Wow. The following is how author Robert Kurson described the riots that happened in the US: “After thirty minutes, the police obliged them, smashing and clubbing and kicking and dragging anyone they could reach—demonstrators, onlookers, journalists—and it didn’t matter that the network television cameras were filming...
My girlfriend is currently taking online courses on financial analysis for her own personal development. The content can be really dry for her at times. To spice up her learning, I recently suggested that she watch the movie, The Big Short. The film came out in...
Reading helps us learn about the world and it is a really important aspect of investing. The legendary Charlie Munger even goes so far as to say that "“I don’t think you can get to be a really good investor over a broad range without...
This post is my self-directed attempt to translate a Mandarin essay penned by Li Lu that was published in November 2019. The topic of the essay is Li’s review and thoughts on the book The Other Half of Macroeconomics and the Fate of Globalization written...
Reading helps us learn about the world and it is a really important aspect of investing. The legendary Charlie Munger even goes so far as to say that "“I don’t think you can get to be a really good investor over a broad range without...
It’s now nearly 10 years since I first started investing in stocks for my family in October 2010. During this period, I also helped pick stocks professionally (from May 2016 to October 2019) while I was at The Motley Fool Singapore. I’ve developed 7 personal investing...
Note: This article was first published in The Business Times on 13 May 2020. Our lives have been upended. Where once we could walk freely and gather in groups, we’re now huddled at home and have adapted to social distancing. Where once parents would send their kids...
One of the most confusing things in the world of finance at the moment is the rapid recovery in many stock markets around the world after the sharp fall in February and March this year. For instance, in the US, the S&P 500 has bounced 28%...
Having a good framework to find investment opportunities in the stock market is important. But it’s equally important - perhaps even more important - to have the right mindsets. Without them, it’s hard to be a successful investor even if you have the best analytical...