Is It Always Safe To Invest In Blue-Chip Companies In Singapore?

Investing in blue-chip companies, especially those that are state-owned like Keppel Corporation and CapitaLand, or those controlled by billionaires like Mr Kwek Leng Beng (Hong Leong Group) and Robert Kuok (Wilmar, Shangri-La), is often perceived as a safe bet. At least to me personally, I think that generally they provide a basic safety net, as the management of these companies are supposedly much more capable than myself in the operations and management of these companies, therefore it should be quite safe to invest my monies in them, and let them help me generate more returns from my capital invested, especially when many of these companies are typically well-established, financially sound, and possess strong market dominance. However, history tells us that investing in such entities may not always equate to safe investments. In Singapore, we have "once-upon-a-time" stated-owned listed companies like Noble and Singapore Press Holdings that ended up delisted, and mor...