Anonymous

18 Apr 2019

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Is the STI truly representative of the benchmark index in singapore since it is quite heavily weighted towards banks?

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Nicholes Wong

26 Mar 2019

Diploma in Business Management at Nanyang Polytechnic

Honestly speaking STI is pretty mediocre. Like you said, heavily weighted towards banks, it only hold 30 companies and mediocre returns. Investing in S&P 500, MSCI world index or other global index might be a better choice if you are comfortable in investing overseas but do your research first before u buy.

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