Banks Collapse, then Bailout 👇
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), publicly-listed as the 16th largest in US went down overnight. Act 1 SVB is a bank catered for tech startups to park their Venture Capital (VC) money. Between
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Incoming: Fed Pivot Delayed, Resurgence of Inflation (explained inside) 👇
Last month, I gave you heads up on 2 things that will ‘spoil’ the predicted sequence of events leading to the Fed Pivot: From then until now, the whole situation has
Market Prediction Part 2 (what we can see so far)
We are now one step closer in the 1-2-3 sequence of events (as explained in my Jan 23 update). The markets also reacted to it The next meetings happens on 22
Protected: Kenanga Global Unicorn 2 updates (Dec 22)
Have further questions on the below? You know how to reach me. View this on desktop PC, otherwise you may have problems viewing the embedded PDFs below. Last update here on
Market Prediction (what we can see so far)
I'll bring you up to speed on what to expect so far this year. They kept interest rates at 0.125% throughout 2020-2021 until they realized inflation was NOT transitory. In fact, what
Bringing Down Inflation to ‘Fix’ the Economy & Stock Markets – Why This but Not That
Apart from hiking interest rate, another way to bring down inflation, is to decrease money supply in the economy by adjusting bank Reserve Requirements (RR) in a season of Tightening
US Financial Chemotherapy: signs it’s working ❓
The Federal Reserve, they have to move fast with Quantitative Tightening & Interest Rate Hike. They cannot make this a gradual process. There will not be a ‘soft landing’. Normally they raise interest
Nothing as Serious as this since 1970 (confirmed by EPF)
EPF statements in its press release is a good perspective to help you understand the impact from global events to your investment for the past 1 year. return of investment has
Red Flags (re: bank’s investment product) 👉
recently had a new client came in for investment review, and thought you'll find these insights useful so you don't make the same blunders in the future. see this Client impression: " I
Events in UK & EU affecting your portfolio
Recap: the Fixed Income (=Bond) portion is the 'stabilizer' to your portfolio. Purpose: Provides expected return slightly higher/matching inflation rate (4-6%) + acts as cushion against equity market swings Higher % allocation
Wrapping Up 2019
Well, really, 2019 isn't as bad 2018. Still, you see even the biggest fund manager in, Malaysia, PNB recorded one of the lowest dividend rate for its Amanah Saham. Also, my take
One out, new in
Trade war reached a boiling point...and then it simmered down. But another black swan event happened affecting AsiaPac funds. You may have read it in the news but I want to give
[Insider pre-launch briefing]
✅ Bill Gates ✅ Temasek Holdings ✅ Khazanah Nasional ✅ GIC (sovereign wealth fund of Singapore government) ✅ Founders fund ✅ Warren Buffett What are these world renowned individuals and
How EPF, PNB & KWAP get 12 to 18 percent p.a. in 2019
EPF has been investing in this asset class for more than a decade, averaging around USD 50 mil per tranche. PNB, the largest fund manager in MY, is currently investing RM
Quant investment strategy
Something new for you this month on the title above, plus examples to go with that and how it relates to your investment portfolio. Second thing to know is about your
Market U-Turn….Bad News…
As the title implies, there isn't any encouraging development this month. And expect the market to be constantly in a yo-yo mode for Q3 2019 because things change fast, sometimes overnight
How to Synthesize Patience & Speed in Investing
The concept of speed (getting results or profit fast) obviously contradict with the concept of patience ("investing is for long term") - so how do these 2 concepts even
Foreign Funds Returning to Bursa
These are hot from the oven. Suggestion: Read this and make your own judgement?