The Straits Times Index (STI) is comprised of 30 of the largest and most liquid companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Account for nearly 80% of the entire value of all listed companies on the SGX, the STI is commonly referred to as Singapore’s benchmark or market return. We can gain exposure to the STI by investing in one of the two STI ETFs listed on the SGX. With one investment decision, we become broadly diversified to 30 high quality companies and will earn the Singapore market return. Read Also: Complete Guide To Investing In The Straits Times Index (STI) ETFs In Singapore How Did The STI Perform In Q1 2021? While many of us may be attracted to invest in U.S. or Chinese companies, the STI has been no slouch in 2021. According to SGX, the STI delivered a world-leading ret

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Dear all Tianneng Power (00819.HK) (“TP”) caught my attention recently. It has slumped 40.5% from an intraday high of HKD22.55 on 13 Jan 2021 to close HKD13.42 on 8 Mar 2021. At HKD13.42, it trades at only 1/3 the value of its listed subsidiary Tianneng Battery! Besides this sharp plunge and significant valuation gap, what else does TP have to catch my attention? Read on for more.   First up, a description of TP Quoting from its 1HFY20 results, TP was founded in 1986 and was listed Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited as the “First China Company of Power Battery” in 2007. After more than 30 years of development, it has become a large high-tech energy group focusing on the manufacturing and provision of services of environmentally friendly power batteries for ele

Sign up & unlock articles! Investors of Wilmar (F34) must have that deja vu feeling. In October 2020, Wilmar (F34) share price suffered an explosive meltdown following the hugely successful listing of Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co., Ltd (YKA) on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange ChiNext Board. Fast forward to 22 February 2021, Wilmar (F34) share price fell again following the release of a set of stellar financial result which saw the Group announcing a record total dividend of $0.13. Wilmar share price on the way to $10? Wilmar share price turned bullish with surging CPO Wilmar share price to hit $5? Wilmar share price to explode with India IPO? The form of Wilmar (F34) share price is truly frustrating. We are talking about an organization which recorded a net profit of US$1.54 billion

The STI gained 1.6% for Feb at 2,949.04; Optimism came from vaccine news, pessimism from higher bond yields; Wall St’s all-time highs on Wed were erased by fears of rising rates; Wilmar announced record dividend; Sembmarine hopeful that worst of writedowns is over; CapitaLand reported first-ever loss; OCBC and UOB reported lower 4Q profits; Writedowns for Sincere Property dragged CDL into the red. Opposing forces set the direction As the month of February unfolded it became apparent that direction would be set by two opposing forces. On the upside was optimism surrounding vaccine rollouts and development, whilst on the downside was pressure from rising bond yields that came because of an improving economic outlook – although the 10-year US Treasury yield was down 6 basis points at

Sign up & unlock articles! What an explosive run for Wilmar share price! On the back of record crude palm oil prices (CPO), Wilmar share price soars to high heavens. Indeed, the return of the form of Wilmar share price is timely as investors await the release of the highly-anticipated full-year financial results, which will be released on 22 February 2021. In 2020, Sembcorp Industries was the best performing Straits Times Index (STI) component. I had made a profit of $17,500 from that counter and rebalanced my portfolio by investing in Wilmar. On the basis of the raging form of Wilmar share price, I am confident that Wilmar will be the best performing STI component in 2021. Wilmar share price turned bullish with surging CPO Wilmar share price to hit $5? Wilmar share price to explode

This blog is in response to questions by readers, csky and linus.On Wilmar, DBS, OCBC and UOB:That price target of $5 for Wilmar which I suggested in November 2019 is outdated as Wilmar's chart pattern was damaged by the price action inflicted by... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sign up & unlock articles! Form is temporary, class is permanent. In this regard, will Wilmar share price stage a “return of the King”? The counter has been in mighty form lately due to the resurgent crude palm oil (CPO) prices. The monsoon season has caused floods in many areas of the oil palm plantations and caused tight supply. According to Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), CPO prices are expected to be trading above RM3,000 per tonne mark until the first quarter of 2021. As Wilmar is one of the world’s largest oil palm plantation owners, CPO prices have always been proxy for Wilmar share price. In fact, the recent explosive form of Wilmar share price should be attributed to the robust CPO prices. To put things into perspective, the current CPO price of RM3836 was nearly a dec

Institutional investors are typically large investors, such as fund management companies, pensions, insurance companies or other non-retail entities, that invest on behalf of others. The investments that they make a sometimes referred to as “smart money” – perhaps because they have the knowledge and expertise to make well-thought investment decisions compared to retail investors. In our 4 Stocks This Week, we look at 4 stocks which received the most “smart money” in December 2020, and analyse how they’ve subsequently performed in December 2020 to the first half of January 2021. Read Also: 4 Best Performing ETFs In 2020 [8 Jan 2021] Xtrackers MSCI China UCITS ETF (SGX: LG9/TID); United SSE 50 China ETF (SGX: JK8); SPDR Gold Shares (SGX: O87); Lyxor MSCI Asia Pacific Ex Japan UCI

Explosive end to the week saw the STI gain 5.3%; The push came from the US, where Democrats won control of Senate; Market now hopes for more US stimulus, Wall St at all-time high; Bank stocks in play as US Treasury yield curve steepens; Share buybacks in 2020 rose 75% versus 2019 to $1.03b; A week of two halves as the STI nears 3,000 Football matches sometimes play out in two contrasting halves, the first sometimes dominated by one team and the second by the other. As far as stock markets were concerned, the same description applied for the first week of 2021. Certainly, that it was a week of two halves was very much the case for the Singapore market – the first half was a quiet and sedate few days during which nothing much happened, the second, an explosive surge brought on by unexpe

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

SIGN UP FOR $10 TO UNLOCK ALL ARTICLES! Amid the era of COVID-19, not many SGX companies can boast making US$1 billion profits, much less clocking higher earnings as compared to 2019. Wilmar is one of the exceptional elites which have performed well despite the devastating pandemic. In this regard, will Wilmar share price hit $5 in 2021? In spite of the good financial performance, Wilmar share price remains the biggest enigma among investors. Year-to-date, there is no change in Wilmar share price despite the robust financial performance. Very strangely, the counter was trading at $4.20 on 2 January and remained at the same bandwidth at the point of writing. In between this period, Wilmar share price has witnessed pretty much volatility as the counter plunged to a low of $2.90 on 23 March t

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Sign up & unlock articles! Following the listing of subsidiary Yihai Kerry Arawana (YKA), Wilmar share price surged to a high of $4.70 before plunging to a low of $4.00 in October. The fall of Wilmar share price confounded plenty of investors as the market capitalization of Wilmar represented half of its value of holding in YKA at the point of the IPO. This is indeed a very strange phenomenon! Wilmar share price is prone to movement of the big boys because in FY2019 annual report, the number of shares held by public constituted just only 28%. This means that the major shareholders have a major influence on the share price movement. Indeed, Wilmar share price took a beating in August 2020 when major shareholder, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), sold 170.5 million Wilmar at $4.40. In a

Read? Wilmar : Partial Sold @ $4.35 for Round 12-1

The absence of a US stimulus deal was main focus for Oct; The STI lost 43 points or 1.7% over Oct at 2,423.84; US President Trump’s positive COVID-19 test played a small part; Trump’s actions surrounding package confused markets; SPH’s shares closed below $1 after company reported first-ever loss; Resignation of CDL director Kwek Leng Peck made headlines; Best World dropped lawsuit against Bonitas Research; Nanofilm debuted with 12.4% gain; Wilmar’s Q3 profit up 20%, proposes special dividend.   The overriding theme for Oct – hopes for US stimulus dashed If there was a central, over-riding theme for last month, it was that markets took their cue from Wall Street and found themselves tracking developments on the US political front, where a stimulus bill was being negotiat

Read? Wilmar : Bought @ $4.16 for Round 12

Read? Create Wealth From Long-term Investing and Short-term TradingRead? Touchstone or Sardine?Since COVID-19, Uncle8888 has been searching for the next batch of Touchstone; but Sardine or Bloody stone can also be picked up! Uncle8888 is NOT investment Guru!Bloody Stones - Pain in the Ass!!!ComfortDelgro : Bought @ $2.01 (2)Round 12 : Bought Olam @ $1.4850-50 Bet On Temasek Not Walking AwaySingtel : Bought @ $2.90Sardines or Touchstone?DBS @ 18.78, 19.68 and 20.65SGX @ 8.21, 8.48, 9.08 and 8.78Wilmar @ $4.16Keep buying and selling until One day down the road when Touchstones become too obvious to ignore! It has been Buy, RIGHT, and hold for long term Panadols transforming to Golden Eggs after Point X like those pervious Touchstones!

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)