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  （Source: Met Service; Stay dry, Stay safe) Market Summary 6-12 Jan 2025 *USA*  + US nonfarm employment increased by 256k MoM in Dec, healthcare added the most jobs at 46,000  + US unemployment drops to 4.1% reached 6.9m from 4.2%, average hourly earnings up by 0.3% to US$35.69 -US consumer confidence sentiment index declined by 1.1% in Jan MoM at 73.2, figure plunged by 7.3% on annual level  + US private businesses added 122k workers to their payrolls in Dec 2024, the least in 4 mths -US consumers’ 1-year inflation expectations jumped do 3.3% in Jan, highest level since May on tariff fears   + US online spending rose 8.7% YoY during the holiday season: Adobe Analytics  -S&P 500 erasing its 2025 gains after an upbeat jobs reports stocked fresh inflation dears  -US average rate on 30-year fixed mortgage backed by Freddie Mac rose to 6.93% to 6-mth high  -US employers announced 761,358 job cuts in full 2024, the most since 2020, up 5.5% from 20...

(Contents) Outliers. The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell is strange because it challenges the traditional thinking of what we would normally associate with the secret sauce for success. One will naturally attribute success to place of birth or the friends you mixed with. The book throws up some very interesting findings. A person with a higher chance of success in life can be attributed to a simple fact of coming to this earth in the correct month. If anyone thinks success is due to personal attributes only, think again.  He cited example of the Canadian junior hockey league where 17 out of 24 players were born in the month of Jan to March. Naturally, opportunities were given to the more mature students who had a head start in life as far as 12 months. The relative age effect is also known as the “Matthew effect”. It was discovered by a Canadian psychologist in the mid-80s. To summarise, those born in the first 3 months of the year will have their brain and maturity developed...

  I have decided to sell my small situational play in Boustead Singapore. One of the main reasons was the rising yield of 10 years UST. Some Fed officials are warning the resurgence of inflation and Dec rate cuts might be the last in the near future. With both higher financing costs and risk free rates making any asset sales more challenging, unless the asset owners are willing to drop their prices. Secondly, the JB-SG SEZ will have negative implications on industrial landlords in Singapore. The market in recent days has turned negative. I am taking insurance by selling shares and raising cash. The Boustead sale resulted in a small loss of less than 1%. More information at the end of the month portfolio update. God Bless. Please consider following us on telegram for the latest update on Lone Wolf investor by clicking on the link below. No form filling, no payment required, no collection of data, no data mining, no hard selling, no obligation.  https://t.me/joinchat/oCgkD3sQFRM...

  (Free Image Credit: Freepik) This article is a tribute to a close friend who passed on 5 years ago. His wisdom, his generosity and his brotherhood will always be remembered. His kindness towards everyone will always be an inspiration to me. God bless.  Welcome to the new investment year of 2025 when everyone starts on a clean slate. If you have done well last year, give yourself a pat on the back, if you had not done so, there is no need to be despondent. Just dust yourself off and carry on. I wish everyone a profitable year ahead. For those who are new to my blog, let me take this opportunity to welcome you. I hope you enjoy reading my blog as much as I enjoy writing it. Let me make a formal introduction of myself and the purpose of my blog. Today is the 4th anniversary of Lone Wolf Investor. The blog was officially launched on the 10th of Jan 2021, at the height of the COVID 19 pandemic. During the pandemic, there was nothing much an individual could do besides exercising ...

  (Source: CBS; Jerry and Marge Selbee, a retired couple in their 60s manage to beat the odds) Against All Odds I took an interest in the various kinds of odds associated with table games in a casino after my trip on a Genting cruise recently. The casino enjoys a house odds over the players in any games. The game of Blackjack happens to have the lowest disadvantage to the gambler. The house has a 51% chance of coming out as a winner in every game. The second game that has the lowest house odds happens to be the favourite game of high rollers, Baccarat. The odds are 48.94 vs 51.06 in favour of the house. One must be thinking the house odds weren’t that great; 1% is negligible. The odds stay at 49% vs 51% if the players played just one game. If the rule of probability is added to the equation, that 1% becomes a very big advantage over several games.  As I was indulging in my research, I came across a couple from Michigan that managed to beat the house in the game of lottery. Jer...

(Image credit: Freepik.com) Lone Wolf Fund(LWF) Portfolio as at end of Dec 2024 1.) Cash 2.) Genting Singapore 3.) Boustead Singapore 2.)  Wilmar International   *Stocks are not rank in accordance to capital invested .  *Just for sharing. Not an inducement to buy or sell . Commentary   My thoughts and prayers go to the victims’ families of the failed Jeju Air flight 7C2216. I wish all the affected passengers and their family members a speedy recovery.  I thought I had seen everything after living through life for close to half a century, but 2024 never fails to amuse me. Return of Trump, a $6.2m Banana, a 6 hours martial law in South Korea, bitcoin at $100k, Syrian dictator, Assad, as sad he can be is out of power and the shocking death of a friend. If 2024 was unpredictable, buckle up, here comes 2025.  2025 is the year of the snake in the Chinese Zodiac. Some major world events happened in the previous snake years, including The Pearl Harbour Attack, The ...