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Should We Buy Stocks (STI) Now? Or Wait Another Few More Months? (Part 2)
By Rolf Suey - Invest in Yourself  •  March 15, 2020
From previous post.
Let’s look at STI chart below. The highest peak is Apr 2018 with STI >3.5K. Bottom out in Oct 2018. The sell-off is led by US-China Trade war.


Covid-19 Crisis


Now let’s look at this virus triggered crisis. 12 Jan 2020, STI is still >3.2K. In fact up to 12 Feb 2020, STI is still >3.2K. Therefore the Peak is Mid Jan 2020.  



Source: Yahoo finance


NOW, let’s look at EU debt crisis and Great Financial Crisis.


Debt Crisis


2015 Apr Peak (>3500). End of QE, Fall in oil price and finally Greek debt default in June 2015. China stock turbulence leading the plunge and in Aug when Yuan devalue. Sep plunge below 2800, Oct rise above 3000 short term confidence, oil price drops and so is stock market. Feb below 2600.  



Source: Yahoo finance


1) Free Fall -  Peak Apr to 1st Trough Sep. 2016 (5 months) – Freefall above 3.5K to  below 2.8K...
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By Rolf Suey - Invest in Yourself
I am a Singaporean, born in the late 1970s experiencing mid-life career crisis at time of writing this blog. One reason to start blogging at an older age, is to break my own comfort zone. While it can be considered late, it is "Better Late Than Never" ...
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