Investment Diary

  Happy National Day! Singapore is celebrating 61 years of Independence Day. It never been an easy journey to where we are now, a country without nature resource, neighbour conflict and etc. Maximising manpower is the only solution; establishing strong military for peace, strict legislation anchoring fairness and an open economy, and constantly improving education systems for next generation stays relevant for their future. We thank our forefather built a peace and prosperity through blood and sweat for us. Majulah Singapura! How do I feel the Singapore market? I think Singapore is beginning to shape things up on attracting wealth inflow as its proof to foreign capitalists that we are neutral yet resilient on various crisis such as pandemic, oil, aging population, wartime ready, financial crisis and etc that most of the countries cannot address. Not only crisis-ready, we are also business-friendly, lower corporate tax with grants and incentives, attracting diversify foreign t...

  Minutes of FOMC Meeting I read the Minutes of FOMC Meeting to understand what is happening in current economic and I found interesting some pointers in this Minutes was AI Capex has no signs of slowing which I agree with participants that it will improve productivity to the companies embraced AI however it also affected some classes of workers. The current labour market results are stable however with current AI Capex, it takes time to show the result of ROI it might be a slowdown on hiring if deployment is successful. SPGI completed separation of Mobility Global Inc SPGI consist small part of my US portfolio, recently there was a spin-off activity on this company. SPGI decided to separate Mobility Global, a world's standard for automotive information, providing critical data and analytics across the full vehicle lifecycle. Its portfolio of trusted brands and products includes CARFAX, automotive, Mastermind, Polk Automotive Solutions, and Market Scan, supporting the world...

CPI result released The latest U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) report shows that in May 2026, prices rose 0.5% month ‑ on ‑ month (seasonally adjusted) and infliation 4.2% year ‑ on ‑ year in May (not seasonally adjusted). The biggest drivers were energy (+23.5% YoY, gasoline +40.5%) and shelter (+3.4% YoY), while food prices rose more moderately at 3.1% YoY.  Energy is the main inflation driver, because of closing strait of Hormuz has started showing up in the inflation data. Core goods actually fell -0.5% month over month. Consumers are still willing to spend their on goods. We will need to see how Kelvin Warsh interpret this CPI report.  CPI report release Fomc meeting  Us federal reserve to hold interest rates steady 3.50%- 3.75%. This is Kevin Warsh’s first meeting, he was called for removing forward guidance and appointing task force tackling five areas of monetary policy  SpaceX IPO debut IPO price was $135 and trading to public $150. I think there are many ho...

The market is anticipating few events in May 2026! Firstly,  Kevin Warsh will be governing Fed reserve. The current CPI inflation is 3.81% ( good inflation rate: 2%) and US 10 year treasury yield is 4.55% and is interesting to observe him tackling inflation and balancing employment rate.  Whether Kevin Warsh able to be independent or not, we have to be defensive approach in the midst of uncertainty. Secondly, US-China Summit is happening right now Trump bringing many CEO such as Nvidia, Qualcomm, Master, Micron and etc to make a deals with China. Trump invited president Xi to White House on 24 September While I believe these are the win-win situations for the both sides and rest of the world. Lastly, As we still digesting the current events, I collecting premium income using cover-call options trading. Sellers always be love time decay if they did risk calculation while holding stocks why not open short-term contract it provides income and not selling the stocks.  Options...