Posts Tagged ‘approach’
Buy on weakness, sell on strength this year
February 10th, 2010 | 
Author: INVESTORS should use the recent correction to buy into markets, say strategists of two private banks. But banish the thought of a buy and hold approach, as volatility may well erase gains made during the year.
Says Credit Suisse Private Bank’s chief investment officer Stefan Keitel: ‘Buy on weakness, sell on strength. There will be two to three corrections in 2010 but also opportunities.
‘We think… more
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Tags: approach, Bank, buy, chief investment officer, correction, Credit, credit suisse, Investment, investors, officer, Private, private bank, private banks, Stefan Keitel, strategists, strength, Suisse, thought, volatility, weakness, year | 
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STI edges up but trading remains thin
ASIAN bourses were trapped in a narrow range of trading yesterday, with investors adopting a wait-and-see approach as the greenback stabilised against the region’s currencies.
Blue chips did their best to rally – and they did manage to get the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up by 13.75 points to 2,758.79 – but other Asian markets were mixed.
China’s Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.53 per c… more
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Tags: approach, Asian, asian bourses, asian markets, blue chips, China, Composite, currencies, greenback, Index, investors, range, region, Shanghai, shanghai composite index, stabilised, STI, Straits, straits times index, Times, trading, yesterday |
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Too much disclosure can sometimes be bad
MOST people place their faith in the disclosure-based model which says that the more information financial advisers and companies are made to tell the public, the better. This is the rationale behind Regulation Full Disclosure (RFD) in the US and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and is the preferred regulatory approach that has evolved over the past decade in tandem with deregulated markets.
Howeve… more
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Principled approach on Temasek disclosures: MOF
THE Singapore Government adopts a principled approach in its disclosures on Temasek Holdings and does not just reveal what it deems acceptable, said the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in response to a recent editorial in Wall Street Journal Asia.
MOF’s reply, which was published in yesterday’s Journal, said the principle is that the Government will disclose ‘all relevant information Singaporeans need t… more
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STI kicks off August trading with a gain
INVESTORS shook off the traditional August blues yesterday to drive the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) to a new 10-month high.
Despite August traditionally being a slow trading month, with fund managers taking time off to enjoy their summer break, there was no let-up in buying as Singaporeans approach this weekend’s National Day celebration.
Despite opening up to 27 points lower after ope… more
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