Two Shocks, One Portfolio: What the Chip Crash and the Iran War Mean | Daily Pulse 9 June | EP1649🦖

The Investing Iguana
06-09 15:46

Two Shocks, One Portfolio: What the Chip Crash and the Iran War Mean | Daily Pulse 9 June | EP1649🦖

Everyone is staring at the KOSPI crash and the chip rout, but the slower damage is happening in a very boring place, your SP bill. When Brent stays near 95 to 100 because the Strait of Hormuz is half‑shut, Singapore does not just pay more for oil, every REIT loan, bank credit book and dividend cheque has to share the same shrinking pie as your electricity tariff creeps higher.

If Q2 tariffs are already at 29.72 cents per kWh with GST, a higher Q3 print is not just another S$1.80 on a four‑room flat, it is a real cut to the surplus you thought you could reinvest from CPF, SRS and your dividend portfolio. I want you to see today’s twin shock, chip crash plus Iran war, as one integrated cashflow audit, from your kitchen lights to your REIT interest coverage and bank payout ratios, not as random headlines you shrug off.

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