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Anonymous

30 Oct 2019

General Investing

Let's say we're expecting a market correction in the next few years. What do you do?

a) Continue DCA-ing into your ETF
b) Rush into SSB subscription
c) Rush into ABF Singapore Bond Index Fund and hope it wakes up
d) Rush into Nikko AM Corporate Bond ETF and hope it wakes up
e) Start hoarding money in DBS multiplier (2%) and wait for Great Stock Sale
f) None of the above - Why?

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Asheesh Chanda

30 Oct 2019

Founder at Kristal.AI

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Josh Tan Jian Liang

24 Oct 2019

Co-founder https://theastuteparent.com at Promiseland Independent Pte Ltd

Hi Anon,

B, C, D suggest a lack of investment experience. It is hoping to time the market.

More often, big mistakes are made as shown in the image below

Experienced investors hold cash or low-risk assets when they can't find opportunities to get invested into. The rest stays invested with no expectation of when is a market crash. Not rush in and out at opportune times.

E) "Great Stock Sale" sounds nice until you are actually in it. In that period post-2008, the news was always pessimistic and economies were still fragile. If you imagine a "green light" in a market crash to invest, then beware, it does it not exist.

Hence, A) is by far your best option.

The reason is that it is easy to come up with a plan now to regularly get invested than during an actual market crash.

I've got this post that helps you understand market crashes and strategies to prepare for it better. Hope it helps https://www.theastuteparent.com/2019/09/prepare...

F. Just continue selling puts as usual but reduced exposure and amount at risk. If things get caught out, well I've got a discount on a great stock. Where then I can decide to hold it and wait for recovery or do some magic with it and earn along the way

Gabriel

14 Sep 2018

Undergraduate at National University of Singapore

Will do A, continue DCA-ing into ETF via Stashaway. Parked my spare cash with CIMB's FD for 12 months to earn 1.84% interest p.a.

I am not going to invest to hold nowadays. I am waiting for a strong positive signals that show that...

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