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- Is there going to be a follow-up rally in 2010?
- Is the US dollar weakening again?
- Another Commodities bubble in the making or are they going to make historical highs?
- Clear your mind before investing – A trading advice

The Singapore equity market went through a correction last month despite strong bullish momentum. I have expected the FTSTI to test the 3,000 points level but the index only managed to climb to a high of 2,947 points.

Equity markets went into a technical rebound last week after steep declines two weeks ago. Despite the rebound investors were still concerned about tighter money supply

It is possible that gold can reach $2,000 as predicted by some American analysts. The unique features of the gold market make it more difficult to reliably estimate the price targets for gold in 2010.

Understanding risk and reward is at the very heart of trading but few traders formally assess these relationships. The new trader, and even experienced investors, tend to focus almost entirely on the reward side of the equation. They start with an idea of how much they could make from the trade of the investment. For the trader this is often based on the price regaining old highs. For the investors, it is most often based on compounding interest, yield and dividends.

by Daryl Guppy. We start the strategy with a basic understanding of the relationship between risk and reward as shown in the diagram. Blue chip stocks are those which have the capacity to return 10% to 20% in a single trade. These figures are moved up a little in a bull market, but in general these are the types of returns we aim for with a blue chip stock.

by Daryl Guppy. Some people continue to sneer and suggest that it is virtually impossible to grow capital from $6,000 to $21,000. This self defeating attitude is guaranteed to deliver trading failure, and failure in many other aspects of life...