercer says
(June 11): Pension funds in growing economies in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East have a sharply higher percentage of assets parked in stocks, just at a time when trade tensions threaten to derail markets.
June 11, 2019
Investing strategies
Why 2019 might be a better year for investors: Schroders
After the disappointment of 2018, Schroders chief executive Peter Harrison rounds up the factors its fund managers think could lead to a brighter year ahead.
January 02, 2019
Investing strategies
Singapore investors confident in local investment opportunities, but prefer international stocks: Legg Mason survey
SINGAPORE (Nov 20): Nearly half of Singaporean investors believe their own country presents the best investment opportunities in the near-term, ahead of other popular investment locations such as China and the US.
November 20, 2018
Global Markets
Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan sees bubbles in stocks and bonds
NEW YORK (Feb 1): The man who made the term “irrational exuberance” famous says investors are at it again.
February 01, 2018
Singapore's stock market finally getting some love again
SINGAPORE (Nov 10): Singapore’s stock market is finally getting some love again.
November 10, 2017