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Investing in the Covid Era : How to Spot Opportunities and Pitfalls.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tiruchelvam, Nirgunan.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Investing in the Covid Era
- Place of Publication:
- SG : Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Covid-19 is the most devastating event for the world economy since the WWII. Many investors are grappling with its implications. This book provides an overview of the investment themes in the wake of the pandemic. It is written in clear terms for the lay investor in Singapore and beyond. Some of the topics addressed include: * What lessons can we learn from the 1918 Flu Pandemic in 2020* Why Investors should hunger for food delivery companies * Is Alibaba going to wipe out physical retail shops * What commodities will boom after Covid* How fridges will be hot commodities with the vaccines * How can investors avoid frauds like Luckin Coffee The book also looks at larger themes for local investors: * Are Iran, Myanmar and Saudi Arabia going to be the next emerging market winners* How Singapore can actually benefit from the F1* How poor people can reap rich rewards by investing* How to the play the Trump card while investing.
- Contents:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- COVID-19
- Sea in troubled waters
- How to profit from a looming debt crisis
- Beware the viral virus stocks
- Beware of the retail zombies
- The big shorts in the COVID-19 crisis
- Is the coronavirus a bull market signal?
- BUSINESS PRACTICES
- Why the VIX might do the trick
- 42Donald Trump is a god send forUS banks
- 'President Trump' could boost prospects for corporates like Apple, Cemex and Geo Group
- Lessons from Bernie Ebbers' acquisitions spree
- Are roll-ups brewing in beer and coffee?
- Luckin Coffee: Why did investors ignore the red flags?
- What are the lessons from the Hyflux haircut?
- COMMODITIES
- Are diamonds an investor's best friend?
- Is there a silver lining to COVID-19?
- Lithium may rise like a meteor
- Rubber could bounce fromthe glove boom
- Altman casts dark shadow over Singapore's oil and gas sector
- Why did Hin Leong collapse?
- How to play nickel's turnaround
- What Brexit teaches about commodity investing
- El Niño may create a rice price spike
- Palm Oil Slavery
- The myths of investing in commodity traders like Noble, Olam and Wilmar
- Exxon Mobil's lesson on riding the cycle
- EMERGING MARKETS
- What stocks to buy post-Castro's Cuba?
- As Thailand grieves, three winning stocks ensure Teflon economy continues
- Are emerging markets about to turn around?
- Why Bangladesh still beckons despite its troubles
- The exotic appeal of frontier bonds
- Financial trouble at India's UB Group turns spotlight on looming NPL crisis
- China is powering Pakistan's turnaround
- How cheap oil is a boon for India
- Three lessons for ASEAN from the life of former Singapore DPM S. Rajaratnam
- Will ASEAN's dalliance with debt spark another financial crisis?
- Why Jim Rogers is wrong to ditch India
- Investing in Iran's isolation.
- Learning about the risks and rewards of frontier markets from Burmese Beer
- Is the ASEAN conglomerate model losing its shine?
- Poor consumers are a big opportunity
- Let us raise a glass to the ThaiBev listing
- INVENTIONS
- The cheap washing machine may power the wheels of growth in ASEAN
- Why food delivery stocks are steaming hot
- Why barbershops are defying death
- Will the iris herald the biometric revolution?
- Will a mattress IPO raise Asian e-commerce from its slumber?
- Will Alibaba's Hong Kong listing end in tears?
- Space may be the final investment frontier
- What the Chettiar era tells us about fintech
- Moleskine proves the enduring value of writing in style
- Will dual-class shares bring SGX an F1 listing?
- Suppressing short-sellers is like shooting the messenger
- Lessons from the Rumble in the Jungle
- Cheap air conditioners could deliver big returns in India
- How Western Union and MoneyGramare making big money from small transfers
- Event planning is a business set to thrive
- European defence stocks may blossom
- Long March of chicken in Asia
- Fridges may heat up consumer stocks
- Can we escape the ghosts of 1997?
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9789814974196
- 9814974196
- OCLC:
- 1250089867
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