SillyInc is a small boutique investment two man show company. Recently the company has stepped out of Singapore markets and has been actively putting its cash to use. We are pleased to interview the CEO of SillyInc, Sillyinvestor in this maiden Issue of Bi Sai TimesFirst of all, to see the amount of actions taken, at the end of 2019, "Vested amount is 66K in cash account, SRS 9.3K and CPF 5.7K", but in 1H 2020, Vested amount in cash account is 117K, SRS 11.8 k  and CPF 20.4 K. There is a maiden venture into HK Ex of 5KQ: Why the venture to Hong Kong Exchange, and why not US? A: We did look at US ETFs, but the reason why we went to HK at around Feb is because we find Strong free cash flow generating companies giving yield in excess of 7%, and after studying the companies, we find

Just a few months back in March and April, the Singapore Technology sector was looking reallly bullish. 😄We had covered some of the stocks and actually seen some of them pushing upwards by more than 20% - 30%..  👍👍And then, it was 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐄𝐓.  🤦Profit taking happened. The party stopped and it was back to 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭..Hey guys, Joey here, Top Tier Remisier in Phillip Securities.Fast forward to today, over the past few weeks, 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘, We are starting to see some 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 coming back again after the breather.. 👀It seems like BUYERS are now ready to take it to the next phase..So what are the 3

With General Election 2020 (GE2020) announced, Singaporeans can look forward to listening to candidates from PAP and Opposition parties speaking about their vision for Singapore in the coming years. Of course, this will also be an especially important General Election as we are in the midst of combating the COVID-19 pandemic as well as need to navigate tricky geopolitical developments arising from the US-China trade war. Should You Invest During An Election Period? What’s also interesting is that Singapore’s GE2020 will coincide with the US Presidential Election in November 2020. Much research has been done on the historical performance of the stock market during the US Presidential Elections. According to Charles Schwab, since 1928, 17 of the past 23 US Presidential elections years en

In this Dr Tee 1-hr video education (Defensive Investing Strategies during Stock Crisis ), you will learn:1) Bull (Unlimited Quantitative Easing) vs Bear (COVID-19)2) Value Investing Strategy – Dividend Stock Investing with Singapore Giant REIT as Case Study3) Value Investing Strategy – Growth Stock Investing with Malaysia Giant Stock as Case Study4) Investing Personalities: Kiasu vs Kiasi 5) Defensive Investing Strategies during Stock Crisis. Here is English Version of Dr Tee Video Course (Chinese version is also available as Dr Tee is bilingual). Enjoy and give your comments for improvement. You may subscribe to Dr Tee Youtube channel (Ein Tee) for future Dr Tee video talks. Collect 3 extra bonuses here. English Video: https://youtu.be/_shZqTa1eEs 在这D

Today, we are going to share with you how to invest your CPF investment money 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 your Ordinary Account (OA) and Special Account (SA) in various instruments such as insurance products, unit trusts, fixed deposits, bonds and shares in Singapore. The Average CPF Interest Rate is 2.5% to 4% for Ordinary Account. Check their latest CPF interest rate here. Below is the latest CPF rate (1st Jul to 30th Sep 2020).   Share this Infographic On Your Site </p><br /><br /><br /><b

This article was first published on 12 June 2018, and updated to include the latest information. Investing our money to grow and beat inflation over the long-term is important to building our wealth and safeguarding our retirement. However, starting the investing journey can be filled with uncertainties and can also be daunting. This is why the STI ETF is usually recommended as a good first investment to start learning about investments and building your confidence. In this guide, you will find everything you need to know about investing in the STI ETF. What Is The Straits Times Index (STI)? What Are The 30 Constituent Stocks That Make Up The STI Today? The  STI Reserve List What Is An ETF? What Is The STI ETF? How To Start Investing In The STI ETF? Read Also: Why Your First Stock Inves

Sign up & unlock articles! What a gut-wrenching ride. SIAEC share price staged an impressive come-back as it surged from a low of $1.50 on 23 March 2020 to the current $2.20. The uptick in SIAEC share price represented a whopping 46% increase. Is it the right time for parent company, Singapore Airlines (SIA), to launch a privatization of SIAEC? SIAEC plunged into hell SIAEC share price and ST Engineering in bizarre tales SIAEC share price in bloodbath with Temasek Holdings The major catalyst for SIAEC share price is the potential privatization by SIA. Rumour of privatization had been ongoing for several years as SIA CEO Goh Choon Phong aggressively consolidated SIA’s portfolio assets in a bid to rationalize cost and create synergy among the Group entities. The consolidation eff

Temasek stocks of Sembcorp Industries (parent stock, SGX: U96) and Sembcorp Marine (subsidiary stock, SGX: S51) just announce 2 bundled corporate actions of rights issue for Sembcorp Marine and then demerger from Sembcorp Industries. In this article, Dr Tee will compare both Sembcorp stocks and share the possible causes and effects of such actions with deeper analysis. Recently, Temasek stock of Singapore Airlines, SIA (SGX: C6L) just completed the rights and mandatory convertible bonds (MCB) issues to inject extra capital to save the company from Covid-19 crisis encountered in airlines sector with over 90% drop in number of flights. Temasek would become the sponsor to take up additional rights and bonds if not taken up by other shareholders. Temasek may have modified the “res

In this article, you will learn 8 glove manufacturer stocks in Singapore and Malaysia and 6 other sectors which could profit from Covid-19 crisis, each requiring unique stock strategies for investing or trading. 1) Top Glove (SGX: BVA) / (Bursa: 7113) – Singapore / Malaysia Giant Glove Stock 2) Hartalega (Bursa: 5168) – Malaysia Giant Glove Stock 3) Kossan (Bursa: 7153) – Malaysia Giant Glove Stock 4) SuperMax (Bursa: 7106) – Malaysia Giant Glove Stock 5) Riverstone (SGX: AP4) – Singapore Giant Glove Stock 6) Comfort Gloves (Bursa: 2127) – Malaysia Glove Stock 7) Careplus (Bursa: 0163) – Malaysia Glove Stock 8) Rubberex (Bursa: 7803) – Malaysia Glove Stock Crisis is opportunity for stock investing, especially true for glove manufacturers duri

Both MSCI Singapore Index (SiMSCI, 25 stocks) and Straits Times Index (STI, 30 stocks) are important guidance for Singapore stock investors on “Good” stocks for investing. In this article, you will learn on how to invest in index stocks in a right way. MSCI Singapore Index has recently removed 4 blue chip stocks (which are also 30 STI component stocks) from the list: 1) ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52) 2) SATS (SGX: S58) 3) Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96) 4) Singapore Press Holdings, SPH (SGX: T39) and adding only 1 stock as replacement: Mapletree Logistics Trust, MLT (SGX: M44U), a giant Singapore REIT, which is also 30 STI component stock. MSCI Singapore Index component stock selection criteria is stricter than STI index (only based on trading market capitalization, a w

Like so many stocks in the market, ST Engineering’s share price has fallen drastically due to the COVID-19 crisis. Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) is an integrated engineering group with four key business segments in descending order of revenue contribution: Aerospace, Electronics, Land Systems and Marine. ST Engineering usually derives about 30% of its revenue from customers in defence-related sectors each financial year. This is a reason why the company displays greater-than-usual financial resilience compared to a typical company. While ST Engineering recorded a strong fiscal year in 2019, management made it a point to address investors’ concerns about COVID-19’s impact on the company’s operations as well. So here are five things I learned from ST Engi

Over the past month, we have seen strength returning in the Singapore Tech Sector amidst the COVID-19 pandemic... 🌈Some counters have recovered already, while others are still trying to play catch up.Let's take a look at 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐌𝐒. We have seen it slowly inching up over the past week 𝐁𝐔𝐓...The Questions is:𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚? 🤞Well, you want to watch this video to find out what are the key levels that it can potentially head to and(Recorded on 13 May 2020 Live)Why it was on our Watchlist in the first place..I will dive into the CHART and 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐈𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 for you as we put t

As most of you might know, Berkshire Hathaway had their annual shareholders’ meeting this past weekend, with the highlight being Warren Buffett speaking and answering questions for more than 3 hours on topics ranging from his views of the post-COVID-19 market, economic trends, and his current investment strategy. You can watch the full video here, but here’s a summary of key takeaways we learned from Warren Buffett during the session. #1 Ignore Daily Market Noise To Invest With More Clarity Warren Buffett said: “Because they are liquid and quoted minute by minute, [people think] it’s important that you develop an opinion on them minute by minute. That is pretty foolish when you think about it.” Mr Buffett’s advice is that it is foolish to simply let the market’

In his Labour Day speech on 1 May 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong put great emphasis on the role air transport has played to position Singapore as a global and regional hub. Underscoring Singapore’s commitment to SIA, PM Lee said: “The government is determined that SIA will see through this crisis. SIA has always flown Singapore’s flag high all over the world, and made us proud. We will spare no effort to enable it to do so again.” As Singapore’s national carrier, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has supported Singapore’s combat against COVID-19, including flying in essential supplies, mounting evacuation flights to bring Singaporeans’ home and having its cabin crew serve as care ambassadors and safe distancing ambassadors. Of course, its operations have also been severely impa

Dear readers, the top fourteen Straits Times Index (STI) stocks which have made the most percentage upside gain in capital value for the previous one month are below. YZJ Shipbldg SGD(15.29%) ThaiBev(13.93%) Genting Sing(11.28%) Venture(8.74%) Mapletree Log Tr(8.12%) SGX(6.64%) ST Engineering(5.9%) DairyFarm USD(5.33%) Wilmar Intl(5.28%) Singtel(5.06%) Keppel Corp(4.79%) HongkongLand USD(3.09%) Jardine C&C(2.91%) JSH USD(2.83%) Will... The post STRAITS TIMES INDEX (STI) STOCKS TOP FOURTEEN RISING: INVESTORS TO PROFIT MORE? appeared first on SG STOCKS INVESTING: SAVINGS, GRATITUDE (SG) & STOCKS INVESTING! SAVE MORE, BE GRATEFUL AND INVEST BETTER!.

Vicom (SGX: V01) is an authorized vehicle inspection company in Singapore. Based on LTA (Land Transport Authority) regulation, all vehicles / cars in Singapore have to go for inspection every 1-2 years. Due to this legal requirement, yearly or even monthly cash flow of Vicom is stable and predictable (车运亨通) as number of cars in Singapore is also regulated. It is a strong economic moat to own this car inspection license because there are only 2 companies (duopoly) in Singapore: 7 centers operated by Vicom (including 2 by JIC which is also owned by Vicom) and 3 centers owned by STA. So, Vicom has 70% monopoly of vehicle inspection business in Singapore. Inspection fee is regulated by LTA, so no difference which company to go, therefore the company has more locations would hav

Dear readers, which are the fastest growing Singapore stocks right now on the Singapore stocks markets? I attached the list of ten Singapore stocks below with the largest market capitalisation that has a Return-on-Equity of above 15% for investors’ reference. Thai Beverages: 19.30% SGX: 41.01% ST Engineering: 25.87% DairyFarm USD: 27.73% Mapletree Commercial Trust: 17.82%... The post TEN LARGEST FASTEST GROWING SINGAPORE STOCKS: COMPELLING STOCKS BUYS? appeared first on SG STOCKS INVESTING: SAVINGS, GRATITUDE (SG) & STOCKS INVESTING! SAVE MORE, BE GRATEFUL AND INVEST BETTER!.

  Systematic and detail-oriented by nature, Lim Boon Kheng appears to have found his calling in building enterprises. “My passion has always been to take a home-grown business and develop it into a multi-national company of decent size, with diversified revenues and good cashflows – one that can be sustained for many years,” the Chief Executive Officer of SGX-listed IT systems integrator CSE Global Ltd said with a smile. “CSE started as a Singapore company. Our goal is to continue growing as a global organisation with predominantly non-Singapore revenue streams,” Lim added. “I’m the third CEO of this organisation, and after me, there will be a fourth, fifth, or sixth. What’s important is to lay the right foundation during my time so tha

Sign up to unlock articles! It seems that hell has a special place for SIAEC share price. The coronavirus outbreak imploded out of nowhere to cause the entire aviation industry to come to a grinding halt, leading global airlines to ground their fleets. The latest government order to close down workplaces (except for essential services) in Singapore will further roil SIAEC share price to no end. SIAEC share price and ST Engineering in bizarre tale SIAEC share price in bloodbath with Temasek Holdings Year-to-date, SIAEC share price plunged by a staggering 44%. This made SIAEC share price one of the biggest falling stars among the SGX shares. Against this backdrop, investors must be having plenty of sleepless nights and wonder if SIAEC share price will recover from this nightmarish run.

The 1st quarter of 2020 was not so great for stocks as the severity of COVID-19 global spread became apparent. Actually, according to CNN, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), which began in 1896 and is one of the oldest and most watched indexes, just closed out its worst ever quarterly start to a year, dropping 23.2% It should come as no surprise that the strongest stocks in Singapore have also been significantly impacted. In the 1st quarter of 2020, the STI has fallen an even steeper 24.3%. On top of that it doesn’t even take into consideration that the US dollar has gained nearly 6.6% against the Singapore dollar in the 1st quarter of 2020. Read Also: What Past Market Crashes Can Teach Investors About The 2020 Crash That We’re Currently In By the time you read this, Singapore�