Dear readers, to be frank, investing is never easy. Of all the many investors out there, there is only a fraction of consistent and profitable investors. When I first entered into the investing world, I also made a lot of investing mistakes and it was through these mistakes and experiences that I honed my investing skills. Mega-trends are some of the techniques investors use to ensure a certain degree of success. Mega-trends in the past include the US dollar quantitative easing and recently, low oil prices and for the future, mega-trends highlighted include artificial intelligence, clean energy and smart cities. Stocks which are beneficiaries of mega-trends should generally rise in their valuation and stock prices given the company’s fundamentals remain sound. One mega-trend includes the continuous rise of China on the global stage and the opportunities accompanied by its continuous urbanization of its cities. Recently, the “One Belt and One ......