Recent market weakness has many investors worried about what it could mean for their returns, but in the long run, sell-offs and the volatility that globally diversified investors face are just small speed bumps in your goal.

News cycles can be negative, while the stock market continues to trend upwards in 2023. Market sell-offs tend to feed upon itself, culminating in a few days of intense losses — but this is always temporary. Most of the time, bad years are followed by good recovery years.

It has been 14 years since the last significant market sell-off and now we are here again!

When people think about impending recessions and its effects on the markets, the response is rarely a positive one. But can data provide a case for the silver lining of recessions?

Markets are a funny animal and has notably risen 10% since our last few articles about bear markets and recession worries. Given what is going on around the world now investment strategists are calling this current market condition a “bear market rally”. So which is it? Bull or Bear?

The stock market has seen its worst start in 50 years — people are asking: Are there more declines coming? What about recession? When’s the best time to invest? Perhaps past events can provide some perspective.

Many investors may feel uneasy over news that the US is currently in a bear market, but what exactly is a bear market? What does that mean for your goals and dreams? Is it a signal to sell or buy? The uncertainty and the weight of not knowing what to expect is very often too much for many investors to bear.

How should investors react to market declines? Should they prevent losses by selling or buy more stocks at a favourable discount? Even then, when is the best time to do so?

Volatility and downturns are part and parcel of investing, and it happens more often than you think. As long as you are holding a diversified global portfolio, staying put throughout the turbulence would have given you a long-term return over 7% in SGD terms.

Close calls, their consequential behavioural biases, periods of volatility, and some tips to attain some peace of mind.

It may be difficult to get a good return these days, but doing nothing only guarantees you'll get even less.

As massive losses hit the stock market, what should investors do to survive?

Looking to the past can provide insightful lessons for the future.

What would happen if you followed the advice of well known investors, hedge fund managers and strategists - supposed experts in their field. Are they really able to beat the market?

As we head into 2020, it helps to look at financial forecasts with the hindsight gained from 2019.

As we face speculations about a coming crisis, how should investors respond?

The stock market is bound to collapse eventually. It’s just a matter of when.

The yield curve inversion may not be the disaster it’s being made out to be