Can the Straits Times Index (STI) reach 10,000 points? In this roundtable, we break down what it would take for Singapore’s benchmark index to hit that milestone — from valuation drivers and corporate earnings growth to sector performance and investor sentiment.
We also explore the possibility of USD-SGD reaching parity and what that could mean for local investors and dividend yields. Whether you’re investing for income or growth, this deep dive helps you understand the factors that could shape Singapore’s market in the years ahead. All this and more in our latest episode!
00:00 Intro
02:02 STI 10,000
08:20 USD-SGD parity
13:54 Dividend yields
15:14 Summary
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Great sharing, as always
Investing gold silver precious metal or stock share , which is more realistic.
Not invesmt related, but why Victor’s laptop has so many stickers on it? (Must be his child’s)
if USD to SGD => 1.0 in 2040, then RMB to USD => 5.5 or better….. As China has more room to grow.
Do a video on precious metals?
What they don’t tell you, it’s not the rise of SGD but the fall of the USD. Meanwhile countries will be trading in other currencies.
This kind of forecast has more entertainment value than anything else. Firstly there are so many unknown unknowns that could push our economy in either directions and that would have an outsized impact on the stock market as well as the Singapore dollar. I’m not sure what the value is to hand pick a set of assumptions and then leap to the conclusions.
I’d think it would be more credible to state a number within 5 years max. Anything can drastically happen after 5 years, or even 3 years.
Question for you guys concerning the possibility of SGD-USD parity:
I’ve seen a few videos lately on the similarities of how previous empires have collapsed and lost their dominance in the past, and how America currently has basically mirrored everything that those empires experienced until the final stage where the empire’s dominance crumbles. At the final stage, the empire’s economy tanks, their debt far exceeds their GDP, their currency loses its value and global standing as the preferred currency for trade and national reserves. If America does follow that historical pattern and enter into the final stage of economic collapse, and the SGD by then is on par with the USD and our economic fundamentals are still strong, with no debt and annual budget surpluses, do you think the world might consider adopting the SGD as the new currency for trade and to hold as their reserves? Or even if not as the global currency of choice, would such a scenario open up the SGD to attacks or speculative trades by external parties at a level where even the MAS will not have even reserves to defend the SGD? Not sure if you can understand my question or if it even makes sense.