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Every Flavour Beans
A man once sat on a bench externalising his thought process, reminiscing on the advice his mother gave him: ‘life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get’. Admittedly, this was a movie, and the man was the fictitious Forrest Gump, but his mother was right; in a lifetime of unpredictability, Masters of Destiny are often disappointed.
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When Jane Austen wrote ‘Pride and Prejudice’ in 1813, an annual income of £10,000 compared to an average salary of just over 30 pounds. In today’s money, Mr. Darcy’s annual income would have been £10 million. No wonder Mrs. Bennet was so excited!
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2025: A Rollercoaster Year for Global Investors
The year 2025 was quite the rollercoaster for global investors with many ups and downs throughout. Markets swung from tariff-driven selloffs to AI-fuelled rallies, and finally to valuation concerns as optimism collided with stagnating growth. For investors, the year emphasised the importance of diversification in a global market.