For the long-term, Singapore’s stock market, as represented by the Straits Times Index, has returned around 7% per annum, including dividends.
That return is not too shabby, considering banks are giving a paltry 0.05% interest and the average inflation is at some 3% per annum.
For those who wish to get higher returns from the stock market, you can consider investing in individual companies instead of buying the market.
But…