Warren Buffett is one of my heroes, not just in investing, but also in life. On 30 August 2020, he turned an amazing 90 years old. But as his dear friend Bill Gates notes, Buffett still “has the mental sharpness of a 30-year-old, the mischievous...
Note: This article was first published in The Business Times on 29 July 2020. It may feel like a lifetime has passed, but it’s only been around seven months since COVID-19 emerged and upended the lives of people all over the world. Given the short span of time, I...
A few days ago, I published Investing is Hard. In the article, I shared two things: One, snippets of the State of the Union Address that two former US presidents, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, gave in January 2000 and January 2010, respectively. Two, the subsequent performance...
Near the start of every year, the President of the United States delivers the State of the Union Address. The speech is essentially a report card on how the US fared in the year that just passed and what lies ahead. It’s also a good...
From time to time, Jeremy and myself receive questions from readers that are along this line: “Will the stock market of [insert country] be like Japan’s? Compared to its peak in late 1989, the Nikkei 225 Index - a representation of Japanese stocks - is...
The three legendary investors I’m talking about here are Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, and Shelby Davis. Buffett is perhaps the most well-known investor in the world today, so he does not need an introduction. Meanwhile, his late mentor, Benjamin Graham, is revered as the father of...
Endowus is a roboadvisor based in Singapore. In March 2020, Jeremy and myself had the pleasure of meeting Samuel Rhee and Chiam Sheng Shi. They are Endowus's Chief Investment Officer and Personal Finance Lead, respectively. On 17 June 2020, I participated in a webinar hosted by...
Healthy is not the best word to describe the condition of the US right now. The US accounts for around 28% of all the COVID-19 cases in the world, despite making up just 4% of the global population. Its economy - the world’s largest - officially...
The title of this article is a topic that I think many investors badly want to know. I don’t think anyone has a firm answer. But we can get important clues from the comments that some companies have shared in recent times. I’m referring to companies...
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...