Investing in small caps seems like a risky affair. However, do your homework and it can be highly rewarding. In this two part series, we focus on highlighting some of the small cap gems that have remained elusive to the market. These small cap gems have the potential to help your investment portfolio returns turn up a notch. Investors Takeaway: 4 Exciting Small Caps That Are Set For A Year Of Growth  Jumbo Group With earnings bottoming out in FY18, CIMB is confident that Jumbo Group (Jumbo) will grow ahead on stronger profit contributions from its Singapore F&B outlet and more overseas franchised outlets. Four new franchised Jumbo seafood outlets were added in four different cities – Taipei, Taichung, Fuzhou and Bangkok – over the past three quarters. There are now a total of 17

Banyan Tree Holdings Price – $0.58 Target – $0.76 Banyan Tree Holdings (BTH) saw a recovery in its fee-based segment revenue with hotel/fund/club management and spa/gallery operations enjoying positive growth in 4Q18 after registering close to 20% declines each a year ago. Revenue from BTH’s property sales segment also jumped 61% in 4Q18 driven by higher handover of units at Cassia Phuket, Laguna Park townhomes/villas, Laguna Village residences and Banyan Tree Grand Residences. Meanwhile, revenue from the group’s Hotel investments dipped 13% as a result of ongoing renovations at Banyan Tree Phuket and underperformance from Angsana Laguna Phuket as well as deconsolidation effect following the disposal of Seychelles assets portfolio. BTH managed to secure 28 new management contracts

Japfa Ltd (SGX: UD2), Singapore Post Limited (SGX: S08) and Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (SGX: S63) bought back their shares for the week.

It was a rough year for the Singapore stock market in 2018, with most stocks seeing red. Despite the negative sentiments, there are stocks that have managed to tide through the volatility and shown overall growth. We look at the price of stocks that are more than 20 Singapore cents (minimum trading price), based on market opening on 2 January 2018 and market close on 28 December 2018. Here are the top 10 best-performing stocks listed on the SGX in 2018. Read Also: Step-By-Step Guide To Investing Better Using StockFacts #10 PCI Limited (SGX: P19) Opening price per share on 2 Jan 2018 = 0.770 Closing price per share on 28 Dec 2018 = 1.060 Percentage change = 38% #9 Cityneon Holdings Limited (SGX: 5HJ) Opening price per share on 2 Jan 2018 = 0.940 Closing price per share on 28 Dec 2018 = 1.30

With 2018 ending around the corner, we highlight three consumer stocks that UOBKH thinks will help investors’ build a solid foundation for returns in 2019. Investors Takeaway: Finding Refuge In Consumer Stocks For investors with lower risk tolerance, the consumer sector is a possible consideration. There are multiple value plays in the consumer sector including Thai Beverage (ThaiBev), Japfa and Genting Singapore. ThaiBev Although ThaiBev’s 3Q18 result was disappointing, there are still showing signs of recovery. ThiaiBev’s profit was down 16.2 percent year-on-year as a slower-than-expected volume recovery in Thailand continued to drag down sales. However, the consumer confidence index in Thailand is climbing back to 83.2, which is a five-year high. Consumption will likely spread w