Information Technology (IT) is everywhere in modern world, a stock with strong IT related business would have bright future for investment.  Therefore, an investor may consider 28 IT stocks in Singapore, especially those defensive growth stocks. In this article, you will learn from Dr Tee on 4 Singapore IT Giant Stocks which are efficient in making money with economic moat but having mixed impacts during COVID-19 stock crisis. Bonus for readers who could read every words of the entire article: 7 global IT giant stocks. 1) IT Retail Giant Stock – Challenger Technologies (SGX: 573) 2) Software Giant Stock – Silverlake Axis (SGX: 5CP) 3) Data Center Giant REITs – Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU) – Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U) Ne

Apart from just manoeuvring an economic downturn in 2020, everyone is also combating a very real health threat. The combination of this has also led to major disruptions in the way we live, work and play, accelerating economic trends that should have been years in the making. Along with this, the properties – including REITs – that enable us to live, work and play have all been impacted. In the short term, volatility may spark sharp rises and dips in market prices, in the longer-term, some types of properties may become less relevant entirely. In our REITs Report Card, which we publish each quarter, we look at how S-REITs have performed as a whole and individually. How Have Singapore REITs Fared In The YTD 2020? The iEdge S-REIT Index is a free-float market capitalisation weighted inde

Basic Profile & Key StatisticsAIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT) invests in Logistics, Industrial and Business Park properties in Singapore and Australia.Lease ProfileOccupancy is healthy at 93.6%. WALE is slightly long at 4.41 years where highest lease expiry within 5 years is at 26.2%, falls in FY2022. Weighted average land lease expiry is short at 41.92 years.Debt ProfileGearing is healthy at 35.4%. Cost of debt is high at 3.3% despite low unsecured debt at 26.4%. Fixed debt is moderate at 81.1%. Interest cover ratio is moderate at 3.8 times. WADE is short at 2.2 years and the highest debt maturity of 28.9% falls in FY2021. From the latest presentation, AAREIT has executed a supplemental agreement to refinance its loan, the pro forma WADE is slight long at 3.1 years, and the highest debt matur

Singapore REITs are popular investment for passive income through stable dividend stocks. In this article, you will learn on how to invest in 21 giant stocks from 42 Singapore REITs and 16 Business Trusts with 3 key strategies (Striker / Mid-fielder / Defender) in 8 categories: 1) Retail REITs 2) Office REITs 3) Industrial REITs 4) Healthcare REITs 5) Diversified REITs 6) Data Center REIT 7) Hospitality REIT 8) Business Trusts There are 6 Singapore REITs which are also Business Trusts, so total there are 42 + 16 – 6 = 52 Singapore REITs and Business Trusts as of current stock market. Currently, out of 30 STI Index stocks, 5 are REITs. Soon, SPH (SGX: T39) with declining trading market capitalization (lower share price and/or lower trading volume) will be r

Basic Profile & Key StatisticsAIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT) managed properties in multiple sectors of Logistics, Industrial and Office. As of now, AAREIT is maintaining its quarter distribution & financial reporting policies amid the recent change in SGX rule. Current dividend yield (TTM) is at 7.66% and P/NAV is at 0.92. With market cap of $ 880 millions, it is relative small as median market cap for SREITs at this moment is S$ 1.25 billions.Lease ProfileOccupancy is at the low side due to the transition of master leases to multi-tenancy leases at 1A International Business park and 20 Gul Way. Committed WALE is good at 4.3 years. Highest lease expiry fall in the FY2022 at 25.4% of GRI, thus does not poses highly concentrated lease expiry risk. As majority of properties is based in Singa

In a blog dated 4 April 2020, I talked about my three largest REIT investments. I blogged about how I viewed them in the past and what I thought of them as the COVID-19 pandemic struck. AIMS APAC REIT (formerly AIMS AMP Capital Industrial... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dear readers, there are a number of Singapore Reits and Trusts which are currently overbought (i.e. at a RSI level of >70). On the converse, there are currently no oversold Singapore Reits and Trusts. Without further ado, the twenty four Singapore Reits and Trusts which are overbought are: AIMS APAC Reit ARA LOGOS Logistic Trust... The post TWENTY FOUR SINGAPORE REITS TRUSTS OVERBOUGHT! appeared first on SG STOCKS INVESTING: SAVINGS, GRATITUDE (SG) & STOCKS INVESTING! SAVE MORE, BE GRATEFUL AND INVEST BETTER!.

So the long awaited black swan, in the form of the invisible coronavirus, has finally arrives... The event this year is unprecedented.  How could we ever imagine such things as cross-border travel and businesses would come to almost a complete halt? I have been through the Lehman brothers' crash, although my portfolio was very much smaller at that time.  My REIT counters accounted for almost half of my portfolio this time, and it is time to do a review on their performace so far.1. Industrial Reits Grade A: Keppel DC Reit, Ascendas Reit, Frasers L&C Tr.- Strong performance, still above my average price.Grade B: Aims APAC Reit. - In green territory, still above my cost price (with dividends collected).Grade C: Cromwell Reit, ARA LOGOS Log Tr.- In red territory, even

This is another blog that started out as a reply to a reader's comment: HERE. During the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), I believe the lowest price I paid for AIMS APAC REIT (then AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT) was about 17c a unit.  Or was it... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

This blog started as a reply to a reader's comment and it became quite long. So, I decided to publish it as a blog because I think many readers are probably interested in hearing me talk to myself on AIMS APAC REIT's performance. AIMS APAC REIT... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

When I blogged about AIMS APAC REIT (AA REIT), formerly AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT, last month in April, I said: "I have not done anything to my investment in AIMS APAC REIT for many years." Well, I can't say that now because I just added... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Now, all of us should aware that government had announced for a lot workplaces to be closed on Tuesday and school to closed on Wednesday until 4th May. There are quite some numbers of companies are exempted though. From what I see, this closure is more on retail and office instead of industry and logistics.Extracted from Ministry of Trade & Industry Facebook PageDue to this COVID-19, hospitality REITs get the first impact, people couldn't travel due to travel restrictions imposed by different countries. This followed by retail REITs which affected due to tourism, social distancing and now closure of non-essential services. Office REIT would be affected too, though some can be mitigate with "work from home" practice. If this situation continue, eventually industrial and logistics w

I am becoming lazy to doing updates... Time flies and 2019 is gone.  All my tradings are done and all dividends are collected.  It is time to do a final review on my portfolio's performace in 2019.Top 30 positions of my portfolio at end 2019:1. SGX2. UOB3. CMT4. SATS5. OCBC6. FCT7. Keppel DC Reit8. ParkwayLife Reit9. AIMS APAC Reit10. Keppel Corp11. CDL HTrust12. Mapletree Com Tr13. SPH14. Suntec Reit15. SingTel16. SPH Reit17. Frasers Com Tr18. Ascendas Reit19. Starhill Global Reit20. Capitaland21. Frasers L&I Tr22. Keppel InfraTr23. Bukit Sembawang24. SIA Engg25. Sembcorp Indust26. VICOM27. ST Engg28. Frasers Property29. Cache Log Tr30. Netlink NBN TrTotal dividends collected in 2019: $17,124.43Average monthly dividends: $1,427.04 (7.2% up cf. 2018)Portfolio yield: 4.78

The month ended with one of the most actions seen on Reits in Cory Portfolio this year. 1. Ascendas Reit Rights Issue 2. FCOT Halts 3. Accordia Golf Tr Potential buyer 4. SPH Reit Private Placements 5. MINT acquisitions of DCs 6. Aims Apac Reit books building exercise Performance Tracker STI Index continues to reel from Trade War falls out which means well for yield assets. Interestingly,

Top 30 in my portfolio: No. STOCK NAME No.of SHARES PORTFOLIO% MARKET $ 1SGX6,00013.458.202UOB1,0477.1424.963CapitaLand Mall Tr9,0006.522.654FCT7,0005.262.755SATS4,0005.254.806OCBC Bank1,4994.3610.657ParkwayLife Reit5,0004.223.098AIMS APAC Reit10,5844.081.419CDL HTrust9,0003.941.6010Keppel DC Reit7,4003.701.8311Keppel Corp2,3003.675.8412SPH6,0003.261.9913Suntec Reit5,8003.061.9314Mapletree Com Tr4,8002.992.2815SingTel3,1902.763.1716SPH Reit8,5002.531.0917Starhill Global Reit12,0002.460.7518Frasers Com Tr5,3182.381.6419Frasers L&I Tr6,0002.001.2220CapitaLand2,0001.903.4721Keppel InfraTr12,0001.690.51522Ascendas Reit2,0001.683.0823Bukit Sembawang1,0001.395.0724Sembcorp Indust1,8001.022.0725SIA Engg1,5001.002.4326ST Engg8000.863.9427Frasers Property1,8000.861.7528Cache Log Tr4,0

Top 30 in my portfolio: No. STOCK NAME No.of SHARES PORTFOLIO% MARKET $ 1SGX6,00012.837.922UOB1,0477.4626.403CapitaLand Mall Tr9,0006.372.624SATS4,0005.214.825FCT7,0004.932.616OCBC Bank1,4994.6711.547AIMS APAC Reit10,5844.231.488ParkwayLife Reit5,0004.133.069CDL HTrust9,0003.991.6410Keppel Corp2,3003.976.4011SPH6,0003.582.2112Keppel DC Reit7,4003.421.7113Suntec Reit5,8002.991.9114SingTel3,1902.873.3315Mapletree Com Tr4,8002.682.0716Starhill Global Reit12,0002.580.79517SPH Reit8,5002.461.0718Frasers Com Tr5,2412.281.6119CapitaLand2,0001.953.6220Frasers L&I Tr6,0001.941.2021Ascendas Reit2,0001.653.0622Keppel InfraTr12,0001.650.5123Bukit Sembawang1,0001.485.5024Sembcorp Indust1,8001.142.3425SIA Engg1,5001.072.6526ST Engg8000.924.2427Frasers Property1,8000.881.8128Cache Log Tr4,0

Top 30 in my portfolio: No. STOCK NAME No.of SHARES PORTFOLIO% MARKET $ 1SGX6,00012.767.922UOB1,0477.3526.133CapitaLand Mall Tr9,0006.362.634SATS4,0005.615.225FCT7,0004.892.606OCBC Bank1,4994.5911.407AIMS APAC Reit10,5844.121.458Keppel Corp2,3004.116.669ParkwayLife Reit5,0004.073.0310CDL HTrust9,0003.941.6311SPH6,0003.932.4412Keppel DC Reit7,4003.321.6713Suntec Reit5,8003.021.9414SingTel3,1903.003.5015Mapletree Com Tr4,8002.692.0916Starhill Global Reit12,0002.500.77517SPH Reit8,5002.441.0718Frasers Com Tr5,2412.351.6719Frasers L&I Tr6,0001.951.2120CapitaLand2,0001.903.5321Ascendas Reit2,0001.683.1222Keppel InfraTr12,0001.630.50523Bukit Sembawang1,0001.555.7724Sembcorp Indust1,8001.162.4125SIA Engg1,5001.012.5126Frasers Property1,8000.901.8727ST Engg8000.894.1428Cache Log Tr4,

Top 30 in my portfolio: No. STOCK NAME No.of SHARES PORTFOLIO% MARKET $ 1SGX6,00012.877.382UOB1,0477.1523.503CapitaLand Mall Tr9,0006.312.414SATS4,0005.905.075OCBC Bank1,4674.5110.576ParkwayLife Reit5,0004.352.997FCT6,0004.222.428CDL HTrust9,0004.211.619AIMS APAC Reit10,3764.191.3910SPH6,0004.082.3411Keppel Corp2,3004.036.0312Keppel DC Reit7,4003.361.5613Suntec Reit5,8003.071.8214SingTel3,1902.973.2015Mapletree Com Tr4,8002.671.9116SPH Reit8,5002.571.0417Starhill Global Reit12,0002.560.73518Frasers Com Tr5,2412.291.5019Frasers L&I Tr6,0001.991.1420CapitaLand2,0001.873.2221Ascendas Reit2,0001.702.9222Keppel InfraTr12,0001.620.46523Bukit Sembawang1,0001.625.5824Sembcorp Indust1,8001.262.4125SIA Engg1,5001.062.4226Frasers Property1,8000.941.8027ST Engg8000.913.9128Cache Log Tr4,