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INSIGHTS FROM CFA SOCIETY SINGAPORE

When markets shudder: A common-sense guide for everyday investors

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 28: In an aerial view, shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Oakland on April 28, 2025 in Oakland, California. American importers are seeing a surge in canceled sailings by freight ships out of China as the Trump administration's tariffs continue to impact the world's economy. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Opinion & Features

Preventing trade shocks from igniting the next financial crisis

The companies that have cut their guidance are being punished for it while beats have been met with limited rewards, according to Citigroup’s trading strategy team.
International

CEOs haven’t been this gloomy about the US economy since the financial crisis

The iconic Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff, which built the Titanic, is going into administration on Monday.
Transport & Logistics

Titanic builder Harland & Wolff to appoint administrators as debt woes deepen

A sea of red on an electronic stock board in Shanghai during the 2008 great financial crisis. As geopolitical stresses mount, we should both re-remember the past and try to imagine what might happen in the future if a financial crisis erupted in China, for example, amid deep conflict.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

Crisis memory, geopolitics and the risks of financial contagion

epa10751883 People buy vegetables, rations, and other essentials for their daily living at a local market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17 July 2023. The Sri Lankan Central Bank expects that the economy will recover faster than projected in the second half of the year as inflation cools and foreign exchange inflows resume. The Central Bank had decreased its standing deposit facility rate and standing lending facility rate, indicating that the economy is entering a recovery phase. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a three-billion-dollar Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to support Sri Lanka's economic policies and reforms. Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst economic crisis in over seven decades as a result of a lack of foreign reserves. EPA-EFE/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE
International

Sri Lanka’s economy returns to growth, led by agriculture

This aerial photo taken on October 25, 2023 shows the Evergrande logo on residential buildings in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
Property

China official vows to prevent collective defaults of developers

Total net private wealth across the world decreased by 2.4 per cent to a total of US$454.4 trillion, according to Credit Suisse’s annual global wealth report.
International

Global wealth projected to rise 38 per cent by 2027, despite recent decline

Chinese equities are undervalued both in absolute terms and relative to historical valuation and global peers, even though there are positive trends and opportunities.
Wealth & Investing

Drawing lessons from history to make a case for Chinese equities

FILE PHOTO: Byju's logo is seen in this illustration taken, June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Startups & Tech

India’s government orders inspection of Byju’s finances

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