The stock market hasn’t been kind to any investors so far this year with many major indices and currencies plunging to over decades low. Already, many media outlets are touting this year as one of the most unprecedented and difficult times to endure. One of the hardest things to do in a bear market is…
Author: brianhalim
If Your Portfolio Looks Crap, Know That We Are In A Bear Market
My portfolio is down in the range of 35-40% in the last two years and it hasn’t been easy for me as it has been for anyone. A bear market can take an extreme psychological mental toll not only on new but also some experienced investors. In a bear market, no one is immune (unless…
Sep 2022 – Portfolio Transactions & Updates
A new month a new beginning. This update came in later than expected as I just returned from a 5 day break at Langkawi, which was a really nice break away from the city during the school holiday. After 2.5 years, we are finally in an environment where masks in public places are no longer…
Index Trading Rally Using DLCs: From 5-30 Sep 2022 & Win Great Prizes
A quick shout-out to an exciting event jointly organised by Investing Note and Societe Generale that are happening from the 5-30 Sep. All you have to do is to participate in the poll and guess which direction are the indexes heading over the 4 weeks period. They are broken down into: Week 1: Hang Seng…
Adding Prime US REIT (SGX: OXMU) Into The Portfolio
This will be a quick short update as I’ll be away for a short trip getaway next week during the school holiday. Long story short, I had about $10-$15k of spare cash this month which I wanted to inject into the dividend portfolio. With Jackson Hole being the centre of attention last Friday, this gives…
CSOP S-REITs Leaders Index ETF performance review and the Market Outlook for 2H 2022
My last article covering CSOP S-REITs Leaders Index ETF was back in March 2022. In this article, we’ll cover how the ETF has performed since then and also the house market outlook for 2H 2022. Without overlapping too much of the same content as the previous article, I wanted to quickly reiterate the Unique Selling…
Supplement Your Trading Strategy With UBS Daily Leverage Certificates (DLCs)
Daily Leverage Certificates (DLCs) are exchange-traded investment products that allow investors to take a bullish or bearish leveraged exposure to an underlying asset, such as an equity index or a single stock. As DLCs are essentially a leveraged product with a fixed leveraged factor of 5x or 7x, these are usually designed for investors who…
A Day in The Life of Sales Account Executive In A SaaS Company | Kelly Lim
As part of this newly featured series I am making to refresh the segment, I will be interviewing people from all walks of life into looking what they do for their day job, what they do outside of their day job, what their plans are for investment, and what are their thoughts for retirement. In…
Juggling On Different Roles and Putting Multiple Hats | Tommy Talim, 32 Years, $350k Networth – Shares His Experience How He Does It
As part of the new interview series in this blog, we are bringing everyday people to share with us their journey towards career, health, wealth, hobbies and retirement. I have the privilege to bring in Tommy as our first interviewee in this series. Imagine a life where you have to juggle among a few roles…
Aug 2022 – Portfolio Transactions & Updates
One quick look at the market and I knew it wasn’t a good month for the portfolio. The market continues to be volatile going into the earnings season and some of the stocks didn’t quite perform up to the earnings expectations that they have announced. Furthermore, the Chinese and HK market continue to be very…