{"id":718,"date":"2025-12-30T01:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2026-02-02T02:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:55:14","slug":"independent-market-insights-in-my-opinion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/","title":{"rendered":"In My Opinion,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">market insights that challenge conventional wisdom matter.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Clear, contrarian perspectives on the global economy, policy, and markets<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Markets reward independent judgement, not popular opinion. Yet much of today\u2019s commentary repeats the same narratives, often long after prices have moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This site exists to challenge consensus thinking and focus attention on what actually matters for portfolios, especially during volatile periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Market Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/?p=909\">Market Wrap For Week Ending 7 August 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/?p=905\">Market Wrap For Week Ending 2 August 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/?p=900\">Market Wrap For Week Ending 24 July 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/?p=895\">Market Wrap for Week ending 18 July 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/?p=887\">Is the Financial Sector Still Confirming the Bull Market?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written with practitioners in mind<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This site is written primarily for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Financial advisors managing client portfolios<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Investors who value judgement over prediction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Readers who prefer clarity to noise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Simon Liew<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Simon Liew has advised financial advisors in Singapore since 2003. His perspectives are shaped by experience navigating the Global Financial Crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, and multiple market cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The emphasis here is not forecasting precision, but understanding risk, regime change, and second-order effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stay ahead of consensus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Independent market perspectives focused on macro shifts, policy decisions, and portfolio implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>market insights that challenge conventional wisdom matter. Clear, contrarian perspectives on the global economy, policy, and markets. Markets reward independent judgement, not popular opinion. 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