Diversify with Asia-Pacific's top financial players: ETF combines growth potential and income
The Lion-OCBC Securities APAC Financials Dividend Plus ETF provides investors with exposure to the 30 largest and most tradable companies listed in...
OCBC’s offer for Great Eastern is about responding to minority dissent, doubling down on its strategy
THIS column said last week that OCBC had three options to address the undervaluation of Great Eastern’s shares: it could organise a...
Crypto VCs turn back to ‘professor coins’ as funding rebounds
VENTURE capitalists (VCs) are turning back to crypto startups founded by professors as funding for the digital asset industry takes off again.
Growth stocks. Value stocks. What do those labels mean?
GROWTH and value are basic categories in stock investing. They are so widely used that you might assume that they mean something...
Daniel Kahneman on better decision-making
NOBEL laureate Daniel Kahneman, who died in March at the age of 90, transformed the fields of economics and investing. At their...
Fed hawks will fly lower – eventually
AS WAS widely expected, the Federal Reserve decided to again leave the fed funds rate unchanged at the Federal Open Market Committee...
Why investors should exercise restraint on debt
IT IS obvious that all else being equal, people and companies that are indebted are more likely to run into trouble than...
Share buybacks offer window into Seatrium board’s perspective on its stock’s value
THE S$100 million share buyback programme announced by Seatrium on Apr 29 was interpreted positively by many investors – and for good...
A whiff of caution
A HINT of caution is entering the assessment of future market behaviour. Inflation remains stubborn, and this reduces the probability of a...
After the Magnificent Seven, a broadening rally
SPRING in Japan is synonymous with the sakura. Also known as the cherry blossom, it blooms first in Kyushu, before creeping northwards...