I was recently interviewed by Timothy Ho, co-founder of the personal and business finance online knowledge portal Dollars and Sense. The interview is part of Dollars and Sense’s #TheNewNormal interview series. With permission, I’ve reproduced my conversation with Timothy here. We covered a number of topics, such as the recent divergence seen in stock prices and economic growth, and whether I’m invested in other asset classes beyond stocks. You can head here for the original interview. Interview Timothy Ho (Timothy): As a writer yourself, you wrote on your blog about how this current disconnect between Main Street and Wall Street isn’t the first time that stocks did fine when the economy fell apart. What makes this recession experienced by many countries different from past recessions such as the GFC and the Asian Financial Crisis? Ser Jing: You mentioned the GFC, and I have looked at how stocks recovered during the crisis. Interestingly, it follows a similar pattern to...
