According to UOBKH, the investment climate is generally in a risk aversion mode due to external concerns over rising trade tensions, uncertainties over the US midterm elections as well as higher interest rates. To help investors cope with these uncertainties, UOBKH recommends investors to pick stocks using these three strategies. Investors Takeaway: Coping With Market Uncertainties Safe Picks For Risk-Averse Investors Given the near-term uncertainties, UOBKH continues to recommend a relatively defensive positioning. In particular, UOBKH thinks that investors should not be too hopeful on stocks that do not offer visible earnings or those without strong operating cashflows to support a decent dividend yield. Within UOBKH’s coverage, it notes that stocks that have outperformed so far offe

Continued from Technology Stock Rally ?Of the 6, Valuetronics is the strongest followed by Sunningdale Tech in term of bullishness.  The weakest UMS.  The rest I should say is a 50-50 case that they will turn bullish.That the last statement from the analysis done 1 week ago.  Let see how they turned out 1 week later.AEMIt didn't turn bullish but instead getting more bearish.  The rise finally stop not even touching bottom of the cloud.  The Tenkan line also failed to turn up and cut up the Kijun line.  The short-term GMMA did compress but failed to cut up the expanded downtrend long-term GMMA.  Not a single bullish sign was observed.Hi-PSimilar situation as AEM and in fact a little bit weaker than AEM as the short-term GMMA now look appears to be expandin

Past few days technology related stocks rebounded and outperformed the STI index, this has given people the impression that they are rally.  Now are they really rally or just a rebound from oversold ?  After looking at several of those stocks, I found mixed findings.  The TA tools I'm analyzing are Ichimoku and GMMA.  Main tool will be Ichimoku and GMMA is used to confirm the trend.  Elliott Wave is not used as not all stocks follow Elliott Wave.In Ichimoku, a bullish is defined by the following conditions :-1. Tenkan (Conversion) line cut above Kijun (Base) line2. Senkou A cloud is above the Senkou B cloud3. Both Tenkan and Kijun lines are above the Senkou (cloud)Failing to meet all the above 3 conditions have to be very careful and it may just hit resistance and

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At the start of the July, the local benchmark STI broke below its uptrend line and its 100-day moving average. According to UOBKH, there is a downside risk of the STI heading towards 3,100, which is approximately 50 percent off the peak seen in 2016. TradingView As downside risks pervades, UOBKH recommends investors to gradually switch out to the underperformers. According to UOBKH, there are three blue chips and two small cap underperformers to tactically switch into. Investors Takeaway: Switch To These 3 Blue Chips And 2 Small Caps Keppel Corporation Over the last few months, Keppel Corp has been underperforming the STI. That being said, Keppel Corp remains UOBKH’s preferred proxy to the gradual recovery in oil prices given its strong balance sheet. At the current price, UOBKH recko

Since reaching a year-to-date high of 3,615 in early May, local benchmark Straits Times Index has shed more than ten percent amidst the amplifying volatility and trade war concerns. According to UOBKH, the retracement is largely due to a shift in interest rate hike expectations and the US-China trade spat. Such volatile time will require specific investing strategies in order for investors to beat the market. Hunting For Oversold Stocks On A Risk Premium Basis One investing strategy that UOBKH recommends is to look out for oversold stocks, which are measured by market risk premium. UOBKH notes that stocks like Oversea-China Banking Corporation (OCBC), DBS Group Holdings (DBS), Keppel Corporation (Keppel Corp) and Wing Tai Holdings (Wing Tai) have seen a rise in risk premium that is much