By The Smart Investor • April 23, 2024
The REIT sector has been taking it on the chin with a combination of higher interest rates and soaring inflation taking a toll on distributable...
By The Smart Investor • April 22, 2024
The date was 3 November 2022. Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), the parent company of Facebook, had plunged below US$90. By then, shares were...
By The Smart Investor • April 22, 2024
Singapore’s Central Provident Fund (CPF) system is effective in helping to save up for retirement. However, the CPF Ordinary Account (OA), which...
By The Smart Investor • April 21, 2024
This week, we peek into the inner workings of OCBC Ltd (SGX: O39), Singapore’s second-largest bank by market capitalisation. With the lender...
By The Smart Investor • April 20, 2024
Welcome to this week’s edition of top stock market highlights. US interest rates Investors who were hoping for a reprieve from the current high...
By The Smart Investor • April 19, 2024
The local banks have delivered a spectacular performance for 2023. Surging interest rates have lifted net interest margins across the board,...
By The Smart Investor • April 19, 2024
Income investors have relied on the REIT sector to pay out dependable dividends for many years. Although REITs are now facing a perfect storm of...
By The Smart Investor • April 18, 2024
The REIT sector has been through tough times in the past two years as interest rates surged and inflation remained stubbornly high. Despite these...
By The Smart Investor • April 18, 2024
Growth stocks are your best bet to help grow the value of your investment portfolio to better prepare yourself for retirement. The key is to look for...
By The Smart Investor • April 17, 2024
Warren Buffett often says that the stock market is here to serve you, and not instruct you. That’s great advice. Yet, it’s rare to find an...