Market Review and Trends
Returns of Stocks and Demographics
By Wilfred Ling, The IFA on Duty  •  December 20, 2013
Research has shown that there is a strong relationship between stocks & bonds returns and the demographics of countries. What is demography? For those who studied geography, demography is the statistical study of human population. A common way to view population is the population pyramid. For Singapore, the population pyramid looks like the following. As it can be seen, majority of the population are age 30 to 50 years old. The following is the population pyramid of Japan. As it can be seen that there are large number of the population who are above 50 years old. The number of people who are 80 years and above is quite shocking! However, what is the relationship between demographics and investment returns? If you are on my mailing list, you can read an article examining relationship between investment returns and demographics. All you need to do is to enter your name and ......
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By Wilfred Ling, The IFA on Duty
Wilfred Ling is a Chartered Financial Consultant with Promiseland Independent Pte Ltd. He is a fee-based financial planner by profession.
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