Is everything in order for 2025? Here’s a quick guide of things to look out for before the year end.

Here’s the truth we’ve learned: getting rich can be due to luck; staying rich is discipline. The real proof of wealth isn’t the photos you post on social media — it’s what you don’t do after you win.

World‑changing does not equate wealth‑creating for equity holders. The excitement around AI is undeniable but valuation metrics show that the Tech sector has a risk of being over-valued due to high expectations.

A -75% peak to trough, or 0% return over 5 years may sound horrible, but many SG investors have flocked to put money into these vehicles. Why?

AI investing is actually not new and has historically underperformed. Research shows that AI models tend to amplify human biases, these include confirmation, anchoring, and recency biases — all well researched behavioural finance issues that negatively impact an investor’s decision-making clarity.

Meme trading is back, but this time, it’s not just from online forum hype. Some data suggests that AI trading models might be partly to blame as they scan the internet and aggregate social media chatter for spikes in specific stock mentions to decide what stocks to punt on.

A lot has been said in the financial media after the S&P 500 and Dow made new record highs but stock markets hit all time highs frequently; they’re supposed to.

News about a stock market bubble has investors worried about a crash. Singapore property, crypto (bitcoin), and the recent popularity of the private asset market, specifically Payment-in-Kind (PIK) financing, could all be possible bubbles — but could they also continue their march upwards?

Get ready as Aug and Sep represent the two worst months in a calendar year for market returns. This typically represents a good opportunity for allocation for long term investors.

Even as SG 60 approaches, remember that the stock market is way bigger than our little red dot, with the Singapore stock market representing a mere 0.5% of the total world stock market. Our FTSE Straits Times index is represented by only 30 Singapore stocks.

Historical market trends and interest rate-cut cycles put us in a good position for market growth for the rest of 2025. Inflation is currently benign, and the market risk has been starting to look up since May.

Singapore has been ranked as one of the most expensive cities to live in over the past few years. It is important to manage expenses and goals with an integration between wealth and worth.

Get ready for another round of tariffs as the news cycle will begin to pick up new rates to be implemented on 1 August, as dictated by President Trump. With positive momentum and trend indicators having triggered, what can we expect from the coming months?

Do you know your odds if you’re betting it all on a single stock? ‘Long term investing’ gets thrown around a lot - but the average max drawdown of single stocks is a bone-crushing -80.7%.

With 23 stablecoins collapsing in the last 10 years and an average of 300 crypto hackings annually, will the Genius act make a difference?

“When the US sneezes, the world catches a cold”. Could the -18.9% between Feb to Apr of the S&P 500 index signal the start of a recession? Let’s review the evidence.

When it comes to stocks, there are only two circumstances that leads directly to long-term decline: Recession and Financial Crises. In fact, certain data suggests that crisis events actually present good investment opportunities.

It can certainly be stressful to read about the middle eastern conflicts. With concerns about possible spikes in energy prices and inflation, is this a replay of the 2022 bear market?