Market volatility

Embrace volatility and find opportunities

Long-term quantitative models are still giving positive signals for equities while Fed rate cuts still support a soft-landing expectation for the US economy

Over the long run, equity markets give annualised returns of about 10 per cent.

WealthBT: Navigating tariff-based market volatility

Are Trump's tariffs impacting your investments? Dr Wei Dai breaks down why this is all part and parcel of long-term investing.

Even though investors were fearful of events last weekend, the reaction in markets was more extreme than many countenanced.

Punch-drunk traders across Asia ready for another week of drama

After a week in which Asian stocks posted both their biggest-ever plunge and their largest one-day gain since 2008, investors in the region are working weekends, skipping sleep, interrupting business ...

A Ukrainian soldier on the front line, as the conflict in Eastern Europe continues. The writer says that stocks hate uncertainty from mounting tensions more than regional conflict itself.
COMMENTARY

Stock markets are less afraid of war than we imagine

A look at the past shows that most regional conflicts have not been bear-market catalysts

While it is true that certain parts of equity and bond markets remain expensive and very well-owned, others are trading at undemanding valuations and remain lightly held by investors. The key is to seek out opportunities in the former.
WEALTH & INVESTING

Making sense of market movements

Being diversified, selective and not herding together with the crowd is crucial to investment outcomes in the short to medium term

Investors often sell their stocks when they are expensive. They move into cash hoping to buy the stocks back when they become cheap again. But it may be a very long wait.
THE BOTTOM LINE

How to invest in chaotic markets

Contrary to popular wisdom, even retail investors should pay attention to volatility

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug 6, 2024, a day after the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 had their worst day of trading since 2022.

The stock market rout may not be over

As investors pause for breath, let’s assess what could turn a correction into a crash

Donald Trump has been noted to impose inflationary policies, such as large tax cuts.

More volatility, uncertainty for markets in H2 as chances of Trump presidency increase: analysts

They note that return of former US president could have an impact on trade tariffs, Treasury yields and gold market

The US economy is probably entering a period of higher interest rates and inflation, which could come with higher volatility in general, including in stock valuations.
PERSPECTIVE

Market volatility is about to make a comeback

A transformative period may be imminent for the US and global economy – and it will bring more risk

China stocks have weathered a significant 40 per cent drawdown three times in the last 23 years. There is a tradeoff between the allure of returns and the possibility of drawdowns.
SCIENCE OF WEALTH

Risk is not volatility. Understand the difference for better investment results

Market volatility is a given. It is more important, for example, to understand one’s capacity for risk and the right kind of investments to go for