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Dec
21
Only In Bad Times Do We Know Who Is Swimming Naked
December 21, 2008 | 3 Comments
Financial course fees for investors are getting ridiculously expensive. In the Lehman Brothers debacle, some investors parted with their life savings to learn the complex financial terms, like collaterized debt obligations, derivatives, credit default swaps, first to default, credit linked notes, etc.
Oct
24
Global Stock Markets Pricing In Recession
October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
Stock markets are now entering a period of painful decline as countries around the world face up to the prospect of recession. While interbank lending has eased tentatively as central banks’ measures to inject cash loans to banks unblocked the credit crunch, investors have little time to absorb the good news.
Sep
11
Stark Naked Fear In Stock Markets
September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
On Monday, we had a fantastic stock market rally after the US Treasury engineered a takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Regardless of it being the costliest bailout in US financial history, investors’ confidence were restored… for a while.
Suckers, er, investors rushed into the stock market again, picking up oversold stocks as […]
Sep
3
Plunge In Oil Prices Claims Another Major Casualty
September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The US dollar, inspired largely by plunging oil prices and growing pessimism over the economic health of the EU and the U.K, is going gangbusters of late. It traded at $1.4455 Wednesday, a seven-month high against the euro.
On the other hand, oil prices continue downwards to $107.48 a barrel, as Hurricane Gustav’s path of destruction was […]
Aug
8
Tougher Times For Investors Ahead
August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
On the eve of our National Day and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, there is actually little to celebrate as an investor. The ST Index dropped 27.17 points to close at 2807.54, volume was weak at 1.041 billion while gainers/losers stand at 197/327.
COSCO Corp’s shares plunged 12.2% following the shock “retirement” of president […]
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