As usual, please don't take it as an indication to buy or sell your investments. Please do your own research.
Every time I look at the basket which makes up the STI Index, I ask myself.
What would I like to remove from this basket?
Cos well... I do think an STI ETF is a fairly ok investment for the long run.
So to me, when I look at the basket, I mentally classify the stocks...
Good stocks, stocks that I would like to include in my portfolio,
Average or "don't mind" stocks, aka stocks that I don't think are great but I don't mind holding them in the basket,
and Drag stocks, stocks which I DON'T want to own cos they will likely drag down the overall performance of the STI Index.
Now, I don't particularly mind buying the STI ETF, cos it's value weighted. Meaning, the larger cap stocks would make up the bulk of the...