Investment

Over the years, investing has been compared to riding the waves or being on a roller coaster ride. However, at Providend, we believe that investing is more like gardening. As long as we stay [...]

Hong Kong is a place I would gladly visit anytime. Apart from the great food and the excellent craft beer, the thing I get most excited about is its well-established network of trekking trails. [...]

Active investing can stimulate a rush of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with excitement and, potentially, with addiction. Akin to gambling, active investing gives investors a thrill. The [...]

Do you know of any magic indicator that can always successfully point out the next market crash? If not, does that mean that all these economic indicators are useless? Well, we don’t think [...]

The market has fallen for the first time in 2019! But fret not. This video was recorded only yesterday and by today, the market has gone up again- further proving the point that it is almost [...]

All investors want to have successful investment experience. This is why many try to time the market in order to get the most out of their investment. However, this takes a lot of knowledge, time [...]

Many investors are too fixated on picking the right stocks at the right time. Instead, they should be fixated on their total return after all fees. Watch this video as Vincent Tey, Head of [...]

One of the main things I talk to my clients about is their attitude to risk, after all, it’s an inherent part of investing. There is no such thing as risk-free investing. There is no [...]

People always tell me that the financial services industry is an exciting industry to be in. Every day, either in the papers, on TV, radio or on social media, analysts will predict what will [...]

Many textbooks have defined investing as the act of committing money or capital to an endeavour with the expectation of obtaining an additional income or profit. Indeed, so much emphasis has been [...]

On 22nd December last year, I invested the monies in my SRS account into one of the investment portfolios that my company manages. About one month later on the 19th January, I went to check on [...]

Many investors enjoy predicting when the next stock market crash is going to occur. So anything that can apparently predict such a crash is often sought after by investors—much like adventurers [...]

“In Investing, You Get What You Don’t Pay For— John C. Bogle Founder and Former Chairman, The Vanguard Group Even if you have only just started on your investing journey, you will probably have [...]

I want to address a phenomenon that’s quite common in investing which is the emotional roller coaster ride we go through when we trade stocks. Some of us have sworn off buying and selling [...]

As a financial advisory firm who has weathered several crises and most notably the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), we have learnt that while we cannot predict how high the markets will go or [...]

”Surely we are due a crash soon?” asks just about everyone I meet with. That’s a question that is impossible for me – or anyone – to answer. After all, it’s the 10 year anniversary of [...]

We typically depend on research and data to do many things in the modern world, from medicine to engineering. Why should it be any different for investing? Using funds that are backed by research [...]

Paul Merriman, the financial educator and adviser, believes that you can invest just $3,000 on behalf of your child, and turn it into $50m.  If he’s right, this could be the most important [...]

In a recent webinar, I covered the merits of using Tracker Funds in your portfolio. They are gaining massive momentum and anyone looking for long-term returns MUST understand them. In the [...]

I have not been writing about investments for quite some time. And the reason is that there is really nothing new for me to talk about. You must be thinking that I am joking. So much is happening [...]

I get a lot of questions from clients about what is happening in the global stock market so I thought this was a good time to reflect on what it means to be a ‘good’ investor. No matter what you [...]

I love getting stuff for free. My word, I seriously love getting stuff for free. In fact, the only person I know who loves getting stuff for free more than me is my mother. The apple doesn’t fall [...]

Yesterday, on 5 July 2018, the Singapore Government announced that it would raise the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) by 5% for citizens and permanent residents buying second and subsequent [...]

If your life is anything like that in my home and office, the 2018 FIFA World Cup has completely overtaken your life and schedule. Suddenly, 2AM kickoffs at the local pub or kopitiam are normal. [...]

The recent economic sabre-rattling between the US and China have upset the markets, with indexes shedding year-to-date gains as investors wake up to the reality that a full-blown trade war is a [...]

Investors are often told by the financial media and experts that stocks are riskier investments than bonds. So much so that it has become almost conventional wisdom, and to state otherwise risks [...]

From young, we’re generally taught to save. If we were lucky enough to have an allowance, we were told to put some away. Maybe we had a tooth fairy who gave us some pocket change, again, we were [...]

In the past few years, in my conversations with investors, there was a number who told me that they were worried about the stock markets and that they thought that a big crash was imminent. As it [...]

Investing is always challenging because there is no perfect strategy. Watch this video to find out how Dollar Cost Averaging and Lump Sum Strategy will give different results depending on the [...]

Many of us know that it is important to invest our money wisely so that we can reach our financial goals. These include goals such as retiring comfortably, funding our children’s education, [...]