This week’s articles and my reflections on them are detailed below. And as usual, any feedback would be warmly welcomed. (To understand the genesis behind this weekly series, click here.)

Navigating A Volatile/Bearish Stock Market

As I am typing out these words, the Straits Times Index is hovering at around 2,990, and likely to end up higher than the previous week. Simply amazing, considering the local index dropped a massive 127 points on Monday, just four days ago.

Many were anticipating the worst, fearing/looking forward (depending on how much you had vested) to a big bear. This has somewhat subsided, after the massive rebound in the past few days.

Did your emotions go through the same roller-coaster ride along with the market? If so, you might make use this mini-episode to evaluate whether you had too little or too much exposure in stocks. Reading these articles by fellow bloggers should ...