Nobody knows how long can Iran hold through the war.  Will it be as painful as Vietnam war for the US? What if they drag it into winter?  The energy market will go crazy, many countrirs are trying to secure whatever that is put out in the market, and oil likely to shoot up to $150 if they don'tend in another mth. What about LNG, fertiliser supply etc. Inflation will push up interest rates again. While you trade, also look at your other financial planning too. Any leverage, loans etc.  Already my chicken rice is more expensive yesterday, as they just up $0.50 because of this war. 🫩😮‍💨 Those with deep pockets...time to standby for shopping... the war will end some day.  Happy investing Tigers!

Iran strategy seems to be targeting at US valuable assets/companies that has a presence globally. These will have an impact or create inconvenience to the world. Let's die together? No, lets make more enemies for US. This could provoke global uproar at US decision to invade Iran and pressure US to halt. But when US decide to stop...will Iran accept or continue to revenge? So, market volatility may continue for some more weeks or even mths.  This time is different from recent war between  Russia and Ukraine, Israel & neighbours.  Major Infrastructure and key logistics are being affected and could take awhile to rebuild and recover. Hope for world peace...trade with caution, Tigers. 

Does event driven volatility an excuse for correction?  No one has crystal ball on how long this war is going to last.  So, perhaps I will spread out my entry time during this volatility period and monitor the situation.  Reality is, the war impact on economy and businesses don't reflect overnight. It will take at least the next reporting season to know the influence.  Meanwhile,  the bull probably moving from tree to tree hiding from the missiles & drones...volatility. 😅 Good luck Tigers! 

Looking back to Dec 2025 price as reference. That could be the support level if war continues for another 2 to 3 wks.  Good luck Tigers! 

A  quick summary by Tiger AI for those looking into physical gold etf.  #IAU 

1. Black swan preparedness: unfortunately I don't have both $ETFS Physical Gold(GOLD.AU)$ and oil in my portfolio. 2. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ lesson: yes. Was observing and stilled away when Meta starts to announce their supply chain partners. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ 3. Did I protect my profits in February: I stayed away to monitor the situation. I have little exposure and have little to protect. Yes, I think gold is likely to exceed $5500 in march.

I've always wondered if buybacks are a tool to stop the bleeding during big market drops. Does it get easier to read the market once those buyback programmes are finished?  DBS seems to be doing fine without much buyback support at the moment—perhaps they are saving their 'bullets' for a better entry price? I personally prefer DBS over its peers because of its massive scale, its 'national bank' status through POSB, and its lead in the digital spac But i will wait awhile more with new tariff discussion on the card now.  How about you? 😅e.. 

$UOB(U11.SI)$  it took DBS about 5 trade days to stop the drop after reporting. Will history repeat here?  When DBS - being the biggest bank reporting profit drop, my six sense told me likely all local banks may face similar outcome. 😅 Let's see the next reporting by ocbc...hopefully i am wrong and ocbc can be better.

$Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$  Waiting to add STIindex. Time comes in February's volatility. Don't miss it. 

I plan to just sell in strength for those going up >5%. Wait for next dip to pick up again...like when the dust settled after reporting season.

Hope to see V recovery next week. 😆

$Ondas Holdings Inc.(ONDS)$ Take profits for new year meal.