According to the Singapore Exchange (SGX), there are a total of 29 companies that are secondary listed on the SGX. A secondary listing allows companies to have their shares traded in multiple countries. Some of us may already know that four prominent companies currently on the Straits Times Index (STI) are secondary-listed companies. These are Jardine Matheson Holdings (JMH), Jardine Strategic Holdings (JSH), Hongkong Land and Dairy Farm. JSH, which is poised to be merged into a simpler entity within JHM (who owns about 85% of the company), will soon be delisted and also removed from the STI constituents from 13 April 2021. Other than these, there are also other global companies that have a secondary listing on the SGX. Prudential plc (SGX: K6S) With a history spanning more than 170 years,

Despite a poor performing 2020 relative to other major indexes around the world, the Straits Times Index (STI) has been one of Asia’s best performing indexes in 2021 so far, with a year-to-date return of about 9%. It has also outperformed major U.S. indexes such as the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100. You can read more about the performance of the STI in an SGX Market Update report. The rise in the STI over the past couple of months has been supported by the performance of many companies that are components of the STI. These include the three local banks – DBS (up 11.7% in 2021), OCBC (up 16.2% in 2021) and UOB (up 12.8% in 2021) – all of whom have done well in 2021 thus far. Read Also: Singapore Banks Report Card: Share Price And Dividend Yield Performance – DBS (SGX: D05); UOB

Introduced in September 1998 to curb and ease peak hour jams, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) was an enhancement of its predecessor, the Area Licensing Scheme (ALS), which was launched in 1975 to target reducing traffic congestion in the Central Business District. Today, ERP is used to manage road congestion by charging drivers passing through ERP gantries during operational hours. The aim – though not necessarily the result – is for drivers to use alternative routes, travel outside ERP hours or take alternative forms of transport to avoid ERP charges. Here’s a guide to all the gantries in Singapore, their operational hours, and the exact charges. Complete List Of ERP Gantry Locations And Rates ERP rates are set generally in periods of 30 minutes and are adjusted to

Fraser & Neave Holdings Berhad (F&NHB) was founded in 1883 as a carbonated soft drinks producer by John Fraser and David Chalmers Neave. Listed on Bursa Malaysia, the company today owns a number of well-known household beverage and dairy brands like 100PLUS, F&N SEASONS, and FARMHOUSE. While the company maintains leading positions in the carbonated soft drink, tea, and canned milk segments in Malaysia as well as the sweetened condensed and evaporated milk segments in Thailand, its recent five-year growth was lacklustre. At the same time, the company’s venture into the dairy farming business did not pan out as planned. Here are eight things I learned from the 2021 F&NHB AGM and EGM: 1. Revenue decreased by 2.2% year-on-year to RM4.0 billion in 2020 while net pro

Performance of Straits Times Index (STI) Constituents in 2020 The Straits Times Index (STI) ended 379.02 points or 11.8% lower at 2843.81 in 2020.(compared to 3222.83 on 31-Dec-2019)Top Performers in 2020: Keppel DC REIT, Venture Corp, Mapletree Logistics Trust, Wilmar International & Mapletree Industrial Trust. Least Performers in 2020: Singapore Airlines, Jardine Cycle & Carriage, SingTel, ComfortDelGro. Most Volatile: Keppel DC REIT, Singapore Airlines, Sembcorp Industries. The STI's 30 constituent stocks are: ASCENDAS REIT (A17U.SI); CAPITALAND (C31.SI); VENTURE CORPORATION (V03.SI); CITY DEVELOPMENTS (C09.SI); SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED (S68.SI); UOB (U11.SI); SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES (U96.SI); DBS GROUP (D05.SI); SINGTEL (Z74.SI); GENTING SINGAPORE (G13.SI); THAI BEVERAGE (Y92.SI);

Today, we are going to share with you how to invest your CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS) in a no-brainer way. The best part? You need not be financially savvy to do this. A beginner can do it! And I’ll reveal the exact step-by-step process, which you can follow easily. What is CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS)? It is to provide options to CPF members to invest their CPF savings in their Ordinary Account (OA) and Special Account (SA) in various instruments such as investment-linked insurance products, unit trusts, fixed deposits, bonds, and shares in Singapore. The average CPF interest rate is 2.5% to 4% for the Ordinary Account. Check the latest CPF interest rate here. Below is the latest CPF rate (1st Oct to 31st Dec 2020).   Share this Infographic On Your Site </p><br /&g

Global stock markets see strong light at the end of tunnel recently with confirmation of Biden as new US president and news COVID-19 vaccine over 90% effectiveness. During early phase of pandemic, Dr Tee students learned to apply defensive dividend stock strategies to consider Asian giant stocks at low optimism (average down strategy), balancing with growth investing / momentum trading (average up strategy) in bullish US giant stocks. The stock market this time is different from last 8 months of V-shape recovery limited to a few sectors (eg. Technology / Software, Healthcare / Glove, etc). There are sectors rotation, focusing more on cyclical stocks (eg. banks and oil & gas) and COVID-19 affected stocks are recovering quickly, resulting in global surge in share prices, over 10-40%

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During crisis, a consumer may not able to afford luxury products but still need to eat and drink to survive. Therefore, an investor may consider 48 Food & Beverage (F&B) stocks in Singapore, especially those defensive growth stocks. In this article, you will learn from Dr Tee on 9 Singapore F&B Giant Stocks which are efficient in making money with food as essential products (consumer staples) but having mixed impacts during COVID-19 stock crisis. Bonus for readers who could read the entire article: a strategy to eat and drink for free for lifetime. 1) Supermarket F&B Stocks – Sheng Siong (SGX: OV8) – Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01) 2) Restaurant F&B Stocks – Japan Foods Holding (SGX: 5OI) – Old Chang Kee (SGX: 5ML)

This article was originally published on 6 March 2020 and updated on 12 October 2020 to reflect the changes to the $100 top-up credit. In the recent Budget 2020, Minister Heng announced a one-time $100 top-up to the PAssion Card of all Singaporeans aged 50 years and above as part of the Care and Support Package. This benefit extends to the Pioneer Generation and Merdeka Generation seniors. [Update]  As announced on 6 April, the $100 top-up to the PAssion Card for all Singaporean aged 50 years and above was converted to a cash payout. This was paid out in June or July 2020 as part of the overall Care and Support Package. Eligible Singaporeans will receive a letter notification by April 2020, with instructions and further details on how they can redeem the top-up from May 2020 onwards. S

The Straits Times Index fell on Friday but still managed a 36-points or 1.4% gain for the week at 2,532.96; The main driver was Wall Street, where movements were driven by President Trump’s confusing stand on fiscal stimulus; DBS recommended investors take stock; SGX gave its take on what will drive the market in 4Q; IMF latest World Economic Outlook: faster recovery if governments take the short-term pain of lockdowns US President Trump’s Monday discharge from hospital helped push stock markets in this part of the world up on Tuesday; his surprise order on Tuesday to stop talks on a fiscal package until after next month’s Presidential election then sent markets down on Wednesday. Then on Wednesday, signs that his administration would consider limited, targeted aid for certain are

It has been a while since I wrote so often. While I talked about the Risk of Investing in ETF in the last post, I particularly mention about STI ETF. So I thought I should clarify my position and also address a particular question that I believe members of my Fundamental Scorecard Telegram Group will be interested (And maybe you who are reading this post). While everyone is busy looking at the US market tonight, I am writing about STI ETF. While everyone is raving about S&P 500 rising from the dead, here I am writing about STI ETF which is trying to go lower everyday. To start off, I don’t disagree in investing in US markets now. In fact, I encourage it. But one must make the purchase with the mindset that “this could be a permanent loss of capital” (Atas sentence cause I watch

Performance of Straits Times Index (STI) Constituents in November 2019 The Straits Times Index (STI) ended 35.96 point or 1.11% lower at 3193.92 in November 2019.(compared to 3229.88 on 31-Oct-2019)Top Performers: Wilmar International, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, Golden Agri Resources, ST Engineering, SingTel. Least Performers: Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Ascendas REIT, Sembcorp Industries, City Developments, UOB. Most Volatile: Golden Agri-Resources, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, Dairy Farm International, Wilmar International, Mapletree Commercial Trust. Advertisement Continue Reading »