With the negative momentum from 2018, the STI could remain under pressure despite the strong performance in January 2019, according to RHB. While the valuation and dividend yield of STI makes it compelling for long-term investments, RHB thinks that investors should continue to stay selective in navigating the market in 2019. RHB recommends four investment strategies that focus on stocks with stable earnings, strong balance sheets and sustainable dividends. Investors Takeaway: 4 Investment Strategies To Navigate Singapore’s Stock Market By RHB Rotate Into Defensive Sectors While RHB notes that the markets could move sideways for now, RHB believes that now is not the time to abandon risk assets, especially for long-term investors. RHB highlights that the current sell-off in the market is

In 2018, investors witnessed extreme market volatility due to higher interest rates, trade tensions between China and the United States, and geopolitical uncertainties such as Brexit. But savvy investors know that it is at such times that the stock market can present opportunities to buy stocks at discounted prices. If you’re looking for bargains, here are two stocks ideas for you. The HR experts First on the list is HRnetGroup Ltd (SGX: CHZ). The recruitment company has demonstrated steady growth in its short history as a listed company. Its revenue increased by 2.5% and 7.4% in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Profits increased at an even faster pace, at 6.3% and 15.4%. Growth has even accelerated in 2018, as shown below. Source: HRnetGroup Ltd 2018 Q3 Earnings Presentation The pace

As the excitement for the New Year passes, it is back to business for many investors to hit the right note for 2019. To help investors start off the year right, CIMB has compiled its top small cap and large cap picks for investors. Here, we will highlight four small cap picks that CIMB has recommended to help you kickstart your route to alpha returns in 2019. Investors Takeaway: 4 Small Cap Picks To Start 2019 On The Right Note By CIMB China Sunsine With its capacity currently at 98 percent utilisation, China Sunsine is at close to its full capacity. Going into 2019, China Sunsine is looking to boost its capacity by 13 percent to 172,000 tons of rubber chemicals in FY19F to meet higher demand. China Sunsine is also showing signs of average selling price stabilising to support gross margi

The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) has rallied 2.1% as of the time of writing today. The spike comes after US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a truce on the trade war over dinner on Saturday after the G20 summit. If you are wondering what stocks you should consider for your portfolio amid the rally, you have to look no further. Using data from S&P Global Market Intelligence and the Magic Formula investing strategy developed by investor Joel Greenblatt, I found some of the best Singapore-listed stocks for December that could go on to do well. The basic premise of the Magic Formula is to find the 30 best shares in the market as ranked by their cheapness and their quality, and to hold on to that basket shares for a year before repeating the ranking proc

HRnetGroup Ltd (SGX: CHZ) has been growing at a consistent pace since its initial public offering (IPO) last year. The group continued its impressive track record of growth in its latest quarter, registering a 7.7% increase in revenue and a 17.8% improvement in profit after tax and minority interest. Beyond these solid numbers, there are two reasons to believe the strong growth trend can continue. Expanding its headcount while maintaining employee productivity In the past 12 months, the total number of permanent employees increased by 13.0%. Of which, 80 were sales employees. These figures suggest that HRnetGroup is actively looking to grow its business. More impressively, the group has managed to improve its sales staff efficiency while increasing headcount. Gross profit per sales employe

If you are looking for new growth stocks to add to your portfolio, you may want to consider BreadTalk Group Limited (SGX: CTN) and HRnetGroup Ltd (SGX: CHZ). Despite lower profits in its most recent quarter, BreadTalk is poised for international growth, while recruitment firm, HRnetGroup, is making big strides both in the North Asia market and its core market in Singapore. The world is its oyster BreadTalk certainly needs little introduction. The group owns F&B chains in Singapore such as Michelin star-rated Din Tai Fung, Toast Box and BreadTalk, which is well-loved for its famous pork floss buns. In its most recent quarter, BreadTalk delivered a mixed performance with higher revenue but a sharp drop in profit. However, if we look beyond these numbers, there are good reasons to belie

Recruitment firm, HRnetGroup Ltd (SGX: CHZ), delivered another strong set of results for the third quarter of 2018. With revenue and net profit after growing by a healthy clip, there were many things for shareholders to be pleased about. Here’s what investors should know from its latest earnings announcement. What’s behind the numbers? Source: Author’s compilation of data from HRnetGroup 2018Q3 earnings report As you can see, there were strong growths in both the top and bottom line. HRnetGroup splits its business into two segments — professional recruitment and flexible staffing. Management cited there was strong performance in its professional recruitment segment from existing business units in North Asia, particularly China and Hong Kong, and in Singapore. Gross profit

Warren Buffett is a huge advocate of businesses buying back their stocks. He believes that share buybacks can reveal a thing or two about the company’s management. He once said: “What you’d like to do as an investor is hook them up to a machine and run a polygraph to see whether it’s true. Short of a polygraph the best sign of a shareholder-oriented management — assuming its stock is undervalued — is repurchases. A polygraph proxy, that’s what it is.” With that, let’s look at three companies picked randomly that have repurchased their shares thus far during the week, as of market open today. HRnetGroup Ltd (SGX: CHZ) HRnetGroup is the biggest Asia-based recruitment agency in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan. On 22 October 2018, the r

Over the past two months, I have made a couple of purchases in the market. Firstly, on 11/8/17, I bought into Memtech International at $0.965 when it retraced a little from its highs. My purchase of Memtech’s stock is purely on a valuation perspective, as I felt it was still relatively undervalued compared to its […]