Do your homework and hold for the long term - these are among expert tips for stock picking.

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There are so many different methods to invest these days - from buying roboportfolios, to exchange traded funds or index funds benchmarked to certain indices.

But there are also investors who wish to pick their own stocks because they are convinced of their increasing value. 

This particularly occurs when it comes to tech stocks that might be rapidly rising, or when certain industries show strong potential for growth. 

But how does someone go about stock picking and what are the risks involved? 

In this episode, ST business correspondent Sue-Ann Tan looks at how people can choose solid stocks in the volatile environment of 2025. 

Her guests are young investor Troy Cheng and ex-ST journalist and veteran market watcher Ven Sreenivasan.

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:42 What is stock picking and how to go about it?

6:00 How to decide if stocks are overvalued or undervalued?

8:10 Where do you get your stock picking recommendations from?

11:41 Which industries are promising in 2025? 

15:47 What to know before jumping into overseas stock markets?

20:14 Looking at the Chinese stock market

25:09 Opportunities in the Singapore market  

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Host: Sue-Ann Tan ([email protected])

Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim

Executive producers: Ernest Luis, Lynda Hong & Joanna Seow

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