Journey Traveled As the final trading day before New Year's heralded the close of 2023, reflecting on the year's stock market journey, I maintained a relatively low trading frequency in both Hong Kong and U.S. markets. Despite the overall downturn in the Hong Kong stock market, my investments yielded some returns, particularly due to the strong performance of several core positions. Within the Hong Kong stock market, I actively engaged in trades involving stocks such as Xiaomi and NIO, both of which ranked among the top performers in the Chinese concept stocks for the year. Notably, Ideal Auto, a long-term focus, initiated a strong counteroffensive with its L series, achieving significant year-on-year and sequential growth in sales. It has outpaced many peers in gross profit and sales, lea

As we approach the D-day due next month for decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission on approval of several applications for the inaugural spot price-based exchange-traded funds by the likes of Blackrock, and as the highly anticipated bitcoin halving in next April, I expect greater volatility in the cryptocurrency prices. The launches of bitcoin ETFs trading based on spot prices by multiple asset managers among the world's largest are bound to create the next frenzy in the cryptocurrency market. Likewise, the bitcoin halving once every 4 years when the reward for mining new blocks is halved will limit the supply of new bitcoins that may lift their prices if their demand remains strong. With cryptocurrencies emerging from their year-long winter and garnering strong enthusiasm from

In analyzing the U.S. M&A market for 2023, investors should consider several key factors as below:Market Overview:Understand the overall landscape of the U.S. M&A market, including deal values, trends, and factors influencing activity.FactSet’s U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) data revealed continued weakness for M&A as 2023 progressed. Though deal values bottomed in 1Q23 and saw an uptick in October with the large Exxon/Pioneer and the Chevron/Hess deals, they dipped again in November and aggregate transaction counts were lower through the first 11 months.2023 Performance:Evaluate the performance of the U.S. M&A market throughout 2023, considering any fluctuations in deal values and transaction counts.Aggregate deal values and deal counts in FactSet’s data are both

In the first trading day of 2024, technology companies experienced a sharp pullback, leading to a significant decline in the $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ and a clear sector differentiation. $Apple(AAPL)$ in particular saw a 3.58% pullback, with no fundamental changes. $Barclays PLC(BCS)$ downgraded Apple from "overweight" to "equal weight," lowering the TP tp 160. They hold a pessimistic view on the sales performance of the iPhone 15 and have low expectations for the iPhone 16.Since its release in September, the iPhone 15 sales have been underwhelming, but it still performed strongly during the upcoming shopping festivals. While overall sales may not be surprising, this year'

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$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ 2024 is a year of uncertainty. Sure, we might be ending 2023 with strong performances, and a strong indication of where inflation and interest rates is heading, but how will the market react to it? Some basic economics to explore here, which i have broken down into parts for easy explanation later. 1. Interest rates are part of monetary policies aimed at influencing the amount of money flowing into the economy, so as to influence inflation rates. 2. It does this by increasing or decreasing the cost of borrowing/rewards for saving, thereby resulting in the borrowing price/savings reward going up or down. 3a. As interest rates go up, 3b. more people are incentivized to save as the rewards of saving is higher, while more pe

At the afternoon of January 1st, a strong earthquake occurred in the Noto Peninsula of Japan, and a tsunami warning was issued, with strong tremors felt in the capital city of Tokyo.Currently, the reconstruction work in the disaster area remains full of challenges, and the displaced people's sheltered life tends to become prolonged. According to a report from Kyodo News in March 2023, despite progress in the construction of infrastructure in the disaster area, Japan still has about 31,000 people living in evacuation and unable to return home due to factors such as the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident.Impact of the Earthquake on Japanese Assets $Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings(TKECY)$ Tokyo Electric Power Company announced on January 1

As we approach the D-day due next month for decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission on approval of several applications for the inaugural spot price-based exchange-traded funds by the likes of Blackrock, and as the highly anticipated bitcoin halving in next April, I expect greater volatility in the cryptocurrency prices. The launches of bitcoin ETFs trading based on spot prices by multiple asset managers among the world's largest are bound to create the next frenzy in the cryptocurrency market. Likewise, the bitcoin halving once every 4 years when the reward for mining new blocks is halved will limit the supply of new bitcoins that may lift their prices if their demand remains strong. With cryptocurrencies emerging from their year-long winter and garnering strong enthusiasm from

Goals goals and more goals! I am an avid football fan. So when it comes to goals, usually the first thing that comes to mind is the net bulging when the ball hits it! And it is a nice feeling when the team you are supporting scores the goal.  When it comes to setting goals in term of investments, I guess the rules are similar. You set the goalposts up and try to get the ball in between the posts and score. The wider the posts, the easier to score!  For me, I try to strike a balance. Set the goalposts too wide by being too safe will probably bring average returns but at least the capital is safe! Narrow them too much and run the risk of not being able to score and compromise your capital.  I am expecting 2024 to be tricky for the markets. 2023 was surprisingly great and

As we come to the end of Y2023. Here is the list of top 10 stock performance in Singapore market.  1.$Keppel Corp(BN4.SI)$ Keppel Corp (BN4): Soaring 57.52% this year, Keppel led the pack with its diversified portfolio in energy, property, and infrastructure. 2.$SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD(U96.SI)$ Sembcorp Industries (U96): Following closely behind with a 59.93% return, Sembcorp capitalized on rising energy demand and renewable energy investments. 3.$SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD(C6L.SI)$ Singapore Airlines (C6L): Taking flight with a 54.71% gain, Singapore Airlines be

PCT: Cathie Wood $ARK Innovation ETF(ARKK)$  For 2024 V10.0 . PCT = Pandas Coffee Talk. Disruptive Technology is up 4% per month. Cathie Wood ARKK ARK Innovation is back with a Empire Strike Back. Cathie Wood have regains her kicks. And she removed the last Ticker which me don't agree with = Coinbase. Euro & US is due to come up with their CBDC = Central Bank Digital Currency. A kinds of USD cum crypto fintech currency. If all governments passed through CBDC. Coinbase will lose her edges in crypto markets. That mean all users will have USD in crypto. Coinbase as a main crypto exchange will not increase tremendously as predicted. So when Cathie Wood reduce ARKK positions in Coinbase. It seem Cathie Wood is purely in Disruptive Technology.

Chinese technology stocks are once again caught up in regulatory curbs, as in the latest proposed tightening of the online gaming industry, resulting in significant sell-off of the technology stocks at large, including $Alibaba(BABA)$ , $JD.com(JD)$ , $Pinduoduo Inc.(PDD)$ and $MEITUAN-W(03690)$ , and especially the gaming giant $TENCENT(00700)$ . Investors were rushing for the exits in fear that the la