Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey

We started the week with more positive news of Covid19 vaccine research advancement. The top 2 candidates hogged the limelight as more details come out. Moderna (MRNA) and AstraZeneca (AZN) were the leading firms in the search for the vaccine and fast-tracking into the next phase of testing. They have also started to prepare the…

It has been 5 months since I started my weekly blog tracking of Covid19 and here we are in week 20. The world has become unrecognizable since then as everyone grapple with one turmoil after another which had turned all our lives upside down. Who would have thought that the world had to come to…

This week was a continuation of the latest election that happens every 4 to 5 years in our country. It finally cumulated to a long day of voting on Fri and the counting of the results till 4 am on Sat morning. It was indeed an unusual campaign in the midst of Covid19 with a…

Yes, our election season goes into full swing this week towards polling day on 10 Jul. The period for rallies has been shortened to just over a week because of the Covid19 situation. We now have 11 opposition parties against the incumbent party, one of the most in recent history as all 93 wards will…

The much talked about 2nd wave of Covid19 had arrived and practically hit all countries around the world. Unfortunately, some have not even completed the 1st wave yet and version 1.5 came when they reopened too soon. Countries that were praised for flattening the curve have seen a resurgence of cases from multiple venues. These…

This week was a time of surprise and happiness since my weekly countdown 4 months ago. The government had swiftly announced a move towards phase 2 of a 3 steps guide to reopening the S’pore economy. It was earlier than we expected as we were previously primed to only consider that by end Jun at…

Another surreal week where we see the stock market detached further from reality as everyone scrambles for an answer. Even all the top economists and fund managers in the world were wrong-footed last Friday. We may have found the answer this week. And the market had a spectacular 2,000 points crash on Thursday. I joined…

It has been a long time since we had something that overwhelms the news more than Covid19. This was a week where another developing situation took a life of its own. All through the week from last weekend, we see demonstrators erupting all over the cities of America. Sadly, the inept handling of Trump in…