Mr MPF

“Death by a 1000 cuts” sounds painful by being financially “whipsawed” is worse because it cuts both ways

Before the invention of the electric chain saw and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations gained sustainable investing prominence, a long narrow bladed saw that cuts both ways called a Whipsaw was used for logging. Rather aptly, the Whipsaw was also dubbed the “misery whip” because a day of using a saw that cut both

“Death by a 1000 cuts” sounds painful by being financially “whipsawed” is worse because it cuts both ways Read More »

Become a millionaire while sleeping

Recently the regulator of Hong Kong’s mandatory pension fund (MPF) system, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) released “provisional data on MPF investment returns” and in doing so reiterated that “MPF is a long-term investment spanning over 40 years”, encouraged scheme members to “not adopt a short-term investment approach” while also imploring MPF’s 4.75m

Become a millionaire while sleeping Read More »

Leap into Greatness

19th March 2024 When we think of success we don’t think “backwards” or “downwards”; rather it’s “onwards and upwards” and no event epitomized this idiom better than the 1968 Mexico Olympic games where a powerfully built American, Bob Beamon rose to a height of 6 feet before projecting himself 29 feet forward to win the

Leap into Greatness Read More »

When good is good enough

31st January 2024 There are not many certainties in life but one thing you can be certain about are that market predictions will be made at the beginning of every year and there’s little certainty they’ll be right.  MPF members are predicting that US equities will continue to rise in 2024.  Recent MPF fund flow

When good is good enough Read More »

Is Music the Next Royalty?

6th December 2023 The basic investing build blocks are to save regularly, invest long term and diversify our investments, but with Hong Kong and China equities in decline and Global bonds in negative territory it would appear that traditional diversified portfolios don’t work, but they do, just not all the time. In today’s blog, Mr

Is Music the Next Royalty? Read More »

Greed, hope and fear

8th November 2023 I was just starting my Asian asset management career when I heard the term “irrational exuberance” used by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, when referring to the frenzied buying of internet stocks in the mid-1990s, a frenzy which ultimately led to the bursting of the “Dot-Com Bubble” and subsequent stock

Greed, hope and fear Read More »

Scroll to Top
Processing...
Thank you! Your subscription has been confirmed. You'll hear from us soon.
Subscribe to the MPF Ratings newsletter
ErrorHere