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Mr. Market strikes back!

Ouch, what a quarter! Mr. Market really dished out a painful kick to the teeth of investors in Q2 2022. Investors’ resolve might have...

Another very strong quarter – Q2 2021 market review

Almost all asset classes globally continued their upward trend in the past quarter, with soybeans as a niche commodity being the only...

The equity run-up continues – Q1 2021 market review

Equities continued their meteoric rise in Q1 2021, while medium-term and long-term bonds had losses in Q1 2021 (short-duration bonds eked...

Long-term benefits of Stock Investing: Why you need to have equities in your portfolio

There is no denying: stock markets are indeed volatile, and your daily newsfeed about what equity markets were up to over the past 24...

What an amazing year 2020!

With the Covid-19-induced equity market crisis of March 2020 firmly in our rearview mirrors, it is high time that we perform our usual...