Hi guys, I would like to share an article by Christopher Ng, who explains how you can use PyInvesting's stock screener to create a high dividend REIT strategy.  Christopher is an investment trainer we partner with, who uses PyInvesting extensively in his Early Retirement Masterclass. If you are interested in how to achieve financial independence using a data driven approach to investing, do check out the preview for his Early Retirement Masterclass happening tomorrow evening 27th April 2021 at 7:30PM Singapore time.  Sign up at this link. We hope to see you there ..read more

Growth investing has been extremely profitable with growth funds such as Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) surging over 200% over the last year.  The performance of growth funds have been attributed to disruptive growth stocks that are able to take advantage of opportunities from record-breaking technological changes. These companies have the potential to change their industry’s landscape by creating simplicity and accessibility while driving down costs with their technologically enabled product or service.  The current pull back we are seeing in the market presents an attracti ..read more

This article is contributed by Chengkok from Wealthdojo Face it, finance without investing would be boring. The ups and downs, the highs and lows that keep you hanging at the edge of your seat. In your journey through investing, you probably would have met fellow investors, gurus or even con-artist. Some of you who are here might be new, some of you might have invested for years. One question which I like to present to every one of you is this.   What is the bigger picture? Sure. The objective of investing is to make money. However, looking at finance just concentrating on investing is l ..read more

By now, you’ve probably heard of GameStop $GME, the hottest stock in the market right now.  We know that many people are betting against $GME and shorting the stock. Don’t take it from us – Bloomberg reported that while Gamestop’s shares outstanding stands at 69.7 million, short interest is at 71.2 million shares.  As part of preliminary fundamental analysis, let’s look into the business model of GameStop.  And in terms of a Q3 2020 update, Gamestop’s net sales were $1,004.7 million, down 30.2% from the fiscal 2019 third quarter reflecting: The impact of operating during the la ..read more

As we enter 2021, I’ve been reflecting on my portfolio's performance over the last year, thinking about the decisions that went well and the areas that I could improve on to become a better investor going forward.  In this article, I’m going to share my top 3 lessons I learnt from the market in 2020 and how my portfolio is positioned entering 2021.  Performance Review In 2020, my portfolio was up 61.8% vs the S&P 500 which was up 16.7%, outperforming the benchmark by 45.1%. The portfolio’s maximum drawdown this year was 15.2% while the S&P 500 lost over 30% during the March c ..read more

One of the key benefits of ETF investing is allowing investors to have exposure to multiple asset classes such as stocks, bonds, real estate and commodities. By placing uncorrelated bets across different asset classes, investors are able to reduce risk and increase the risk adjusted returns. Another advantage of ETF investing is that it is extremely simple to implement. We only need to manage between 2 to 5 ETFs as compared to pure equity investors that typically hold around 20 to 30 stocks. Because of the convenience of ETF investing, it can be implemented easily on your own using a discount ..read more

Hi everyone, I am very excited to share a new feature which allows you to view the signals generated by your trading strategy in your backtest results. This feature would bring greater transparency to your backtests allowing you to understand why certain stocks were selected by your investment strategy based on your trading signals.  What are trading signals? A trading signal is an indicator used by an investor to determine whether to buy or sell a stock.  For example, a value investor could rely on the price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) to decide whether to buy or sell a stock. A l ..read more

Ed Seykota, one of the market wizards behind computerized systems trading, turned $5,000 into $15 million in 12 years. He is a strong believer in trend following and uses a breakout trading system to enter trades when momentum is in his favour. Whether you do day trading or swing trading, using a solid breakout trading system can significantly improve the risk reward ratio of your trades and increase your trading profits in the long run. In this article, I’m going to introduce a tool that I built to help you identify top breakout stocks with explosive momentum. What is a breakout in stocks? A ..read more

Yes, this is a snapshot of my Interactive Brokers account. If you are an investor in the stock market, this year has been quite the ride for you. The market plunged 35% within a span of a single month from February to March this year. Shortly after, we saw a V shape recovery in the market straight back to its all time high. This was followed by increased volatility from September onwards as we head towards US elections. Despite the huge volatility in the stock market, my portfolio has done decently well this year with a return of 42.1% vs the S&P 500 which is up 9.4%. In addition, the por ..read more

Have you ever tried an investment strategy that was highly recommended, yet decided to quit once you started losing money? I know I have. A buddy of mine who used to work at a hedge fund was preaching to me about his insane portfolio with super star stocks. For some reason I thought it would be cool to go along and invest in the same stocks as he did. And so I did. When I bought in, it happened to be a good entry point as the market was going up almost everyday. With stocks like Sea and Tesla, there were days when the portfolio surged 4% in a single day! However as markets became highly overb ..read more