US investors looking to gain exposure to Asian equities should consider investing in Singapore. Unlike its neighbor Malaysia, the country is a well developed with a GDP per capita comparable to wealthy developed countries. Though China is a major trading partner, Singapore is diversified in terms of exports and imports with other major countries including the …
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The Singapore equity market has declined strongly due to the slowdown in Chinese economy. Unlike other Asian economies, the city-state of Singapore is highly dependent on China. The benchmark Straits Times Index is down over 11% year-to-date. Over the past one year the index has lost over one-fourth of its value as shown below: Click to …
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Singapore is a tiny country compared to the U.S. While the U.S. has a population of over 318 million, Singapore’s population is just 5.5 million.In terms of land sizes, the two countries are not even comparable since Singapore is a city state where one can travel from one end to the other in just half hour by …
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The city state of Singapore is one of the developed markets in Asia. Unlike its neighboring country of Malaysia, Singapore had a strong political system since its independence that helped transform its economy into a highly industrialized economy on par with the developed world. As a major trading hub of global trade with a top …