Personally, I am a newbie retail investor (and a very small one), hence, after testing the "water" for a couple of months, I find that the Singapore Stock Market is quite vibrant but more a playground for the big guys (or the corporate investors).

The more I learned about the trade, the more I think it (shares investment) is one of the viable avenue to prevent corrosion of our hard-earned money from the inflation (as long as we do our homework). In any case, we all knew that the meagre interest rate from banks is no fight with the demon [read inflation].

Having said that, to spur more retail investors to join in the fun of "defining" our own rate of returns (no guarantee but it is a possibility), I find that we need to make the following two key changes ASAP :

1. Allowing trading of odd-lot (instead of the current 1,000 shares ...