Opinion & Features

THE BOTTOM LINE

Why Europe’s tariff plans on China won’t solve its trade problem

Imposing trade tariffs on China will hurt the region’s supply chains without fixing its deeper export issues

Oil storage tanks and facilities of Xinhai Oils Storage Co in China's Zhejiang province. China does not publish timely or comprehensive consumption data, creating a big unknown for the oil market.

Oil market calm masks a host of unknowns

Traders are mostly operating in the dark regarding inventory, global demand and geopolitical uncertainty

South-east Asia's growth trajectory means its energy choices will have global consequences, and Singapore is emerging as a key player in the coming years.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

South-east Asia can lead the energy transition with its partners

No country can navigate the energy transformation alone

Maritime vessels off Singapore's waters. The war on Iran, which has disrupted global supply chains, entered its 100th day on Jun 6.
THINKING ALOUD

In a world of long-drawn crises, ‘wait and see’ may be a decreasingly tenable stance

The end of optimism in a post-common-sense era of geopolitics

Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi in May. India is still part of this bloc with the US, Australia and Japan, but runs its own foreign policy when its interests do not align with Washington's.

What is ‘strategic autonomy’ – and why is everyone suddenly reaching for it?

Countries are staying within US-led security and economic orders, but want wiggle room in their participation

The venture ecosystem has evolved materially over time, with larger platforms emerging.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why venture capital unlocks access to next-generation market leaders

Public equity portfolios may miss out on growth as companies stay private for longer

As household size is hardly growing, is there a need to build super-large landed homes?
THE LEVEL GROUND

Think twice about rebuilding that old landed property into a super-big house to max out GFA

Mind the high construction and recurring costs of building a gigantic home for owner occupation 

Singapore’s next generation of listed companies has the potential to reshape perceptions of the local equity market.

The new currency of markets is narrative; SGX companies must learn to master it

Strong earnings and solid balance sheets are no longer enough to command premium valuations

Warren Buffett's success has convinced a generation of investors that long-term ownership of high-quality companies is a reliable path to fabulous wealth.
MARK TO MARKET

Have we become too optimistic about stocks?

With the major banks funnelling resources into their wealth franchises, investors could be about to face an avalanche of sales calls

SpaceX plans to release its locked-up shares in a series of tranches.

Can the stock market swallow SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI?

As it attempts to absorb billion-dollar giga-IPOs, investors should watch out for indigestion