Both Dow Jones and S&P500 had not been able to maintain at the previously high level and had started to trend downwards in the past weeks.The past weeks, if you have watched some of the reasons that some of the analysts have given, they are quite interesting, some blamed the europe and Germany potentially going into recessions, China lousy numbers, and Ebola virus (most amusing). Whether these reasons are the cause of the recent correction, one may not know, but in the video clip here video.cnbc.com, a good sharing by Mr. Lim Say Boon, Chief Investment Officer from DBS. He mentioned that the correction is long overdue and that Asia is still cheaper compared to other regions.

One of the indicator which i always like to look at is the VIX index, this is also known as the fear indicator as explained below.