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Best World, Hanwell & Food Empire Led the Big Consumer Staples Stocks in YTD

23 June 2017

Singapore’s 20 biggest Consumer Staples stocks have averaged 9% price gains in the 2017 YTD. Last year, the Sector was the strongest segment of the Singapore market, with the same 20 stocks averaging a 35% price return. In the 2017 YTD the three strongest of the 20 Consumer Staples stocks were Best World International, Food Empire Holdings and Hanwell Holdings. Best World generated a 120% price gain, whilst Hanwell and Food Empire generated similar respective gains of 48% and 42%.

Top Glove, Riverstone & UG Healthcare Positive on Rubber Glove Prospects

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20 June 2017

Global rubber glove industry to post 8%-10% annual growth in the next few years, mainly driven by increasing emerging market demand. Malaysia continues to be the top rubber glove manufacturer globally with c.63.0% market share. While near-term headwinds (competition, raw material prices, and currencies) remain, glove manufacturers are positive on structural growth trends of the industry and remain committed to their respective capacity expansion plans. SGX lists three rubber glove plays with a combined market capitalisation of S$3 billion. Top Glove Corporation is the largest stock in this segment at S$2 billion.

World Class Global – An Aspial Corp Subsidiary – Debuts on SGX

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15 June 2017

World Class Global, a real estate company in property development and property investment in Australia and Malaysia, made its trading debut on Catalist today. The company intends to distribute annual dividends of up to 50% of net profits attributable to shareholders in FY2019 and thereafter. SGX lists 63 stocks under the Real Estate Management & Development GICS® Industry with a combined market capitalisation of more than S$112 billion. These 63 have a market capitalisation-weighted average total return of 23.1% in the year-to-date.

High-Yielding Billionaire Stocks Extend Beyond the STI

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12 June 2017

Almost half of Singapore’s primary-listed stocks with a capitalisation greater than S$1.0 billion have dividend yields above 3%. This is a higher ratio than Asia Pacific and the United States, where around one-fifth of the same sized stocks maintain a yield of at least 3%. Of Singapore’s billionaire capitalisation stocks with 3%+ yields, the strongest performers in the 2017 YTD were Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings, Wheelock Properties, Venture Corp, Hong Leong Finance and Frasers Centrepoint (Ltd).

Singapore Stocks with a China Consumer Focus

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08 June 2017

Global research firm, Nielsen recently reported that China’s Consumer Confidence Index in 1Q17 reached levels last seen in 2015, while immediate spending intentions had reached their highest levels since 2014 Singapore lists a dozen stocks with a market capitalisation above S$100 million that reported at least one-tenth of their revenue to China in the last financial year. The 12 stocks have averaged a 25% total return in 2017 YTD. The three best performing stocks of the 12 in the 2017 YTD were Best World International (BWI), Shangri-La Asia and Hanwell Holdings. Last month BWI reported a 1QFY17 EPS of 3.53 cents, up 63% YOY.

SGX Market Updates - Recent Sector Moves & Turnarounds

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06 June 2017

Over the first five months of 2017 Information Technology (IT), Materials and Real Estate Management & Development Sectors ranked as the best three performing Sectors. IT and Materials had also ranked amongst the three best performing Sectors in 2016. Further underlying the reversal of fortune for the Real Estate Sector, Yanlord Land Group joins the STI Reserve List effective 19 June. The STI Reserve List will be made up of Suntec REIT, Mapletree Commercial Trust, Sembcorp Marine, Keppel REIT and Yanlord Land Group.

Highlights of SGX’s Information Technology Sector Leaders

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31 May 2017

Venture Corporation, a leading global provider of Technology products and solutions, posted total return of 36.4% year-to-date. Silverlake Axis, a leading provider of digital economy solutions and services, registered total return of 2.6% year-to-date. UMS Holdings, a leading manufacturer of high precision front-end semiconductor components, had a total return of 106.6% year-to-date.

STI’s 3 Year Dollar Cost Average Return of 6.3% p.a.

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30 May 2017

Regular Shares Saving Plans (RSS Plans) provide an alternative means for investors to build gradual STI exposure, make use of dollar cost averaging with performance measured by return rates. From 30 June 2014 to 29 May 2017, the indicative return rate of an RSS Plan on a STI ETF came to 6.3% p.a. RSS plans utilise dollar cost averaging. Over the three year period, dollar cost averaging on the STI ETF meant that one third more units were bought at market lows in January 2016, compared to market highs in April 2015.

Singapore Semiconductor Stocks Riding the Cyclical Upturn

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25 May 2017

Global semiconductor industry is in a cyclical up-cycle, driven by Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile devices. Strong growth in electronics and precision engineering clusters likely to provide support to Singapore’s economy in 2017. The 12 semiconductor SGX-listed stocks, riding on the strong near-term momentum in the industry, generated an average total return of 65.7% in the year-to-date, bringing their one-year average total return to 115.6%. Singapore’s three largest semiconductor stocks - UMS Holdings, Micro-Mechanics & AEM Holdings are in net-cash positions, which ensures dividend payouts to their shareholders.

STI Developers (HK Land, CapitaLand, GLP, CDL, UOL) average 23% YTD Gain

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22 May 2017

The STI’s five Real Estate Developer & Operator stocks are Hongkong Land Holdings, CapitaLand, Global Logistic Properties, City Developments and UOL Group. Together the five stocks have averaged a 23% total return in the 2017 YTD. The majority of these returns occurred earlier in the year, amidst the global rotation from Emerging Markets to Developing Markets, and the Singapore Government announcing the easing of property market cooling measures on 10 March.

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