Dear readers, I read in the news today that a Centurion, listed on the Singapore Stocks Exchange is considering a Reit next to consolidate some of its assets. I think one more Reit into our local bourse will give investors looking for dividend yields another option. However, do note that not all Singapore Reits perform
Dear readers, we are celebrating the 60th birthday of Singapore (SG60) this year. And this year will also be the year where very likely the committee that has been tasked to look at rejuvenating the Singapore stocks markets will roll out the measures to inject the much-deserved vibrancy into the Singapore stocks markets. With the
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Dear readers, we are into the last trading day of the year and the Singapore stocks market’s Straits Times Index (STI) closed at 3,787.60 for today. This is a good performance considering that on the last trading day (29 Dec 23) last year, the STI was at 3,240.27. Indeed, the Singapore stocks markets had a
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Dear readers, Singpost stock has been a stock of interest ever since news broke of the departure of its former CEO, former CFO, former CEO of an international unit and a former Board director. From what I have read online of what some view as future plans for Singpost following the aforementioned episode, quite a
Dear readers, I always hold the view that the Singapore market is limited in size and for a company to grow, it is tempting to look overseas. But when it comes to overseas, venturing abroad brings with it, a fair share of challenges too in relation to operating in a foreign landscape. As Singapore attracts
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Dear readers, unless you are really too busy to have kept up with the news, one of the biggest stock-related news on Singapore stock markets for this year just occurred today. The Group CEO, CFO and CEO of International Business unit of Singpost were asked to leave following the handling of a whistleblower’s report. Following
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Dear readers, Singpost stock is of focus today as its stock tumbled some over 10% following news that Singpost’s group chief executive officer Mr Vincent Phang, group chief financial officer Mr Vincent Yik and chief executive of the company’s international business unit Mr Li Yu have been asked to leave following the handling of a
Dear readers, we are close to the end of yet another year in 2024. The Straits Times Index constituent stocks has performed well this year, with DBS stock on of the stellar performers. However, not all the STI stocks have done well this year, in particular, the Reits and Business Trusts listed on the STI.
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Dear readers, the Singapore stocks markets, as measured by the Straits Times Index (STI), has a successful year. As of today, the STI is up by 14.8% for the year-to-date. Specifically, the STI closed 3,719,93 on 20 Dec 24 and this is close to 15% as compared to the 3240.27 level achieved by STI on
Dear readers, there are only four IPOs in 2024. As a note, I should say year 2024 to date, but I am not aware that there will be an upcoming IPO in the remaining weeks of Dec 24. What is also noteworthy is that there is no mainboard listing this year. The four Catalist IPOs