Monsters have descended upon the city for Halloween
and many families have decorated their abodes in anticipation of the trick or treating horde....
As I'm too old for the sugar and horror, I might perhaps head over to the spooky cathedral to trade over Moomoo
Hopefully, I will not get spooked by the market that night .... or maybe I'll get a treat?

1. GST is not dared to be reinstated, afraid that previous criticisms of GST will backfire, insisting on the need for a minimum salary of 3-4000 is all nonsense. It is obvious that allowances can be given to B40 to offset GST, which can also attract money from foreigners and foreign workers to spend. Now with SST, it's not certain if taxes from foreigners can be collected. Furthermore, with GST in place, there would be no need for e-invoices. Not reinstating GST has made everyone busier, requiring additional tasks. If SST is really so good, why do many other countries opt for GST instead of SST?
2. Making foreign workers contribute to EPF, does the Prime Minister feel that the country has too much money to do charity work? Our neighboring Singapore used to require foreign workers to contribute to CPF, but they made a U-turn after a few years, and recently they are even asking foreigners to close their accounts. Some may not think that requiring foreign workers to contribute to EPF is a big deal, but companies need to allocate an additional 13% of the foreign workers' wages to EPF, which ultimately will be borne by consumers. EPF also incurs annual interest, making it an unwise decision.
3. Minimum salary of 1700 per month, this policy is like treating a headache with a headache and a foot pain with a foot pain. The fundamental reason is not that the wages are insufficient, but rather the current market prices are too chaotic, and what needs to be rectified is not just the minimum wage, but the need to address the root causes. Of course, this also leads to increased costs, which will also be passed on to consumers.
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A very important chart about global liquidity. While the fed is still in QT mode (it has decreased the size of its balance sheet by $200B between May and September), the PBOC is in GE mode having increased its balance sheet by $560B between May and September... Ne-net liquidity is increasing. With global central banks cutting rates at the most aggressive pace since the pandemic and with the PBOC expanding the size of its balance sheet almost 3x more than the Fed is re...

I'm very much in a learning and experimentation stage in the stock market in general and more so in option trading specifically. I'm a slow learner and also do not have a lot of time. What I have is the determination
I started to sell covered calls 3 weeks ago. Then I discovered rolling a covered call, so I put that into practice.
This week, I tried selling a put option and subsequently rolling it to maximize my income just in case the contract price goes down...