Market Journal
To date, there have been 8 equity IPOs in 2017 as shown in the table below. All of them showed positive results if we compare the IPO prices to the first day closing price. Does this mean that buying shares through IPO will equate to investment profits? Source: SGX; Retrieved 19/6/17 I personally feel that…Read More
在这科技发达的时代,透过网络我们可以获得各方面的资讯。从生活,商业到政治,我们都得利用资讯,而这些资讯其实是由数据演变而来的。这解释了数据中心的存在性。简单地说,数据中心是收集与分析数据,然后再把它转换成我们所得到的资讯。 在2015年,新加坡资通讯部(Ministry of Communications and Information)推出资通讯媒体产业2025...Read More
Ever thought of healthcare as an investment? Healthcare stocks can form an integral part of one’s portfolio for its 1) resilient earnings; and 2) potential organic earnings growth due to healthcare cost inflation. In Singapore, there are 2 fundamental trends that define the upside of the healthcare industry. 1) Aging Population and Longer Life Expectancy…Read More
This trading week may prove to be exciting to many due to various events which happened over the weekend and also the upcoming events this week. The following news may have the most impact to the global and regional markets. 1) US Job Reports failed to Match Expectations The US economy added 138,000 jobs in…Read More
Gloomy industries outlooks from the oil and gas, property and banking, coupled with lukewarm political ties with China are undermining growth prospects for Singapore’s economy. Investors may consider investing into regional markets as a form of diversification and to tap into China’s one belt one road initiative. Investing in stocks listed on the Hong Kong…Read More
Croesus Retail Q3 2017 Earnings Update For this week, I will be posting an earnings update on Croesus Retail Trust (CRT), which announced their third quarter earnings. CRT is the first Asia Pacific retail business trust listed on SGX with an initial focus in Japan. Currently their portfolio of core assets are derived there but…Read More
1) How do you expect STI to perform in the coming week? Today STI rose slightly mainly due to the results of the French presidential election which is in line with analysts’ expectations. Other Asian markets were also impacted by it, such as the HSI which rose approximately 0.4% and the Nikkei 225 index which…Read More
With all the on-going news on take-overs, new entrant and upcoming release of results for the telco sector, I thought it will be good to share on a few points to look out for while analyzing telco companies. Telecoms’ performance are usually judged on the following: 1) Ability to retain and grow their customer base…Read More
M1 Earnings Update It is earnings season again and we have M1 leading the pack, releasing their first quarter earnings early last week. M1’s business is segregated into four segments, namely mobile services, fixed services, international call services, and handset sales; the first three are collectively known as Services revenue. Based on their first quarter…Read More
Geopolitical events & Risks We all know about the U.S. missile strike 2 weeks ago, in which they launched 59 missiles on a Syrian government airbase. Last Thursday, they dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan. And last but not least, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials have said that the U.S. is prepared to launch…Read More

