STI rallies 2% after Wall St rebounds
Investors should hedge against risk of escalation amid uncertainty, says Bank of Singapore
RIGHT now, retail investing in the stock market seems as risky as the game of Russian Roulette.
Trade conflict between the two largest economies - US and China - has kept the market conditions tense. Each day, the market opens and the chamber spins.
Incredibly, while the US stock futures floundered on Wednesday and at the start of trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 230.94 points up, at 24,264.30, a whopping 700-odd points rally from its session low.
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