Our guest Wey Fook is the Chief Investment Officer at DBS Bank.

Timestamps: 

00:54: Wey Fook's journey from engineer to CIO

5:20 How Singapore has moved up the value chain

7:32 What exactly does a Chief Investment Officer do?

10:00 Wey Fook's career before being a CIO

10:30 what separates a CIO from a middle-management portfolio manager?

11:50 The importance of a bottom-up view of the market

12:50 Don't write off a whole investment class forever

14:37 Understanding the Margin of safety in investments

15:11 The democratisation of investment insights

16:23 Be disciplined, and make money slowly

17:10 Have a long-term view of your investments

18:27 Wealth is like a bar of soap - the more you touch it, the less it becomes

19:06 Views on the US stock market

21:05 What would happen if the S&P 500 falls to zero?

22:05 Crashes are driven by greed and fear

23:10 Are there any signs of a bubble that people can spot?

26:10 Thoughts on buying the S&P 500

27:56 Thoughts on the STI-ETF, Russell 1000

32:10 Indexes that haven't outperformed the bond market?

33:14 Do my investments contribute to society?

37:24 Understanding a stock's price discovery

38:28 Tying a company's share price to CEO performance

39:11 Shareholder vs stakeholder capitalism

43:23 ESG investing

45:14 Singapore Real Estate

47:33 What if you just don't invest?

49:18 What if you can't handle volatility

50:11 What are the options if you can't take any market volatility

52:05 Understanding portfolio construction

53:03 Don't buy individual stocks or bonds. Buy funds.

57:02 Importance of staying in the game to ride through volatility

58:04 There will always be bubbles

1:01:17 What if my projected return on investments do not beat inflation?