- Cooling measures in China
- Property-cooling measures in Singapore
- Turmoil in the Middle East
- Inflation fears (worsening into stagflation)
- Natural disasters - Australia floods, New Zealand earthquake and Japan earthquake/tsunami/radioactive contamination/volcanic eruption
- Downgrading of Spain and Portugal
Even though my dividends portfolio contain resilient blue-chips like SPH, Starhub, SingTel and Singpost, I am still rather concerned because the nuclear plant crisis can worsen very quickly. Japan is the world's 3rd largest economy. Many global corporations have business dealings with Japan in one way of another. If this turns out to be another Chernobyl, Japan's economy will be severely affected and so will Asia.
Stocking up on Blue-chips:
My dividends portfolio is still in the black after all the recent dreadful events. This proves that my overall portfolio is resilient enough ......