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MoneyOwl’s One-Year Outperformance Over Roboadvisers – The Right Lessons
When InvestmentMoats recently published the annual returns of various roboadvisers he invested with – including MoneyOwl – it sparked plenty of heated discussions online. MoneyOwl CEO Chuin Ting Weber weighs in.
Investing lessons from Euro 2020
Incredibly, amidst the most severe pandemic of our generation, a continental football tournament complete with thousands of baying spectators could still take place. And took place it did, with teams playing with the same audacity and swagger as the tournament...
Value and small caps outperformance: Logic, Evidence and Cost
Value and small caps, to which the Dimensional equity funds in MoneyOwl’s portfolios are tilted, have been massively outperforming for more than 6 months since the third quarter of 2020. From August 2020 to February 2021, MSCI World Value Index returned 16.1% vs 7.8%...
How to Prepare Your Child for Financial Independence
Happy 2021 and what a busy start to the year it has been! Just as we're getting into the swing of things, i.e., getting balance in our work-life, recovering from the mini breakdowns for our children’s school arrangements and losing those extra pounds we put on over...
GameStop Commentary: Is it Time to Start Trading Options?
8 February 2021
Are you thinking of trading options following the GameStop debacle? Here’s what you need to know before you do.
Odds In Your Favour
There is a Singapore tradition of a huge Hongbao Toto Draw during the Chinese New Year season, for prizes of an eye-watering quantum that can be $10 million or more. Some years, you can even reserve bundled packs of tickets beforehand. Will you be buying a ticket? I...
Investment Principle #12: Risk is the Price of Admission to Investing
We are all familiar with the phrase ‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained’. It is a fact of life. Where there is no risk, there is little reward. We are often rewarded only when we put ourselves out to try something risky – whether it is taking the first baby steps as a...
The Disconnect Between Stocks And The Economy
Guest contribution by Chong Ser Jing, Portfolio Manager & Co-Founder of Compounder Fund at Galilee Investment Management Pte Ltd, Blogger at The Good Investors. The apparent disconnect between the stock market and the economy is one of the hottest topics of...
Investing Principle #11 – Past Performance Is No Indicator of Future Performance
Have you ever waited a long time to watch a movie directed by a renowned filmmaker who had clinched many Oscar and Emmy awards in the past, only to be disappointed by its lackluster script after you have watched it? Just as how we cannot judge a movie based on the...
