Is the market going to recover soon?
I doubt so. Look at the current historical chart. I personally feel that the stock might rebound for maybe 2-3 days before falling down again. The trend is still pointing downwards and people are getting poorer – weaker buying power. Companies are having sales and stuff to promote consumer spending but it cannot hide the [...]
Mutual Fund – time to stop the auto-debit
Ever since March 8th election, our Malaysia’s stock market has been spiraling downwards. Similarly, our funds are going down as well especially equity funds since equity funds are based on the stock market. Bond funds are not as bad (yet). About 2 months ago, I wanted to move my high-risk equity fund to bond fund [...]
Wrath of the stock panic sellers
The world market is undergoing a state of panic selling. The fear of facing a worldwide recession (some experts even claimed that the recession this time is worse than the Great Depression in the 1930s) is becoming overwhelmingly strong. Investors across the globe are losing confidence and the fact that the recession arrives sooner than [...]
Be greedy in stock market when others are fearful
Stock market moves with the people investing in it. All these investors, let’s call them the “population”, normally react to news or rumours or some other stats or charts. A crash in the US market will cause panic to the population even though the fundamentals of the local market is strong. As a result of [...]
Diversify your selection of stocks?
Diversification is one of the most basic elements of stock investing. Even a newbie such as myself knows what is it about. And so far, it has proved to be a very useful strategy for me. It’s just like the saying “never put all your eggs into one basket”. However, there ARE some investors who [...]