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CSM Expat Financial Planning's articles section provides essential financial guidance for expatriates, covering personal protection (life insurance, critical illness, medical coverage), global investments, market trends, and ESG factors to help expats make informed financial decisions.

Long Term Wealth Beating Market Noise

Filed in: Investment |Savings

21 May 2025

Why 'Market Noise' is costing you money!

This article contrasts long-term investing with short-term trading, explaining how daily market noise derails wealth building. While traders necessarily respond to market movements, investors who react to headlines and price swings typically achieve poorer results through emotional decisions, higher costs, and lost opportunities.

The article provides practical methods to maintain investment discipline, including scheduled portfolio reviews, information filtering, and proper benchmarking - ultimately showing that patience isn't just virtuous but essential for investment success.

Timing The Market Vs Time In The Market

15 April 2025

The relentless pursuit of perfect market timing has left countless investors with diminished returns and heightened anxiety, while history repeatedly demonstrates that patient, long-term market participation typically yields superior results.

Examining decades of market data reveals a compelling truth: the investor's greatest allies are not sophisticated timing techniques but rather disciplined consistency and the remarkable power of compound growth over time.

Learning From The MOVE Index

29 October 2024

The MOVE index measures the implied volatility in the US Treasury market, capturing market expectations of future price movements in US Treasuries based on the pricing of one-month Treasury options - learn why this is important.

When Boring Gets Interesting

15 October 2024

This article discusses the performance of defensive stocks compared to the global equity index since late 2021. Despite initial outperformance during market downturns, defensive stocks have underperformed by about 8% overall. This underperformance is attributed to rising interest rates and the dominance of AI-related stocks.

However, changing market conditions may favour defensive stocks in the future.

Chinese Economic Stimulus

08 October 2024

In a dramatic turn of events that caught global markets by surprise, Chinese equities have staged their most powerful rally since the 2008 financial crisis. This surge, triggered by Beijing's bold monetary stimulus package, has reignited investor interest in the world's second-largest economy.

Defining Investment Value

17 September 2024

What exactly is investment value? A Google search suggests a common theme - buying stocks that are trading below their true worth or appear underpriced on some form of fundamental basis, but is this definitive?
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