The Utilities sector on SGX is made up of companies that are in the business of providing gas, electricity or water. While traditionally thought of as defensive in nature, with population growth as a key driver, Utilities stocks have shown themselves to have comparable volatility (and growth potential) with the broader stock market. The five largest capitalised Utility stocks on SGX are Keppel Infrastructure Trust, CITIC Envirotech, China Everbright Water, China Jinjiang Environment and SIIC Environment Holdings, which has a combined market capitalisation of about $5.7 billion. These five stocks started 2019 strong, delivering an average year-to-date return of 17%. In this instalment of 4 Stocks This Week, we’ll take a closer look at four of these stocks. Keppel Infrastructure Trust (SGX

I have never come up with a post about my wealth building as a summary for the year and really hate to come up with something like this because my results have always been bad. However, since some readers asked, I tried to keep it brief. Here are some things you need to know about my wealth building system, or how it has evolved until this current state: Active investor My main wealth machine is through active stock investing Asset allocation of Individual Equities and Bonds/Cash Portfolio Construction/Management takes place before individual financial assets (stocks, bonds, cash) selection My equities position goes up and down between 40% to 70% depending on my reads of the market I understand fundamentals, valuations, a little momentum, and a little technical analysis, but I would call

This week, Sunpower attracts me due partly to the industry which it is in; the recent US$180m investments made by DCP and CDH into Sunpower whose market cap is only around US$206m, and the considerable 40% share price decline since hitting an intra-day high of $0.645 on 28 Jun 2018 to trade $0.385 today. Let’s take a look.   Description of Sunpower Based on Sunpower’s description, it is an environmental protection solutions specialist in proprietary energy saving and clean power technologies. It has two main business segments, viz. Manufacturing & Services (“M&S”) and Green Investments (“GI”). M&S segment comprise of Environmental Equipment Manufacturing (“EEM”) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Integrated Solutions (“EPC”). Notwithstanding