Why buying the index as a statement sounds ridiculous to me
In my previous posts, i talked about the popular US index being dominated by Tech stocks. Take $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ and $S&P 500(.SPX)$ , you are almost taking on a big position in the tech sector that you are better off just getting direct exposure to the shares itself. While I know that some will come in to argue that there is some diversification by riding with the index, what this diversification means is that you are subjected to the limited upside from the market boom. While people are partying with a 10% gain on direct exposure, you only enjoy a fraction of that 10% due to the diversification strategy. Of course, your downside is also limited, but in the bull market, having to
Previously I talked about rare metals and China’s dominance on rare earth metals. Ones that are particularly crucial to manufacturing of core technologies that drive the chip industry or to be used in chips themselves. Now, many have been telling me, if that were really true, why are US tech stocks looking more attractive than ever. This begs the question, is software detached enough from hardware that these so called “Magnificent 7” can run independent of the hardware? Well, I am not going to directly answer this question of technology stocks now, I will over the next few posts. What I want to talk about is positions in the US in general, and it is linked to tech stocks (and unfortunately AI). As much as I love AI, hearing the word AI everywhere I go to is pretty annoying, all I want to d
MRT is really crowded today. Think most are preparing for the long holiday on Friday... no seat and no internet means some time for review of my current portfolio positioning review. Today, I'll talk about a rare metals. If you ever conversed with me, you will know how bullish I am on gold. And well gold prices spiking is a fact, 114% gains for the past 12months. You would have easily doubled your portfolio. In the field of rare metal commodities, there is however a few other raw metals that fell off the radar. One such metal that I am going to start researching on is Dysprosium. Most of us would have chanced upon this name if we took chemistry classes seriously, I know for one that my chemistry teacher told me I was a goner for my exams. So if I do type an ill informed statement about the
$YF8.SI(YF8.SI)$ Saw my portfolio drop 6% during lunch yesterday while eating salted fish. Made the fish extra salty🧂 Players sweep price as low as 1.10 well below the 30MA. Last time the price saw massive buy along the 1.16 region. 1.12 was a transient price before holding at 1.16 levels. This was only in 12 Sept. The sweep was of course with catalyst, that YZJ ship building had a $180m book order cancellation. Having shared similar name and of course the maritime spin off considerations caused similar reactions to YZJ Fin. Both recovered most of the draw down the same trading day 6% down to about 1% down. What this sweep signifies is 2 things to me. The first, the shock to the system along with the news as a catalyst sends people i
$AEM SGD(AWX.SI)$ I previously shared with some of you that AEM strong. India prime minister visited SG, Lawrence Wong bring the big guy visit this company. Now Trump declare he will raise Intel back from grave, AEM will see new heights. Intel accounts for a large portion of AEM revenue