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Singapore GE effect on STI
By Investment Stab  •  July 26, 2015
If you had been reading the recent Singapore news, you must have realised that a big political event is about to happen: the next General Election. While I am not entirely into the politics, I feel that it does have an impact on the local economy and performance of the market. I went to take a further look into the past history of when GE was held and the STI's performance afterwards. This is what I found:

Credits: https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5ESTI#symbol=%5ESTI;range=1d

The black lines mark the dates where the GE was held. Based on historical data, the GE is held often after a recent rally, with the exception of 2001 GE, the STI dived. On a logical sense, any political party that is currently in control, would want to hold the next GE when the economy is performing well, or at least average. Such performance must also be ......
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