Singapore equities market has pockets of outperformers; investors need to be shrewd, realistic

THE local equities market is not something younger investors pay heed to – especially not when they can pick up online tips on how to dollar-cost average into exchange-traded funds that track popular indices such as the MSCI World Index or the US-based S&P 500 Index.

This makes sense, because these indices have wildly outperformed the local benchmark Straits Times Index; the broader market of the Singapore bourse has also been anaemic.

Much has been made of why this is so, from low trading liquidity to an unexciting mix of companies that feel staid and unfamiliar to a new generation of investors.