Jonathan Lo From Stock Valuation to Market Cycles — 4 Essential Lessons for Smarter Investing
How do you identify a good business, determine whether its stock is fairly valued, and decide when to invest? In Tiger Brokers' Fundamental Analysis seminar, Jonathan Lo, Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers Singapore, shared a practical framework for evaluating companies, understanding financial performance, identifying competitive advantages, and navigating changing market conditions. 👨🏫 About the Speaker: Jonathan Lo With nearly 20 years of practical trading and investment experience, Jonathan Lo brings a market-oriented perspective to investment analysis. His approach incorporates multi-asset, macro-directed long-short strategies, primarily expressed through equities and options. Rather than focusing solely on stock prices or short-term market movements, Jonathan encourages inve
Jonathan Lo's Playbook: From Sectors to Macro, Putting the Whole Framework Together
Speaker: Jonathan Lo, Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers Singapore, on how sectors are classified, which macro factors move markets, and the order to combine all the tools. [About the Speaker] Jonathan Lo is an Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers (Singapore). With nearly 20 years of practical trading and investment experience, he interprets markets through multi-asset, macro-directed long-short strategies expressed through equities and options. [The Hook] The speaker asked the room a simple question: have you cut back on spending lately? Would you still pay $300 for a T-shirt? That is the economy in miniature: your spending is someone else's income, and when consumers pull back, some companies feel it first. [Sorting the Market: 11 GICS Sectors] The GICS framework groups all
Jonathan Lo's Playbook: Valuation Ratios and the Moat Behind the Business
Speaker: Jonathan Lo, Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers Singapore, on P/E, ROE, dividend yield, and why the quality of a business can matter more than the quality of its management. [About the Speaker] Jonathan Lo is an Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers (Singapore). With nearly 20 years of practical trading and investment experience, he interprets markets through multi-asset, macro-directed long-short strategies expressed through equities and options. [The Hook] Is management more important, or the enterprise itself? The speaker leaned on Buffett: a structurally disadvantaged company is hard to turn into a consistently profitable one, even for a good management team. [The Popular Valuation Ratios] P/E ratio comes in two kinds. Trailing 12-month P/E is backward-looking, "l
Jonathan Lo's Playbook: Is the Profit Real? Reading Income and Cash Flow
Speaker: Jonathan Lo, Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers Singapore, on profitability ratios, why cash flow tells a different story from profit, and how EV/EBITDA levels the playing field. [About the Speaker] Jonathan Lo is an Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers (Singapore). With nearly 20 years of practical trading and investment experience, he interprets markets through multi-asset, macro-directed long-short strategies expressed through equities and options. [The Hook] Near the end of the session, the speaker asked: which ratio tells you whether a business generates enough income to sustain its operations? The answer wasn't profit margin. It was cash flow. Here's why. [The Income Statement: Profitability] Revenue minus the cost of goods sold gives gross profit. Then: Operat
Jonathan Lo's Playbook: Price Is What You Pay, Value Is What You Get
Speaker: Jonathan Lo, Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers Singapore, on how fundamental analysis helps investors tell a stock's price from its value, and how to read a balance sheet in two quick checks. [About the Speaker] Jonathan Lo is an Investment Representative at Tiger Brokers (Singapore). With nearly 20 years of practical trading and investment experience, he interprets markets through multi-asset, macro-directed long-short strategies expressed through equities and options. [The Hook] Stock A trades at $20. Stock B trades at $25. Which one do you buy? Most people go for the cheaper one. Then the speaker added the details: A is a company in trouble that needs to raise funds and is issuing new shares to pay off debt. B is pricier, but pays a regular $5 dividend. Suddenly the an
Benedict Lim's Options Playbook: From a House Analogy to Straddles
Event Recap | Tiger Brokers Singapore | 28 October 2026 Subtitle: Understand Before You Trade: How Options Work, What Drives Their Price, and Why Strategies Like the Straddle Carry Real Costs Are options really as dangerous as people say, or is the real risk not knowing what you are doing? At our latest Tiger Brokers Singapore investment seminar, guest speaker Benedict Lim walked first-timers through three themes: how options work, what makes them cheap or expensive, and the strategies and risks that come with trading them. [About the Speaker] Benedict Lim is the host of one of the largest retail investor meetup groups in Singapore, and a stock market trainer on U.S. options with over 15 years of experience in the stock markets. He is also a veteran of the banking industry, having worked a
Benedict Lim's Playbook: Straddles, Strangles and the Risks Behind Them
Speaker: Benedict Lim, U.S. options trainer and host of one of Singapore's largest retail investor meetup groups, as he introduces strategies for when you are not sure which way a stock will go, and warns about the costs of getting it wrong. [About the Speaker] Benedict Lim is the host of one of the largest retail investor meetup groups in Singapore, and a stock market trainer on U.S. options with over 15 years of experience in the stock markets. He is also a veteran of the banking industry, having worked at top global banks including Standard Chartered, DBS and HSBC, with over a decade as a financial analyst, business analyst and wealth manager. [The Hook] Benedict's logic was simple: sometimes you do not know the direction. Rather than guess, you can set up a position that benefits if th
Benedict Lim's Playbook: What Makes an Option Expensive? Time, Volatility and Liquidity
Speaker: Benedict Lim, U.S. options trainer and host of one of Singapore's largest retail investor meetup groups, as he breaks down how options are priced and what to check before you trade one. [About the Speaker] Benedict Lim is the host of one of the largest retail investor meetup groups in Singapore, and a stock market trainer on U.S. options with over 15 years of experience in the stock markets. He is also a veteran of the banking industry, having worked at top global banks including Standard Chartered, DBS and HSBC, with over a decade as a financial analyst, business analyst and wealth manager. [The Hook] After the basics, a natural question: why do some options cost so much more than others? Benedict's answer split an option's price into two parts and then gave a short checklist of
Benedict Lim's Playbook: Options Explained With a House (Why Education Comes Before Everything)
Speaker: Benedict Lim, U.S. options trainer and host of one of Singapore's largest retail investor meetup groups, as he explains options from scratch for first-timers using one simple idea: buying a house. [About the Speaker] Benedict Lim is the host of one of the largest retail investor meetup groups in Singapore, and a stock market trainer on U.S. options with over 15 years of experience in the stock markets. He is also a veteran of the banking industry, having worked at top global banks including Standard Chartered, DBS and HSBC, with over a decade as a financial analyst, business analyst and wealth manager. [The Hook] Benedict opened by tackling the reputation head-on: options are called dangerous, but he argued the danger comes from not knowing what you are doing. Driving a car is dan
🎁Xun Xiang's ETF Playbook: Asian Financials, Singapore's Green Leaders & Bonds
Event Recap | Tiger Brokers Singapore | 27 October 2026 Subtitle: Beyond Singapore's Big Three Banks — Exploring Asian Financials, Sustainable Equities and Short-Duration Bonds for a More Resilient Portfolio How can investors diversify their portfolios while balancing growth opportunities, dividend income and downside protection? At our latest Tiger Brokers Singapore investment seminar, the guest speaker shared practical insights into three investment themes: Asian financials, Singapore's low-carbon leaders and actively managed short-duration bond ETFs. Xun Xiang’s Playbook: How to Read the SGX ETF Top-10 Lists (and Meet the Lion Global Investors ETF L