In the second quarter of 2022, the Straits Times Index (STI) delivered a negative 8% total return. This isn’t that surprising as global markets have been extremely volatile in that time – marked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, disruptions to supply chains, runaway inflation and rising interest rates. On the back of this, the SGX reported that institutions have pulled nearly $1.1 billion from Singapore stocks in the second quarter of 2022 on an aggregate basis. Diving deeper, banks, technology and REITs counters have booked the most net institutional outflow across all sectors. Against this challenging operating backdrop, there were still 5 REITs that managed to attract more institutional funds – pouring in $300 million more into the counters in 2022. This acted as a catalyst for t

Following Malaysia’s announcement that it will ban chicken exports from 1 June 2022, multiple Singapore supermarkets and wet markets saw their shelves cleared out of fresh chicken. Amidst the speculation that the price of chicken will increase due to supply constraints, several people have taken to Carousel to list chicken at significantly marked-up prices. One user listed a ”rare limited fried chicken” for $3,000, adding to the description: ”Last chance to taste chicken before it becomes extinct for months to come.” While this is obviously a joke (we think?), it indicates the sentiments that many of us may currently be feeling, and that is prices of food would be on the rise in the months to come. While such a doomsday scenario is unlikely to occur after Fair

In a few days time, we will welcome 2021. 2020 has been a strange year. For many of us, some of the norm and stuff that we are so used to do has changed. I am sure many hope that this pandemic will be over soon. It is also a strange year for investors, fist witnessing market crashing almost everyday and followed by fierce FOMO re-bounced. For the braved ones, it has been rewarding but like most investors, my portfolio was ugly red during the March crashed.Here is a summary of how I have done. My overall portfolio performance as follow:Dividend received = $18,917Profit from sale of stocks = $19,804Trading = $1593 (45%)  (started in Oct. as experimental)Total profit 2020 = $40,314Below are my worst performing counter:Sing O&G (-25%)Halycon agri (-16%) - TradingSilverlakes