Singapore Stocks Sharing

All information is just for sharing on https://spore-share.com or https://spore-share.blogspot.com (Trade/Invest base on your own decision). Thank You! For trading, be firmed in executing your stop loss strategy. Also don’t be too eager to take profit to early. Let your profit run. For Investing it is good to read up and educate yourself to know the basic financial analysis. Learn how to identify good company to invest . Pick those company/counter that you are familiar with their business.

Friday, June 21, 2024

SSB - Singapore Saving Bond : july 2024 Average interest of 3.3 percent seem quite a high interest to me! Deadline 25th Jun 2024. Issue date 1st July 2024.

SSB - Singapore Saving Bond : july 2024 Average interest of 3.3 percent seem quite a high interest to me!

Deadline 25th Jun 2024. Issue date 1st July 2024.

A safe and flexible way to save for the long term

The monthly issuance size of the Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) programme is S$600 million for this month. For more details, refer to the media release.

Interest rate is Based on the table rate reflected on the website.
At the end of each year, on a compounded basis.

http://www.sgs.gov.sg/savingsbonds/Your-SSB/This-months-bond.aspx

Application may apply through: DBS/POSB, OCBC and UOB ATMs and Internet Banking and SRS. CPF funds are not eligible.

Invest amount : You can invest a minimum of $500, and in multiples of $500. The total amount of Savings Bonds held across all issues cannot be more than $200,000.

Interest Payment dates : Upcoming payment: 01 Jan 2024
Subsequent payments (until maturity): Every 6 months on 01 Jul and 01 Jan

Each Savings Bond has a term of 10 years and pays interest every 6 months. Savings Bonds cannot be traded like conventional bonds or shares. Interest income is exempt from tax. Only individuals above 18 years old can apply.

Savings Bonds are fully backed by the Singapore Government. And because the bonds can always be redeemed for the full amount invested, investors are protected against capital losses when interest rates change. This makes them one of the safest possible investments for individuals to hold.

Save up to 10 years, and earn interest that “steps up” or increases over time. Hold your Savings Bond for the full 10 years and receive an average interest per year that matches the return from 10-year Singapore Government Securities yields, which has generally been between 2%-3%.

Flexible :
Or, choose to exit your investment in any given month, with no penalties. There is no need to decide on a specific investment period at the start.

Just received my interest this month, awesome!

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

UOB Bank - Yesterday I think Big Boy pushing up the price to secure the profit! Many resistance ahead! Likely to go down to test 29.98-30.00 again! Pls dyodd.

UOB Bank - Yesterday I think Big Boy pushing up the price to secure the profit! Many resistance ahead! Likely to go down to test 29.98-30.00 again!

Pls dyodd.

15th April 2024:

UOB - Volatile week as ME tensions plus higher oil prices doesnt bode well for the stocks market! Lets see how the local bank fares!

UOB - She is going XD on 25th April for 0.85 dividend. I think is good to secure the profit! Pls dyodd.

UOB - Looks rather weak! Likely to go down to test 28 again! Pls dyodd.

Is never wrong to lock in profit as bank are sensitive to future rate cut.

UOB Bank - I think boat is back! She has corrected from 29.24 to close at 27.95 yesterday, yield is more than 6 percent looks quite an interesting! Pls dyodd.

UOB Bank - FY results is out! FY Net profit is up 26 percent to 6.1b.4th quarter net profit climbed to S$1.40 billion ($1.04 billion) from S$1.15 billion a year earlier.Proposed a Final dividend of 85 cents as expected but no special dividend or Bonus issue like Dbs bank. Lets see how market react!

XD of 85 cents on 25th April.

At 29.24, yield is about 5.8%.

UOB reported

a 22% rise in net profit in the fourth quarter from a year earlier on the back of higher net fee and non-interest income.

UOB, which is Southeast Asia's third-largest bank by assets, said October-December net profit climbed to S$1.40 billion ($1.04 billion) from S$1.15 billion a year earlier.

The bank recommended the payment of a final dividend of 85 Singapore cents per share, bringing the total dividend for 2023 to S$1.70 per share.

Saturday, June 15, 2024

Mapletree PanAsia Com Tr - Trading at 1.22 , yield is more than 7 percent looks like market has overly punished this counter and pressed the price to such a low lever! NAV is about 1.70, gearing is about 40 percent. DPU started to show sign of improving! Pls dyodd.

Mapletree PanAsia Com Tr - Trading at 1.22 , yield is more than 7 percent looks like market has overly punished this counter and pressed the price to such a low lever! NAV is about 1.70, gearing is about 40 percent. DPU started to show sign of improvement.

Pls dyodd.

Yield is more than 7 percent for this index reit counter looks rather interesting!

Mapletree PanAsia Com Tr - hovering at 1.24 after went ex.dividend, seem to be holding up well! We need a catalyst for her to rise back to 1.38 and 1.42 !

Perhaps a first rate cut is near the corner! Pls dyodd.

2nd May 2024:

Mapletree PanAsia Com Tr - Today, she went Ex.dividend! Likely to go down to revisit 1.20 again!

Pls dyodd.

Mapletree PanAsia Com Tr - The 4th Quarter results is out! DPU is up 1.8 percent to 2.29 cents, seems not bad!

(DPU) for the fourth quarter ended March grew 1.8 per cent year on year to S$0.0229 from S$0.0225 previously.

Unitholders can expect to receive the distribution payout on Jun 6 after book closure on May 3.

The real estate investment trust’s (Reit) gross revenue grew 2.6 per cent to S$239.2 million, while net property income (NPI) for the quarter rose 3.2 per cent to S$183.1 million with an NPI margin of 76.6 per cent.

Friday, June 7, 2024

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT - She will need ti clear 2.69/2.70 smoothly in order to rise up further towards 2.83! Yield is about 5.6 percent at 2.65 seem quite good! Pls dyodd.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT - She will need ti clear 2.69/2.70 smoothly in order to rise up further towards 2.83!

Yield is about 5.6 percent at 2.65 seem quite good!

Pls dyodd.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT - Nibbled a bit at 2.58 i think the price is rather undervalued! Yield is about 5.8 percent, gearing is healthy below 40 percent, occupancy rate is above 94 percent! Pls dyodd.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT - 1st quarter results update is out! Occupancy rate 93.3 percent, Divestment of properties at 64.2m, Gearing is healthy at 38.3 percent and positive rental reversion of 16.9 percent.

75 percent fixed loan rate. Nothing mentioned about Gross Revenue and NPI. The numbers seem not bad!

Chart wise, 2.47 looks like a great pivot support point!

Golden opportunity is back!

Pls dyodd.

CapitaLand Integrated comm Tr - She has broken down 1.89 likely to go down to revisit 1.81 than 1.79.

At 1.85, yield is about 5.8 percent which is quite a good yield level!Pls dyodd.

CapLand IntCom Tr (C38U.SI) - I think Great sales is back! Treading at 1.92, yield is about 5.6 percent for this Class A Office cum Shopping Mall reit is worthy to take a closer look! Do take note!

NAV 2.11.

I think she may go down to revisit 1.89 which might be a great pivot point to consider!

Pls dyodd.

Meeting Date29 April 2024

2.30 P.M. AT THE STAR GALLERY LEVEL 3, THE STAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 1 VISTA EXCHANGE GREEN SINGAPORE 138617 OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.

CapLand IntCom Tr - She is gaining strength and may likely rise up to reclaim 2.00 again! A nice breakout smoothly plus good volume we may see her rising up towards 2.03 than 2.07.

Yield is about 5.43 percent at 1.97. I think seem quite a nice Yield! Pls dyodd.

31st January 2024:

CapLand IntCom Tr - She is slowly climbing up again and managed to touch 2.02, looks rather positive! A nice breakout of 2.02 smoothly we may see her revisiting 2.08 again!

Quote:

Temasek's Fullerton acquires 795,700 units in CICT at $1.9019 each.

Looks like they are seeing price trading at an attractive price level.

Likely to rise up to test 2.09 than 2.16.

Pls dyodd.

CapLand IntCom Tr - Fantastic! She has managed to cross over 1.91 smoothly and closed well at 2.01, this bullish momentum may likely continue to rise higher towards 2.09-2.10.

Huat ah!

Pls dyodd.

Hosey! She is going to Gap up and run away!

Likely to cross over 1.91 smoothly and rises up towards 2.00 than 2.07.

Pls dyodd.

Fed Holds Rates Steady, Indicates Three Cuts Coming in 2024

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its key interest rate steady for the third straight time and set the table for multiple cuts to come in 2024 and beyond.

The Dow Jones industrial average hit its first record closing high since January 2022 and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied more than 1% each on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled that its interest rate-hiking policy is at an end and that it sees lower borrowing costs in 2024.

When will she be able to overcome the resistance at 1.90! A nice breakout smoothly plus high volume would likely see her rising up to 1.95-1.97 than 2.07.

Pls dyodd.

Looks like she may cross over the resistance at 1.90 any moment!

Pathing way foe 1.95 than 2.00 with extension to 2.09.

Pls dyodd.

Chart wise, bullish mode!

Short term wise, she may likely rise up to test 1.90 Tyan 1.95 with extension to 2.07-2.09.

Not a call to buy or sell!

Please dyodd.

It seems like it is having a temporary rebound as the volume is still low not so convincing!

Pls dyodd.

At 1.69, yield is about 6.27% of which I think is quite a gd yield for this giant retail cum grade A office reit.

NAV 2.12.

3rd quarter Results update will be out on 26th October.

Not a call to buy or sell!

Pls dyodd.

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT or the Trust) is the first and largest real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) with a market capitalisation of S$13.5 billion as at 31 December 2022. It debuted on SGX-ST as CapitaLand Mall Trust in July 2002 and was renamed CICT in November 2020 following the merger with CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT).

Looking at the FY 2022 results the NPI is up 9.7% and achieved an increased of DPU from 10.40 to 10.58 cents. It looks like the rental income is improving!

The First Quarter 2023 update is as follow:

The NPI is up 11.3% to 276.3m and occupancy rate % has improved from 95.8 to 96.2.

The gearing is slightly from 40.90 to 40.40%.

The Average WALE is 3.7 years.

The Top 10 tenants are RC Hotels (Pte) Ltd, WeWork Singapore, GIC Private Limited, NTUC Enterprise Co-Operative Ltd & Temasek Holdings etc.

Total Property value is about 24.2 billion of which is the Biggest reit counter listed on the Local Singapore Exchange.

NAV is about 2.116.

Yearly dividend of about 10.58, Yield is about 5.6%(based on current price of 1.89).

I think gd pivot entry point is back!

Please dyodd.

Monday, June 3, 2024

Great Eastern - There is no news about the revised offered price! It looks like the VGO offered price of 25.60 will stay! Price likely dropped back to 25.60 if no news about any revised offer! VGO to be received by 28th June 5.30pm.

Great Eastern - There is no news about the revised offered price! It looks like the VGO offered price of 25.60 will stay!

Price likely dropped back to 25.60 if no news about revised offer! VGO to be received by 28th June 5.30pm.

For those whom had bought at 17 to 18+. I guess would have already sold or accepted the offer!

Not a call to sell or accept the offer!

Pls dyodd.

How To Work Out Free Cashflow

Let us work out the Free cash flow for StarHub base on their financial result for 2018.

As can be seen from their Cash Flow statement for FY2018, Ops cash flow after working capital changes is $446.6m.

FCF = $446.6m less CAPEX of $ 272.8m = $ 173.7m.

Dividend of about 9 cents (2.25 cents x 4) to be paid out for Y2019 is about 1,730,698,702 shares X $90 , which is about $155.76m.

It looks like the FCF of $173.7m less dividend of 9 cents to be paid in Y2019 of $155.76m,we have a positive FCF of $17.94m.

However, if we take a look at the Bank loan to be paid up in one year is $50.1m.

Therefore, I think the balance of FCF of 17.94 is not sufficient to cover the bank loan $50.1m beside the interest to be payable for the remaining bank loans + perpetual notes etc.

The group net debts level is quite high at 1.52x.

This is just my observation base on the financial figures being extracted from the FY2018 statement.

This is just for sharing and not a call to buy or sell for this counter.

It is good to do you own analysis.

Investment Stocks Metrics

Don't read too much into news and affect your investment decision!

Below is the investment method./strategy that has worked well for me so far. I will only add to my position if the share price has dropped about 10% lower than my average holding price or recently added price. If the fall is less than that usually I will just sit on the shares and do nothing. This is assuming the fundamentals of the underlying business has not changed.

For others , you may also consider to have a bigger percentage of more than 10%, may be 15-20% if this works well for you.

I suppose this kind of disciplined approach also works for a non-leveraged portfolio. A 10% drop before adding on to position is reasonable especially if the shares were recently bought in and the value investor has already done his due diligence to buy in at a sensible fair price.

Usually, it is difficult for share prices of a fundamentally good business with strong growth prospects to drop by too large a magnitude.

If share price drops more than 10% from one's average holding price, then the investor must really ask the critical question whether his average holding price was bought too high due to him making a wrong assessment of the business's fair share price he has entered? Or is it suggestive that a bear market is coming and a lot of other shares have also fallen by at least 10% off their recent highest price reached and prices seem to display even more falling momentum? Or is there something inherently wrong with the fundamentals of the business that the investor did not pick up in his initial assessment before he entered the stock? Or is it a temporary issue that the business is facing which will cause a temporary deterioration in business fundamentals but it should recover in due time.

Below are the list of counters that I am monitoring:

NOT A CALL TO BUY or sell.

Please do your due diligence.

Jardine Matheson Holdings

2. Haw Par Corporation

3. DBS

4. OCBC

5. Nordic

6. Riverstone Holdings

7. Top Glove Holdings

8. Micro Mechanics

9. Ascendas REIT

10. Parkway Life REIT

11. First REIT

12. CapitaCommercial Trust

13. Mapletree Commercial Tust

14. CapitaLand Mall Trust

15. Suntec REIT

16. Raffles Medical Group

17. UOI

18. Sheng Siong

19. Wilmar

20.Food Empire

21. Sunningdale

22. ST Engineering

23. SATS

During times of volatility, seasoned investors has to practice staying calm and stick to the basics instead on being overdue panic.

Please do you own due diligence.

Opening Of A Securities Trading Account

Opening of a Security Trading Account

Any member of the public who wishes to trade/buy any stock counters listed on the Singapore Exchange will need to open a Brokerage trading securities account with any of the registered Securities Brokering Companies in Singapore.

Once the member has successfully registered their trading account with the registered Securities Brokering Company in Singapore they will then be issued with the approve Trading securities account number to perform trading of share /stock counter on Singapore Exchange(SGX).

This Trading securities account number will then be linked to their CDP (The Central Depository) account number for the settlement of their payment/deposit and withdrawal of securities etc.

Brokerage fees:

Generally the brokerage fees for example for trding via online are as follows :

Contract Size	Rates*	Effective Rates* (Less 3 to 5% Mileage)
Minimum $25		$23.75
Up to $50,000	0.28%	0.266%
> $50,000 - $100,000	0.22%	0.209%
> $100,000	0.18%	0.171%

For more details kindly refer to my blog post - Opening of a Security Trading Account

Position Sizing and How Much Share To Buy

Position Sizing - it plays an important role of protecting the trader for being over exposed to a particular trade by minimizing the risk .

The percentage (%) of risk can be measure in terms of 1-5 or 6-10 % that you can afford to loss for each trade.

How to work out the maximum quantity for each trade that depends of each an individual risk tolerance level.

For example, person A can only tolerate a loss of 3% for each trade.

Let's say he has $10000 as capital. 3% risk appetite.

The formula is roughly as follow:-

10000 x 3% ( risk per trade - 1-10%)
--------------------------------------------
Entry Price less Cut Loss price

= 300
--------------------------
$1.00(EP) - $0.95(SL)

300
= ------- = 6000 share.
0.05

Person A capital for his /her trade is 6000 x $1.00 = $6000

For example , person B risk appetite is 5%.

let's say he or she has $12000 as capital , 5% risk exposure.

The formula is roughly as follows:-

12000 x 5% (% risk per trade)
-------------------------------------
$1.10(EP) less $1.01(SL)

600
= ---------
0.09

= 6600 share.

Person B, he/she capital for this trade would be 6600 x $1.10 = $7260

The above example is meant for educational illustration and is not an advice or recommendation for any particular stock trading.

Pls dyodd.

InvestingNote Interview

Sporeshare is one of InvestingNote’s most reputable member in IN Member’s Ranking with more than 1000+ followers, specialising in technical analysis. He owns a blog, http://sporeshare.blogspot.com. Till date, he has created many educational post and investment ideas and spurred discussions on InvestingNote platform. This is Episode 8.https://www.investingnote.com/posts/1041004 Tell us more about yourself and how did you get started in investing or trading? I would say is basically due to the launch of Singapore Telecom or SingTel IPO share for all Singaporean at a special offer price in Nov 1993. I started to apply and open an securities account with one the brokerage house and doing basically known as “tikam” investing - usually based on tips from broker or friends or colleagues. What type of trader or investor would you say you are? Swing trader. Based on the chart patterns presented at a particular point of time. A Swing trade can be a continual process and go into a Trend/Position trade at a longer term perspective. A bullish uptrend chart patterns may continue to rise further after taking a short pause/breather. Overtime, it may drag into a period of 3 to 6 months for a nice trading position. What are your best investment and worst investment since you started investing? The best investment would be Keppel Corp & Sembcorp Ind of which has been able to make a nice profit. We can always enter and exit the same counter several times and yet we are still able to make profit again and again. The worst investment would be Noble Group. Don’t fall in love with any counter. It is important to stick to your trading or investing plan and when the time has come to cut loss, we shouldn’t be hesitated to do it. It is also important to educate ourselves with basic Financial Analysis such as knowing the financial health of the company that we are dealing with. Do you have an idol in investing or trading? If so, what’s the most memorable teaching from them? I would say some of the IN users are very helpful in parting their investing knowledge and idea. Particularly, JeremyOwtaip & Turtle_Investor. I have been able to pick up some investing ideas from them. Do you have any rules to stock picking? Yes. For trading, I would not touch ultra-penny counter that is trading below S$0.20. Ideally, would be at least S$0.40 – S$0.50. In trading , we would enter a trade only when the market confirm the setup is being activated/triggered. Do not anticipate and wait till market to confirm your opinion . It is ok to be a little bit late in a trade, it is ultra important or assurance that your opinion is correct. Patience is key in trading in order to win the trade. Can you share with us what is your current portfolio allocation? I I am having 45% in equities, 15% in Bond and 40% cash. What do you think of the current market conditions in Singapore right now? Current market is being clouded by the trade war issue. Short term uncertainties is causing the market to be swayed more towards the Bear territories. STI has corrected from the High of 3600 to the current level of about 3100 – 3200 level. It is now hovering in a CRITCAL situation. If it not able to hold up well above 3100 level then it may likely go further down to test 3000 level . Unless, it is able to stage a strong recovery and rise above 3250 level in order to reverse this down trend. Which industry and sectors are you currently looking at and why? I am looking at Oil & Gas sector that has seen oil prices rises from below $20 to a high of $70 level. It is forecasting that oil prices may rise back to $100. Bullish on O&G sector. REITs counters may also form a good dividend income portfolio even during market uncertainties as it is able to continue to give out stable Distribution per unit. Not really affected much by rising interest rate hike.. Also Bank counter may benefit for an interest rate rising environment as their revenue rise in tandem. Feel free to visit my blog at https://sporeshare.blogspot.com/... What is your day to day strategy towards investing or trading? Do you implement a top-down or bottom-up approach for stock picking? Only trade when the trading opportunity arise. It applies to both approach. It is very important to work out your trading position / target for a particular counters by working out the Entry Price, Stop Loss price, Target Price, Position Sizing to work out the maximum no of share to buy in advance while waiting for the market to confirm your opinion. Do not trade without a proper plan.. How do you manage your portfolio, passively or actively and elaborate on it? You may keep track of your total portfolio either using a excel spreadsheet or by relying on the brokerage house trading system to manage your total no. of counters at any one time. If you can go back in time to change one mistake about your investing/trading journey, what would it be? For trading, be firmed in executing your stop loss strategy. Also don’t be too eager to take profit to early. Let your profit run. For Investing it is good to read up and educate yourself to know the basic financial analysis. Learn how to identify good company to invest . Pick those company/counter that you are familiar with their business. Buy only those counter that is trading below its Fair value etc.. Also what advice would you give to new traders or investors? It is very important to equip and educate ourselves with the Trading or investing knowledge. Don’t rely on tips! Ensure we have a proper plan in place whenever we enter a trade. Don’t speculate and trade without knowing what you are trying to achieve. – Sporeshare currently has more than 1,000 followers and provide many accurate stock estimates. Follow him to get the latest updates and educational posts on the Singapore stock market. For more juicy analysis and personal stories by other financial influencers,

Stocks Trading And Investing Idea

I happen to see these comments appearing on one of the forum and I think is a good way to share! Quote: The ability to LOON until the stock makes its U-Turn and come back up to erase all your paper loss is closely intertwined with the size of your reserve army. The bigger your reserve army, the stronger your ability to LOON. And the size of your reserve army is in turn tied to whether you did overtrade. When you trade with a cash account, once you have used up all your capital, you stop buying. You pay for your shares and sit out the rest of the downturn and patiently wait for the stock to find its bottom, U-Turn, and come back up to your entry price. That' s if you stop buying. But if you didnt stop buying...you continued to do contra trades after you ran out of capital, that' s overtrading. If the stock does not find its bottom and U-Turn within the contra period, you will have to cut and take the loss. When you trade with a CFD account, observe your one-third rule. Use the 1st one-third of your capital to open positions. Open wisely based on best prices under best conditions, not carelessly buy thinking that you still have two-thirds of your army. Treat your troops with respect. Treat them like they are your brothers. You wont risk your brothers' lives and send them on a suicide mission, will you? Ofcoz not. So when you start buying with your 1st one-third of your army, buy under best prices and best conditions using your indicators and doing the best you can. If wrong and your 1st one-third is stuck, you can do nothing and watch first. Wait for the selling to stop. Then use your 2nd one-third of your troops to nibble slowly to average down (or average up if you are SHORTing). Bear in mind that your 2nd one-third of your troops has another function --- to pay com and daily interest plus to buffer paper loss for your stuck positions. You should never touch your last one-third to average down (or up) when the market is still falling. You need that last one-third to give you that security blanket and confidence to weather out any further downside. It is this last one-third of your reserve army which enables you to sleep well each night and get on with your life. When the U-Turn comes, you can either do nothing and let the rising tide erase your paper loss first. When enough troops are converted from paper loss to Avaliable To Deal, you can use those converted troops to add more positions. Or if you are aggressive, you can use some of your last one-third of reserve troops to add more positions to ride on the recovery. How much of the last one-third reserve troops you can use --- there is no hard and fast rule. The more aggressive and more risk-seeking you are, the more you can use. The more conservative and more risk-averse you are, the lesser you can use. Or even not use at all. It all depends on your trading experience, your trading philosophy, your appetite for risk and your hunger for adventure. With that, I leave you with these quotations.... " A pessimist sees risks in times of certainty. An optimist sees opportunities in times of uncertainty." " Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful." " The best time to buy stocks is when there is blood-letting on the streets, even if it is your own blood." " When the enemy presents you with an opening, move in and penetrate immediately." Below is my comments: It only apply to Blue chips and the company fundamental is still ok. Cannot use it to apply any other counters and esp penny and ultra penny counter . Sometimes we didn't see them recover. So pls trade within your own financial means ! Do not borrow or on high margin to play stock .I think You may get into serious trouble .. trade with extra cautious!

Contracts For Difference (CFD)

Contracts for difference (CFDs) provide a flexible way to trade on the price movements of thousands of global financial products such as Shares, indices, commodities, Forex /foreign curriencies etc.

When you trade using CFDs, you don’t buy or sell the underlying asset (e.g. a physical share), you buy or sell a number of units, depending on whether you think a product’s price will go up or down. For every point the price moves in your favour, you gain multiples of the number of units you have bought or sold. For every point the price moves against you, you will make a loss. Please remember this loss can exceed your deposits.

Some of the benefits of CFD trading are that you can trade on margin, you can go short (sell) if you think the price will go down, and you can use CFDs to hedge an existing physical portfolio.

For more details kindly refer to my blog post - Contracts for difference(CFD)

STI ETF

I think good investing does not require too many fanciful ideas and strategies. Just one simple no-brainer strategy that can work effectively through time and allow us to sit back and relax to enjoyr the reward of the investment that is working effortlessly to achieve our investment goal of getting 8-10% gain( passive income). This simple strategy is to invest in a low cost ETF( Exchange Traded Fund) such as the STI ETF (ES3.SI) or NIKKO AM STI ETF(G3B.SI) This method of operation is to buy into STI ETF whenever it is in an oversold condition and to sell off and take profits whenever it is in an overbought condition. For example, one may use the indicator such as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) to determine overbought ( above 70 ) or oversold condition( below 30). One may plan to buy and selling of units in several batches whenever in oversold or overbought conditions in order to get the best average price. For example you may plan to buy in at different interval or whenever the Oversold situation happen . In any one year, there will be three to four such window opportunities of overbought or oversold conditions to operate by buying or selling units of the ETF. At the same time, we can also kept some units always to receive dividend income and for their long term growth in price appreciation. With discipline and patience , one should be able to get good average returns per year in excess of certain % by this one simple strategy of investing in one single ETF .I think This simple one strategy is safe and allow one to sleep soundly at night without worry of negative news affecting individual stocks in one's portfolio which could crash the share price of the particular stock the next day. This is because even if one or two of the component stocks in STI ETF of blue chips should collapse in share prices, there will be 28 others to diversify away the risk of the entire portfolio collapsing at anytime. As for younger folks who just started out working and does not have enough cashflows and savings , one may start to spread out the different batch of buying or applying the Dollar-cost-averaging method by investing $1000 at 6-8 different batches that would be able to achieve lower average costs per unit. the example are as follows:- 1. When the index price is $2.00, your $1000 will be able to buy 500 shares. 2. When the index price is $2.50, your $1000 will be able to buy 400 shares 3. When the index price is $2.90, your $1000 will be able to buy 344 shares 4. When the index price is $1.66, your $1000 will be able to buy 625 shares 5. When the index price is $3.00, your $1000 will be able to buy 333 shares 6. When the index price is $3.20, your $1000 will be able to buy 312 shares 7. When the index price is $3.50, your $1000 will be able to buy 285 shares Total = $7000 / 2799 shares = $ 2.50 average cost per unit. By using this method, you will be able to make a profit once the stock market rises above this low average price. RSP : Just sharing. Not a call to buy or sell. Please do your own due diligence.

Corporate Bonds

The recent stock market volatility may be a good time for investor to consider a perpetual bond that provide good decent yields from a high quality issuers which currently offers yields of between 3.8% to 5.25 % per annum. Payable half yearly.

With fairly guidance from the Federal Reserve despite the first rate hike in nearly 10 years,interest rates (and bank deposit rates) have not been rising as quickly as investors may have liked. For those looking for a decent level of yield from a high quality issuer, the perpetual bonds issued by the above-mentioned issuers may be an option to lock in for defensive play/fixed income yield.

For more details kindly check this out on Bond counters

Ezotop

Friday, June 21, 2024

A safe and flexible way to save for the long term

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Saturday, June 15, 2024

Friday, June 7, 2024

Temasek's Fullerton acquires 795,700 units in CICT at $1.9019 each.

Monday, June 3, 2024