As we head towards the end of 2024 and the start of 2025, I think it appropriate to reflect on some of my key investment moments in 2024.
2024 has been a tumultous year, with a combination of inflation, interest rate changes, war, elections and geopolitical tensions contributing to volatility in the equity and bond markets.
Money market fund $Fullerton SGD Cash Fund (SG9999005961.MF)$  did well for the first half of 2024. Yields began dropping when interest rate cuts looked immi...

HARTA cup and handle pattern, breakout is a buy signal!
$HARTA (5168.MY)$
HARTA cup and handle pattern, breakout is a buy signal!

YTLPOWR downward trend, facing heavy resistance ahead!
$YTLPOWR (6742.MY)$
YTLPOWR downward trend, facing heavy resistance ahead!

$BABA-W (09988.HK)$ Wow, rocketing now !

$Direxion Daily CSI China Internet Index Bull 2x Shares ETF (CWEB.US)$ Last Friday, the US government fiercely manipulated the non-farm employment data in an attempt to stop international capital from continuing to flow into China, but it still cannot stop the overall trend! Sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East have long been laying out plans in China, acquiring a large amount of equity in Chinese real estate companies. The hot money from Europe and the US will follow suit.
I have to say, unless the Federal Reserve announces an immediate interest rate hike, it is impossible to stop the Chinese stock market from soaring! Foreign capital is not important. Just the vast amount of funds dormant in the Chinese banking system can push the SSE Composite Index to 5000 points...

$UP Fintech (TIGR.US)$ Many brothers have unwound their positions today, including myself, but I have not sold, instead I have set a stop-loss point to continue holding.
Because being trapped for many years, I can understand the feeling of fear and wanting to run away, which is normal, but this mentality basically does not make money.
I don't know about everyone else's situation, but in 2021, I found it easy to make money in the stock market (didn't research at all, it was a super bullish market, everything was going up). That was also my first time playing stocks, holding onto $50,000 and randomly buying. After easily making $40,000, I thought why is it so easy to make money in stocks? I had no sense of awe, and I was reluctant to sell or set stop-loss points (very greedy, didn't consider the possibility of a major drop, as a novice, felt like setting a stop loss would lose $9,000, heartbreaking, a qualified newbie haha). Later on, I continued to buy $20,000 more after being trapped, resulting in going from a profit of $40,000 to being trapped with over $50,000. This money that has been trapped for these years cannot be touched (I really can't bear to cut...). But after paying tuition, naturally, I had to learn something. Blind speculation in stocks is not advisable, one must have their own plan and goals, see where the opportunities lie, where the trends are, don't go against the capital, be content with the gains, so the most important thing is self-discipline, because it goes against human nature, once you get heated in the brain, it's over, you must analyze rationally, if you should set a stop loss, set it, don't feel reluctant to take a 10% loss, you should know that you are only risking 10% to win a 2-4 times profit, it's simply too worthwhile.
Afterwards, continuing to buy $20,000 more, the profit of $40,000 turned into being trapped with over $50,000. This trapped money over these years cannot be moved (I really can't bear to cut...). But after paying tuition, one should naturally learn something. Blindly speculating in stocks is not advisable, one must have their own plan and goals, see where the opportunities lie, where the trends are, don't go against the capital, be content with the gains, so the most important thing is self-discipline, because it goes against human nature, once you get heated in the brain, it's over, you must analyze rationally, if you should set a stop loss, set it, don't feel reluctant to take a 10% loss, you should know that you are only risking 10% to win a 2-4 times profit, it's simply too worthwhile.
If it's going to fall later, just let it fall. What are you afraid of if you have a stop-loss point??? Makes no sense (unless there is a big crash in overnight trading...