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Wong Sui Jau

Worst is Over?

September 5, 2011 by Wong Sui Jau
Now that a little more time has passed, its possible that when this year is finally over and we look back, the first and second week of August would have been the scariest times markets had experienced this whole year. Of course, we still have a few more months, so it might be too soon [...]
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Markets are Stabalising now

August 26, 2011 by Wong Sui Jau
Touch wood, but I note that markets are stabalising now. Especially since the price of gold has plummeted from its highs of well over 1800 USD per ounce, I view this as an indication that people are no longer quite as panicky as they were the last few weeks. I don’t like to guess whether [...]
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Invested $1500 and switched more to equities

August 11, 2011 by Wong Sui Jau
Fear is very much prevalent now, with markets sliding every other day, and big drops too. But when there is a lot of fear, it usually means it was a pretty good time to buy. Valuations now are cheap. Even if you have no faith that the western countries like US and Europe can get [...]

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Just added $5000 into portfolio, bargain hunting!

August 5, 2011 by Wong Sui Jau
I couldn’t resist it. I had intended to place most of this latest investment of $5,000 into DBS Enhanced Income Fund. But the crash in the US stock market yesterday (4th August) and the subsequent crash in Asian markets and the Singapore market today caused me to change my mind. Instead, I placed all $5,000 [...]
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New Measures to Safeguard Investors

August 4, 2011 by Wong Sui Jau
Our regulator the Monetary Authority of Singapore has released new measures and enhanced requirements aimed at safeguarding the interest of investors. These measures apply to unit trusts as well as other financial instruments and will go into full effect starting next year. Under the new measures, a customer knowledge assessment is needs to be conducted [...]

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