There has been only one direction for the market this week and that is down. The dreaded 'R' word has been the topic of debate and some investors believed that the US is already in a Recession. Our local bloggers have been lying idle either. They have been busy posting various reports and their own views of the current situation. (Click on the title for the full post.) By: Alen Stock market de-rating Economy go through cycle. So does the stock market. When the economy is bad, the company profit shrink together with the share price. At this time, there's no investor interest and that contribute to the cheap stock price. A single digit PE is not uncommon. By: Brendan Hey, 2008 is a year of easy money! 1. Buy agriculture futures or ETFs. We are in the era of commodity super-cycle, and soft commodity bull run has just started last year. It still has a long way to going. Demand for agriculture is great in today's world whereby human not going eat food, but we burn food for energy (even when there is scarcity around). By: Drizzt Credit Default Swaps: Next Milestone is this fall The fall in the market seems unrelenting these days, even a supposed good day today turned bad in the end. It seems to show a common trait of a classic bear market where like a bull market where no bad news can bring it down, no good news can bring it up. By: Kleer Credit Suisse: Lie low till next quarter. The Singapore stock market will continue its wild swings for the next few months - so keep clear. That was the health warning from Credit Suisse's head of Asian equity research, Ms Fan Cheuk Wan, who believes that bourse will stabilise and start to head north in the second quarter. By: La Papillion Brutal selloff today What a brutal selloff day today. I'm not going to quote the new STI anymore because I think it no longer represents the broad sentiment. It's a big joke when I see that the mass market is selling like 5% or more, STI only drops 40 over points. It's just pure crap. By: Level13 Forward looking in Y2008 Everyone seems to be talking about recession these days. But as far as investing is concerned, the 'R' word just doesn't matter. Why? By: PanzerGrenadier Help help! My portfolio is RED! These past few weeks continued sell-down of virtually most of the shares in the Singapore Exchange means that for many of you (including myself), our portfolios are under water or showing unrealized losses. What can we do during times like this?