Some companies are so huge that it is quite difficult to remember what brands they own and which subsidiaries are under them. Almost like the proverbial “all roads lead to Rome”, one can probably trace many companies to the same mother company. I am going to introduce 3 behemoths you can invest in to own … Read more
I shared my views on Bitcoin and its current state on our YouTube channel 2 weeks ago, here’s the video: Then, Bitcoin had experienced a significant correction (>10%) which got people wondering if it’s a bubble. At the point of writing, Bitcoin’s price has recovered; The Bitcoin Story – till date This is Bitcoin’s price … Read more
The global pharmaceutical industry was valued at USD$1.25T in 2019 and is forecasted to grow to about $1.5T in 2021. Then, Covid-19 happened and threw us a curveball that will likely impact all existing forecasts. Since the outbreak, retail of over-the-counter drugs spiked before lockdowns in March 2020 as consumers stockpiled these drugs. Conversely, hospitals … Read more
A major difficulty to figuring out whether we are out of the bear market is that most retail investors do this using personal instinct (aka ‘gut feel’). With developments in machine learning, we can now deploy algorithms to figure out which regime we are in at the moment. How to tell where the market is … Read more
Three years ago, I wrote that the greatest threat to financial institutions would come from tech companies with huge customer bases built from non-finance businesses. “Locally we see Grab moving into payment system with Grabpay. They too have a ready pool of customers whom they have been transacting all these while. Now, imagine if you … Read more