Market Declines are Frequent Enough to Invest a Large Lump Sum
When some of our readers got financially conscious, they have already accumulated a large sum of money through different means. A common fear is that …
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Execution, Position Sizing and Financially Irresponsible Stock Positions
You give some people whose job is to invest money, and by a lot of standards they are good at it. Shockingly only 49% of …
Where I would allocate most of my capital
There is this video that I get pinged a fair bit this week and I decide to watch it. Basically Howard Marks interviewed Joel Greenblatt …
Amount of cash in an asset allocation
A reader asks the question about how much should an investor, particularly one with real estate investment trust set aside, or how much should be …
STI ETF versus other Singapore Unit Trust
We always say that due to their low cost, failure of active managers to consistently perform well, the STI ETF is the way investors should …
For inflation hedging perhaps look towards a Short Term Bond ETF versus Gold
The traditional narrative seems to be that in a rising interest rate environment, commodities and hard metals are the last to run. Bonds would be …
10 year cycle with 5 looks particularly bullish. Could turn out good for 2015
I still remember 2005 which was after that crazy run in 2003-2004. If you are basing what the market will do on YOUR own experience …
Average number of days for MSCI to correct 10%
This isn’t very helpful, but its nice to know there are runs in the past (probably 8 of them) that markets didn’t even correct 10% …
Will you lose money on a bond ETF in a rising interest rate environment?
If you are invested in a passive portfolio of ETF, chances are you will have doubts how a persistent secular rise in interest rate may …
Outcome Bias: I am just a lucky investor
A seasoned investor mentioned to me not too long ago that you could be lucky for 5 years and folks and yourself may deemed that …