Should you invest in Singapore or US stocks?
There is no right (or wrong) answer to that question.
Most people would agree investing is important for building wealth over time. Nowadays, investors have plenty of choices when it comes to what they can invest in.
You can diversify your portfolio since you are investing outside of Singapore.
For about US stock investment, here are some potential benifits.
US markets may present better investment opportunities
The largest, most established companies in the world are usually listed on the US stock market. Even $Sea (SE.US)$ Limited (the parent company of Shopee), one of Singapore's hottest tech names, is listed on the NYSE.
Among the list of top US stocks on the S&P 500 are companies whose products and services we use almost every day, right here in Singapore:
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ $Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ $Berkshire Hathaway-A (BRK.A.US)$ $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ $Visa (V.US)$ $Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.US)$
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Investing in US stocks allows you to get access to some of the best global companies with substantial growth potential.
Actually, the market cap of the US stock market is over US$50 trillion, while that of the Singapore stock market is only about US $800 billion. A more intuitive contrast is that the market cap of Berkshire Hathaway, just the 6th largest company in the US market, is worth roughly equivalent to all Singapore-listed companies combined.
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ $Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ $Berkshire Hathaway-A (BRK.A.US)$ $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ $Visa (V.US)$ $Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.US)$
Investing in US stocks allows you to get access to some of the best global companies with substantial growth potential.
Actually, the market cap of the US stock market is over US$50 trillion, while that of the Singapore stock market is only about US $800 billion. A more intuitive contrast is that the market cap of Berkshire Hathaway, just the 6th largest company in the US market, is worth roughly equivalent to all Singapore-listed companies combined.
In terms of investment returns, the US market also outperforms the Singapore market.
For example, investing in Singapore's benchmark index— the $FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index (.STI.SG)$ index—delivers a total return of 62% from 2009 to 2021— an annual return of 4.8% over the 13 years period. In that same period, the S&P 500 ETF delivers a return of nearly 7 times higher, or 430% in total.
For more US stock trading pros and cons or details, you can read the following article
Potential Benefits from Singapore Stock Investment
Never invest in a business you cannot understand. —— Warren Buffet
Starting your investing journey locally allows you to invest in the stocks of companies that you are likely to have a better understanding.
What's more, when investing locally, we need not worry about risks related to currency exchange.
Fortunately, "investing globally" or "investing locally" is not an either/or question and investors can choose both.
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Siausin : You can find many amazing businesses on US stock exchange. Best is that due to market turmoil many of them are selling at significantly lower prices compared to last year
Erek68 : If you want to invest in US stocks, should you exchange US dollars directly from moomoo or buy US dollars from banks?
Jack657 Erek68 : This will help you, my friend.
https://fastsupport.fututrade.com/hans/topic40?lang=zh-cn&from_platform=4&platform_langArea=hans&_ga=2.54507496.1310449892.1653724736-1481439981.1642754720
Erek68 Jack657 : Thank you. I know this way, but the exchange rate of moomoo is lower than that of banks, so it doesn't feel cost-effective to change a lot of money, so I wonder which way other people use.
CN Moo : Invest inSingapore stocks eg DBS , UOB , etc for dividend yield / passive income . Invest in US stocks for high growth as US tech companies are the fastest growing and best companies in the world eg $Tesla (TSLA.US)$, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ etc ..
FBI888 : Long-term investment in Singapore
$SIA (C6L.SG)$
$DBS Group Holdings (D05.SG)$
$Raffles Medical (BSL.SG)$
Long-term plus short-term investment in US stocks
$Apple (AAPL.US)$
$Tesla (TSLA.US)$
$Coca-Cola (KO.US)$
$Disney (DIS.US)$
Vince Moo : SGX full of scam shit.