Kean Chan
Born and based in Singapore, Kean is fascinated with financial markets and global macro investing since a teenager. At keanchan.com, he records his thoughts on the world and archives his experience of mistakes and lessons and hopes that they are useful for viewers from all around the world. He is obsessed with reading widely across various fields, loves to jog and wishes he has more time for golf. While proficient with English, Mandarin and German, he is trying his best to improve his Cantonese and hopes to pick up French some day. Kean was a Toastmaster with ACB accreditation, and is a charter holder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA).
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Personal Finance By Kean Chan • December 31, 2025
Five Reads of 2025 I read dozens of books every year, ranging from non-fiction to fiction and across various topics. It has helped me with what the Germans...
Personal Finance By Kean Chan • September 28, 2025
Get Rich Slowly ‘Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it’ ~ Proverbs 13:11, ESV I recently overheard two fresh...
Market Review and Trends By Kean Chan • July 20, 2025
Is The Market Environment Truly ‘Crazy’? The word ‘uncertainty’ is always used at market outlooks and second half / third quarter outlook events this time round were no different. The...
Market Review and Trends By Kean Chan • May 17, 2025
Understanding Tariffs & Trade Wars These days, tariffs and trade wars come up in almost every conversation. Unlike other topics, it is not exactly trade, but the relatively opinionated...
Invest By Kean Chan • April 11, 2025
The Swallow’s Tail – Market Chaos & How To Approach Wealth Allocation Cola de golondrina – ‘The Swallow’s Tail’ by Salvador Dalí’...
Market Review and Trends By Kean Chan • November 2, 2024
Collapse of the US Dollar? Why I’m Not Really Bothered At every client event I go to, the question that never refuses to surface is whether the U.S. Dollar is going to collapse as countries de-dollarise....
Market Review and Trends By Kean Chan • July 30, 2024
July 2024 Musings – Early Stage of Business Cycle, Myth of Deglobalisation & Implications of a Trump Presidency Articles I’m reading KKR published their usual decks (Global Macro Trends) that are always filled with brilliant content and charts, and they...
Market Review and Trends By Kean Chan • June 23, 2024
June 2024 Musings – Chinese domestic stimulus, Martingale betting & relishing uncertainty Articles I’m reading Zichen Wang of Pekingnology shared about China’s Third Plenum – that Beijing may have finally come around to stimulating...
Invest By Kean Chan • May 26, 2024
May 2024 Musings – An Unfolding Bull Market & Vampires in Transylvania Articles I’m reading Ever heard of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI)? Freddie Sayers from Unheard published this article last month...
Market Review and Trends By Kean Chan • March 31, 2024
March 2024 Musings – An Age of Debt & Rising Rates Articles I’m reading Reuters reported about Taiwanese chip manufacturers expanding their operations in Japan, which is illustrative of the China...
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