A new buzzword emerges: Artificial Intelligence (AI). Should we be diving in to invest in this? After all, they could be the next big thing like Google or Apple — but it is not the first time that the human race has developed something new and exciting.

The world economy changes across different time periods, shifting with changes in political power and other disruptions. Your investment portfolio should be constantly and consistently rebalanced to the latest accurate representation of what the world’s investible market is.

Whenever you have a sum of money to invest, there are many different things to consider. One decision that regularly stumps a lot of people is whether to put all of their money in at once, or to phase it in over time — essentially a form of dollar cost averaging.

News cycles can be negative, while the stock market continues to trend upwards in 2023. Market sell-offs tend to feed upon itself, culminating in a few days of intense losses — but this is always temporary. Most of the time, bad years are followed by good recovery years.

Blue-chip stocks are typically large companies with good reputations which often inspire the assumption that they will always be around, but even they can fall by the wayside eventually; are you certain that your blue-chip stock will continue to give you the returns over the long-term?

The stock market is a tried and tested way to build wealth at the tradeoff of volatility and risk. There are multiple ways to manage both but with SVB’s collapse serving as a cautionary tale, we believe in employing evidence-based protocols.

The market actually does worse before a recession as compared to during a recession itself, and if you’re holding the right assets, a recession is nothing to be scared about.

The rapid rise of countries and economies in our region often comes the promise of higher-than-expected market returns, albeit with more risk. But what does the data have to say in response to the allure of the Asian Growth Story?

Future economic circumstances are reflected in current market prices. Investing based on today’s news can almost be a year (or more) too late.

While negative returns are part and parcel of investing, it happens less often than you think. The past four years are actually very representative of how markets work in general — positive returns 75% of the time, and losses, 1 out of 4 times.

Banking crises have happened since the 1840s and the collapse of key players in the financial ecosystem often which lead to widespread panic and a scramble to preserve capital. The question on everyone’s minds is: ‘Is my money safe?’

Bucketed portfolios of money can help you settle short-term and long-term needs, but often can be a bit of a hassle. However, there is a way to gain those advantages in a fuss free manner by integrating them into a single portfolio.

The longer your investment horizon, the higher your chances of getting a positive investment return. But exactly how long are we talking about? Using one of our portfolios as an example, let’s take a look at some numbers.

An overwhelming number of recession forecasts do not necessarily mean a recession is certain, but if major recessions of the past has shown us anything, it’s that investments still can make decent and even better returns.

Investment opportunities exist all around the globe, but the results of global stock returns seems almost random, and even purported positive news for countries do not always correlate to good investment performance.

Prices in the Market constantly change based on what’s happening at the current moment and what investors think could happen in the future. Don’t be bogged down by what happened last year and instead, look ahead.

2022 was one of the worst years for bond returns. Conservative investors with larger bond allocations in their portfolio would have suffered large paper losses in the face of the fastest interest rate hiking cycle in history. But these losses could mean additional future returns.

Most people save and invest for specific life goals like owning a bigger home, sending their children to elite institutions, and preparing for the day that you no longer have to go to work. So what happens if right at the time you needed the money, the market takes a turn for the worse?