3 Growth Companies Offering Explosive Returns

By Royston Yang, Senior Analyst It may be hard to imagine, but there are businesses that are still growing amid a pandemic. With all the bad news in the media, you’d be forgiven for thinking that all businesses are struggling to stay afloat. This crisis is somewhat unique, though. Not ...
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How to Pick The Right US Tech Stocks

By: Charlotte Lim Investors may have noticed that the technology sector has been resilient in the face of extreme economic volatility due to the pandemic. However, for a non-technical person, understanding jargon like artificial intelligence (AI), big data and cloud computing may seem daunting. The task gets harder with the ...
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Why Invest in US Growth Stocks?

Regardless of investment style, we as investors share a common goal of growing our wealth over time. For income-seeking investors, the Singapore stock market is an attractive option, with its broad offering of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and blue chips that provide consistent and high dividends. However, for investors ...
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Can Investing in the Stock Market Make You a Millionaire?

By Royston Yang, Senior Analyst With all that's happened in the world within the last ten years, you may be forgiven for thinking that it is tough to build your wealth. After all, we had the Global Financial Crisis back in 2008-2009 which decimated banks and financial institutions, leading to ...
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Better Buy: Visa vs Mastercard

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many companies to digitalise their operations and processes. Traditional cash payments, in particular, could be on its way out. Many countries have adopted digital payments to reduce the need for physical cash. The pandemic has made it even more urgent for this trend to accelerate ...
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Controversy Surrounds Facebook Once Again

By Royston Yang, Senior Analyst During our webinar “3 Rising Stars”, we discussed three rising US stocks and their potential for growth. We ended up picking one of these stocks for our Smart All Stars portfolio. A snippet of the video is shown above. You can view the full webinar ...
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What Is The Best Performing Tech Stock During The Pandemic? (Hint: It’s Not Zoom)

A smaller and lesser known company has dethroned Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) as the best performing tech stock during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a market capitalization of US$8.7 billion, Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) is a mere one-tenth the size of Zoom but it is rapidly gaining investors’ attention as demonstrated ...
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2 Work-From-Home Growth Stars That Are Better Buys Than Zoom

As Singapore enters phase two of the reopening of the economy, people and businesses are adjusting to a new normal, that of safe distancing measures in places where we work, learn and play. One new trend that is expected to persist is remote working, also known as “telecommuting”. According to ...
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Welcome to The Smart Investor All Stars

Welcome to our All Stars microsite! We first started this site to introduce readers to a very special style of investing - growth investing. The Smart Investor team has been working on The Smart All Stars Portfolio for over 3 years... yes you read that right, this is THREE years ...
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Webinar Recording: 3 Rising US Stars

Thank you for joining us on 6 May 2020 for the 3 Rising US Stars webinar. Here's the recording ...
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FREE WEBINAR: 3 Rising US Stars

The US stock market is filled with strong opportunities to grow your wealth.. but it is also filled with potential pitfalls. Our new service, The Smart All Stars Portfolio, will showcase how we pick 15 stocks in 8 months to build a wealth growing portfolio from the ground up. We ...
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Growth Stock Dreams Are Made of These

Everyone has their own preferred way of investing.  For All Stars, our clear preference is for growth.  We all have our own reasons why we invest the way we do.  Investors looking for value plays find comfort in paying a lower price. Income investors, on the other hand, would love ...
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How To Brighten Up Our Portfolios

By David Kuo, Co-Founder It would have been a sight to behold… if i was actually there. This year, those hoping to witness the St Patrick’s Day spectacular outdoor light works, admired it on a small screen instead.  Savage Beauty, which would have drenched a five kilometre stretch of Connemara ...
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How To Achieve 12,000% Returns Against The Odds

By Chin Hui Leong, Co-Founder, The Smart Investor What is growth investing about? Let me show you using some numbers... The table below is a sample of stocks that I have held for nine years or more. Buy date Company Gain Trend Jan 2007 Netflix  12,441% Online streaming Feb 2007 ...
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How We Scored A Near-200% Gain From a Stock Hidden in Plain Sight

Every week, there is a stock out there hitting its 52-week low. In other words, there is no shortage of cheap stocks. These are not hard to find. But low prices alone do not make a stock worth buying. Ideally, the company behind that stock should exhibit all the desirable ...
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How To Invest In A Post Covid19 World

The US stock market has seen an almost uninterrupted bull run since early 2009. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the bull market to a screeching halt. Many businesses are now reeling, but we believe that there are opportunities amid the crisis. In fact, we think that there are growth ...
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Why We Are Investing in the US Market

There are myriad reasons why people invest. Some may be interested in capital growth as the business improves over time, while others are looking for a stable and consistent source of passive income from dividends. For income-driven investors, Singapore offers a fertile ground for passive income due to its reputation ...
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FREE REPORT: How To Make Money Investing In The US Stock Market

Download your FREE report. We show how, if you had invested S$100,000 into stocks, it would have grown to a tidy sum of S$145,700 over a three and a half year period. Just key in your email address below to receive your FREE copy now! ...
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Investing in a Cure for COVID-19

If you haven’t heard of remdesivir, an antiviral drug, you will soon. Remdesivir is one of the most promising treatments for COVID-19 that is undergoing trial testing. In fact, shares of the drug’s maker, Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), surged close to 10% on 17th April when initial results suggested that ...
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