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S&P Hovering Around 10 Year Low

Blogged By: Low Hang Wei @ November 21st, 2008 - 3:53 am

Today, I suddenly had the mood to whip out Yahoo Finance and suddenly decided to generate a chart with the maximum amount of data, which is like close to 60 years. I was just quite curious on how this chart would look at the current moment. Although I personally think that looking at a chart […]

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Withdrew All Cash From My Forex Account

Blogged By: Low Hang Wei @ October 15th, 2008 - 12:36 pm

After an exciting period of trading the forex markets, I have decided to withdraw all my cash, which isn’t much, from my Forex account. During this time, I have learnt a lot about trading and the lessons learnt seem to bring over to other aspects of life. For example, trading teaches the importance of discipline, which […]

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Trading & Gambling

Blogged By: Low Hang Wei @ October 8th, 2008 - 5:32 pm

After watching the movie 21, I am quite amazed at how something so simple like counting cards on a blackjack table can significantly increase the chances of winning. Well, at least the concept seems easy, but I believe it will be real difficult to implement it in practice. While I have not done any research to […]

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A Promise Saves The Financial Markets

Blogged By: Low Hang Wei @ September 20th, 2008 - 1:01 am

After a week of bearish sentiments all over the world due to negative news released throughout the week, a single promise to inject liquidity into the markets may be all it takes to save the market. Well… at least for today. Even though the full plan to help save global markets is not yet decided, […]

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Singaporeans, Start Saving For Your Taxes

Blogged By: Low Hang Wei @ January 31st, 2008 - 9:34 pm

Every year, we give a portion of money back to the government through income taxes. This year, it isn’t going to be any different. However, let’s do things differently this time. Instead of waiting till the last minute to file your taxes and be confused about what’s going on, why not take a proactive approach […]

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