It appears that rising interest rates are weighing heavily on many investors’ minds at the moment. In light of the recent stock market sell-off, CNBC cited “fears of rapidly rising interest rates” as a reason, while BBC said there were “concerns about rising interest rates.” So should you, as a stock market investor, fear climbing interest rates? Will higher interest rates hurt your portfolio? I’ll like to address these questions in this article. The state with interest rates now The Federal Funds Rate is the interest rate that banks charge to lend reserves (funds held at the Federal Reserve) to each other overnight. It is also the interest rate that the Federal Reserve, the US’s central bank, primarily influences. After keeping the Federal Funds Rate at near zero for years i

In an earlier article, we saw that there were 105 net-net stocks, as of 15 August 2018. To know what a net-net stock is, you can head here. Let’s look at 20 of the net-net stocks sorted out according to the following two lists: 1) The 10 net-net stocks with the largest market capitalisations; and 2) The 10 largest net-net stocks that have positive net income over the last 12 months, as well as more cash than debt on their balance sheets. Here are the 10 stocks in the first list: UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited (SGX: U10), Hong Leong Asia Ltd (SGX: H22), Sino Grandness Food Industry Group Ltd (SGX: T4B), Cortina Holdings Limited (SGX: C41), Hanwell Holdings Ltd (SGX: DM0), Sinostar PEC Holdings Limited (SGX: C9Q), YHI International Ltd (SGX: BPF), Goodland Group Ltd (SGX: 5PC), ISDN Hol