Last week, the markets were pretty quiet, after the sharp rebound in the previous weeks. It seems like the rebound has run out of steam, and there is no major news to influence the direction of the market either way. The direction might only be clearer after the next major news announcement (NFP, CPI, FOMC), […]
Last weekend, we conducted another online workshop on the basics of trading and investing, and since it is a SkillsFuture Credit-Eligible Course, participants could use their SkillsFuture credits to pay for the course instead of cash. Thanks for the support! ? During the 9 hours of training, participants learnt portfolio strategies to build and protect […]
While we saw some strong rebound in the markets due to lower inflation numbers (and hope of a pivot), I feel it is only a matter of time before the relief rally runs out of steam. The recent news headlines do not seem bullish: UK officially entering a recession Japan seeing the highest inflation in […]
This week was a crazy week, which saw the collapse of FTX, one of the largest crypto brokerages. This will likely have more domino-effect impact on various crypto markets in the weeks to come, and not in a good way. On the plus side, the recent CPI data shows a slowing of inflation, which caused […]
We had 2 major pieces of new last week, which was the FOMC and the NFP. The FOMC hiked rates by 0.75%, which was in line with expectations, but they also maintained the hardline stance of aggressively increasing rates till inflation is tamed, and would rather overshoot than undershoot, because (they think) they can remedy […]
