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7 Singapore Growth Stocks for 2021 Year of Bull (牛气冲天)

Posted on January 17, 2021 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Global stock markets are bullish in Year of Bull 2021, even Singapore STI Index is above 3000 points again after 1 year of COVID-19 stock crisis. New US President, Joe Biden, is printing more money with QE, an easy way for stock market to surge with quicker recovery of economy. For investors who may miss the lower entry points last year, may consider long term growth stock investing or short term momentum trading strategies to ride the bullish wave of growth stocks with recovery of pandemic after global vaccination.

In this Dr Tee 2.5-hr video education (7 Growth Stocks for 2021 Year of Bull), you will learn Market Outlook 2021 for Singapore and Malaysia with 7 growth and momentum giant stocks recovering in 7 sectors during pandemic, having high upside potential:
1) Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68) – Finance Growth Stock
2) Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92) – F&B Growth Stock
3) Vicom Limited (SGX: WJP) – Transportation Growth Stock
4) Parkwaylife REIT (SGX: C2PU) – REIT Growth Stock
5) Raffles Medical Group (SGX: BSL) – Healthcare Growth Stock
6) Micro-Mechanics Holdings (SGX: 5DD) – Technology Momentum Stock
7) Cortina Holdings (SGX: C41) – Consumer Discretionary Momentum Stock

Here is Dr Tee Free 2.5-hr Video Course (suitable for bilingual learners: verbal presentation in Chinese, written notes in English, technical charts for everyone). Enjoy and give your comments for improvement. You may subscribe to Dr Tee Youtube channel (Ein Tee) for future Dr Tee video talks.

Dr Tee Video Course: https://youtu.be/YPVBC5rDQqg

在这Dr Tee 2.5小时教育视频（2021牛气冲天的7只成长股），您可学习：
1) 新加坡交易所 (SGX: S68) – 金融成长股
2) 泰国酿酒 (SGX: Y92) – 餐饮成长股
3) 维康 (SGX: WJP) – 交通成长股
4) 百汇生命 (SGX: C2PU) – 房地产信托成长股
5) 莱佛士医疗 (SGX: BSL) – 医疗成长股
6) 微机械 (SGX: 5DD) – 科技动量股
7) 高登 (SGX: C41) – 非必需消费品动量股

这儿是 Dr Tee 免费2.5小时华语课程（适合双语学员：华语表达，英语讲义，图表皆通）。请欣赏鄙作，留言求进步。您可订阅 Dr Tee Youtube 频道(Ein Tee)，链接未来投资视频。

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Here are 7 groups of related Singapore stocks in 7 sectors but a smart investor should only focus on giant stocks.

1) Banking & Finance Sector is more cyclical in nature, following economy cycles, worst time is over, could benefit from recovery of pandemic. There are 30 Banking & Finance Stocks in Singapore including Singapore Exchange (Giant Stock):

AMTD IB OV (SGX: HKB), B&M Hldg (SGX: CJN), DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Edition (SGX: 5HG), G K Goh (SGX: G41), Global Investment (SGX: B73), Great Eastern (SGX: G07), Hong Leong Finance (SGX: S41), Hotung Investment (SGX: BLS), IFAST Corporation (SGX: AIY), IFS Capital (SGX: I49), Intraco (SGX: I06), Maxi-Cash Finance (SGX: 5UF), MoneyMax Finance (SGX: 5WJ), Net Pacific Finance (SGX: 5QY), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), Pacific Century (SGX: P15), Prudential USD (SGX: K6S), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), SHS (SGX: 566), Sing Investments & Finance (SGX: S35), Singapore Reinsurance (SGX: S49), Singapura Finance (SGX: S23), TIH (SGX: T55), Uni-Asia Group (SGX: CHJ), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), UOB-KAY HIAN HOLDINGS (SGX: U10), UOI (SGX: U13), ValueMax (SGX: T6I), Vibrant Group (SGX: BIP).

2) Food & Beverages Sector is more defensive in nature, affected mainly during early stage of COVID-19 during circuit breaker, could benefit from recovery of pandemic. There are 48 F&B Stocks in Singapore including Thai Beverage (Giant Stock):

Abterra (SGX: L5I), Acma (SGX: AYV), Amara Holdings (SGX: A34), Bonvests Holdings (SGX: B28), ChasWood Resources (SGX: 5TW), China Fishery (SGX: B0Z), China Kangda Food (SGX: P74), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), Del Monte Pacific (SGX: D03), Delfi (SGX: P34), Dukang (SGX: BKV), Envictus (SGX: BQD), Food Empire Holdings (SGX: F03), Fraser and Neave F&N (SGX: F99), Hosen Group (SGX: 5EV), Japan Foods Holding (SGX: 5OI), Japfa (SGX: UD2), JB Foods (SGX: BEW), Jumbo Group (SGX: 42R), Katrina Group (SGX: 1A0), Khong Guan (SGX: K03), Kimly (SGX: 1D0), Koufu (SGX: VL6), Luzhou Bio-Chem (SGX: L46), Mewah International (SGX: MV4), Neo (SGX: 5UJ), No Signboard Holdings (SGX: 1G6), Old Chang Kee (SGX: 5ML), OneApex (SGX: 5SY), Pacific Andes (SGX: P11), Pavillon (SGX: 596), QAF (SGX: Q01), Sakae (SGX: 5DO), SATS (SGX: S58), Sheng Siong (SGX: OV8), Shopper360 (SGX: 1F0), Sino Grandness (SGX: T4B), Soup Restaurant (SGX: 5KI), ST Group Food (SGX: DRX), SunMoon Food (SGX: AAJ), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), Tung Lok Restaurants (SGX: 540), United Food (SGX: AZR), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), Yamada Green Resources (SGX: BJV), Yeo Hiap Seng (SGX: Y03), Zhongxin Fruit (SGX: 5EG).

3) Transportation Sector has been in serious crisis during COVID-19 due to social distancing, need more time than other sectors to recover from pandemic. There are 24 Transportation Stocks in Singapore including Vicom (Giant Stock):

Baker Technology (SGX: BTP), CH Offshore (SGX: C13), COSCO Shipping International Singpore (SGX: F83), Chuan Hup Holdings (SGX: C33), ComfortDelGro Corporation (SGX: C52), Ezra Holdings (SGX: 5DN), First Ship Lease Trust (SGX: D8DU), Grand Banks Yachts (SGX: G50), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Keppel Corporation (SGX: BN4), MS Holdings (SGX: 40U), MTQ Corporation (SGX: M05), Pan-United Corporation (SGX: P52), Penguin International (SGX: BTM), SBS Transit (SGX: S61), Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), Samudera Shipping Line (SGX: S56), Sembcorp Marine (SGX: S51), Seroja Investments (SGX: IW5), Singapore Shipping Corporation (SGX: S19), Tan Chong International (SGX: T15), VICOM Limited (SGX: WJP), Vibrant Group (SGX: BIP).

4) REIT Sector is more defensive than other sectors, rental income is not much affected by COVID-19, could benefit from recovery of pandemic. There are 52 REITs and Business Trusts Stocks in Singapore including Parkwaylife REIT (Giant Stock):

AIMS APAC Reit (SGX: O5RU), ARA Hospitality Trust USD (SGX: XZL), ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust (SGX: K2LU), Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U), Ascendas India Trust (SGX: CY6U), Ascott Trust (SGX: HMN), Asian Pay Tv Trust (SGX: S7OU), BHG Retail Reit (SGX: BMGU), CapitaLand Commercial Trust (SGX: C61U), CapitaLand Mall Trust (SGX: C38U), CapitaLand Retail China Tr (SGX: AU8U), CDL Hospitality Trust (SGX: J85), Cromwell Reit EUR (SGX: CNNU), Cromwell Reit SGD (SGX: CSFU), Dasin Retail Trust (SGX: CEDU), Eagle Hospitality Trust USD (SGX: LIW), EC World Reit (SGX: BWCU), Elite Commercial Reit (SGX: MXNU), ESR-REIT (SGX: J91U), Far East Hospitality Trust (SGX: Q5T), First Reit (SGX: AW9U), Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX: J69U), Frasers Hospitality Trust (SGX: ACV), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (SGX: BUOU), FSL Trust (SGX: D8DU), HPH Trust SGD (SGX: P7VU), HPH Trust USD (SGX: NS8U), IREIT Global (SGX: UD1U), Keppel Infrastructure Trust (SGX: A7RU), Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT (SGX: CMOU), Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU), Keppel Reit (SGX: K71U), Lendlease Reit (SGX: JYEU), Lippo Malls Trust (SGX: D5IU), Manulife Reit (SGX: BTOU), Mapletree Commmercial Trust (SGX: N2IU), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U), Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (SGX: RW0U), NetLink NBN Trust (SGX: CJLU), OUE Commercial Reit (SGX: TS0U), ParkwayLife Reit (SGX: C2PU), Prime US Reit (SGX: OXMU), RHT HealthTrust (SGX: RF1U), Sabana Reit (SGX: M1GU), Sasseur Reit (SGX: CRPU), Soilbuild Business Space Reit (SGX: SV3U), SPH Reit (SGX: SK6U), Starhill Global Reit (SGX: P40U), Suntec Reit (SGX: T82U), United Hampshire US Reit (SGX: ODBU).

5) Healthcare Sector has different responses to COVID-19 (benefited or affected), both could benefit from recovery of pandemic but stock performance would vary. There are 37 Healthcare Stocks in Singapore including Raffles Medical (Giant Stock):

Accrelist Ltd (SGX: QZG), Alliance Healthcare (SGX: MIJ), Aoxin Q & M Dental (SGX: 1D4), Asia Vets Holdings (SGX: 5RE), AsiaMedic (SGX: 505), Asian Healthcare Specialists (SGX: 1J3), Beverly JCG (SGX: VFP), Biolidics (SGX: 8YY), Cordlife (SGX: P8A), First Reit (SGX: AW9U), Haw Par Corporation (SGX: H02), HC Surgical Specialists (SGX: 1B1), Healthway Medical Corporation (SGX: 5NG), Hyphens Pharma International (SGX: 1J5), IHH Healthcare (SGX: Q0F), ISEC Healthcare (SGX: 40T), IX Biopharma (SGX: 42C), Lonza Group (SGX: O6Z), Medinex (SGX: OTX), Medtecs International Corporation (SGX: 546), OUE Lippo Healthcare (SGX: 5WA), ParkwayLife Reit (SGX: C2PU), Pharmesis International (SGX: BFK), Q&M Dental Group (SGX: QC7), QT Vascular (SGX: 5I0), Raffles Medical Group (SGX: BSL), RHT Health Trust (SGX: RF1U), Riverstone Holdings (SGX: AP4), SingMedical Group (SGX: 5OT), Suntar Eco-City (SGX: BKZ), TalkMed (SGX: 5G3), Thomson Medical Group (SGX: A50), Tianjin Zhong Xin Pharmaceutical Group (SGX: T14), Top Glove Corporation (SGX: BVA), Trendlines Group (SGX: 42T), UG Healthcare Corporation (SGX: 41A), Vicplas International (SGX: 569).

6) Technology Sector has benefited from COVID-19, especially for online related stocks, future stock market responses would vary, depending on type of technology. There are 88 Technology Stocks in Singapore including Micro-Mechanics (Giant Stock):

Accrelist Limited (SGX: QZG), Acma Limited (SGX: AYV), Advanced Systems Automation (SGX: 5TY), Adventus Holdings (SGX: 5EF), AEI Corporation (SGX: AWG), AEM Holdings (SGX: AWX), Allied Technologies Limited (SGX: A13), Amplefield Limited (SGX: AOF), Asian Micro Holdings (SGX: 585), ASTI Holdings (SGX: 575), Avi Tech Electronics (SGX: BKY), Ban Leong Technologies (SGX: B26), CDW Holding (SGX: BXE), CEI Limited (SGX: AVV), CFM Holdings (SGX: 5EB), Chuan Hup Holdings (SGX: C33), CPH Limited (SGX: 539), Creative Technology (SGX: C76), Datapulse Technology (SGX: BKW), Dragon Group International (SGX: MT1), Dutech Holdings (SGX: CZ4), Duty Free International (SGX: 5SO), Ellipsiz Limited (SGX: BIX), Excelpoint Technology (SGX: BDF), Frencken Group (SGX: E28), Global Invacom Group (SGX: QS9), Global Testing Corporation (SGX: AYN), GP Industries (SGX: G20), Grand Venture Technology (SGX: JLB), HGH Holdings (SGX: 5GZ), Hu An Cable Holdings (SGX: KI3), ICP Limited (SGX: 5I4), Jadason Enterprises (SGX: J03), JEP Holdings (SGX: 1J4), Karin Technology Holdings (SGX: K29), Ley Choon Group (SGX: Q0X), Libra Group (SGX: 5TR), Manufacturing Integration Technology (SGX: M11), Maruwa Yen1k (SGX: M12), MeGroup Limited (SGX: SJY), Micro-Mechanics Holdings (SGX: 5DD), Plastoform Holdings (SGX: AYD), Polaris Limited (SGX: 5BI), Powermatic Data Systems (SGX: BCY), Renaissance United (SGX: I11), Serial System (SGX: S69), SEVAK Limited (SGX: BAI), Shinvest Holding (SGX: BJW), Sunright Limited (SGX: S71), Sunrise Shares Holdings (SGX: 581), SUTL Enterprise (SGX: BHU), Thakral Corporation (SGX: AWI), The Place Holdings (SGX: E27), Trek 2000 International (SGX: 5AB), TT International (SGX: T09), UMS Holdings (SGX: 558), Valuetronics Holdings (SGX: BN2), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), Willas-Array Electronics Holdings (SGX: BDR), World Precision Machinery (SGX: B49), Alpha Energy Holdings (SGX: 5TS), Alset International (SGX: 40V), Artivision Technologies (SGX: 5NK), Asiatravel.com Holdings (SGX: 5AM), A-Smart Holdings (SGX: BQC), Azeus Systems Holdings (SGX: BBW), Boustead Singapore Limited (SGX: F9D), Captii (SGX: AWV), Challenger Technologies (SGX: 573), CSE Global (SGX: 544), DISA (SGX: 532), International Press Softcom (SGX: 571), ISDN Holdings (SGX: I07), Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU), Koyo International (SGX: 5OC), M Development (SGX: N14), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), New Silkroutes Group (SGX: BMT), New Wave Holdings (SGX: 5FX), PEC (SGX: IX2), Plato Capital (SGX: YYN), Procurri Corporation (SGX: BVQ), Rich Capital Holdings (SGX: 5G4), Silverlake Axis (SGX: 5CP), SinoCloud Group (SGX: 5EK), Stratech Group (SGX: BRR), Synagie Corp (SGX: V2Y), YuuZoo Networks Group Corp (SGX: AFC).

7) Consumer Sector has different responses in COVID-19 crisis, Consumer Staple Sector benefited in early stage of COVID-19 while Consumer Discretionary Sector has more potential in recovery stage of pandemic. There are 40 Consumer Stocks in Singapore including Cortina (Giant Stock):

Aspial Corporation (SGX: A30), BHG Retail Reit (SGX: BMGU), Camsing Healthcare (SGX: BAC), CapitaLand Retail China Trust (SGX: AU8U), Challenger Technologies (SGX: 573), China Sports (SGX: FQ8), Choo Chiang Holdings (SGX: 42E), Cortina Holdings (SGX: C41), Dairy Farm International Holdings (SGX: D01), Duty Free International (SGX: 5SO), Epicentre Holdings (SGX: 5MQ), EuroSports Global (SGX: 5G1), FJ Benjamin Holdings (SGX: F10), Gallant Venture (SGX: 5IG), Hafary Holdings (SGX: 5VS), Hatten Land (SGX: PH0), Isetan Singapore (SGX: I15), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Jardine Strategic Holdings (SGX: J37), Koda Limited (SGX: BJZ), Koufu Group (SGX: VL6), LifeBrandz Limited (SGX: 1D3), Lorenzo International (SGX: 5IE), Mercurius Capital Investment (SGX: 5RF).

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There are over 1500 giant stocks in the world based on Dr Tee criteria, choice of 10 Dream Team giant stocks have to align with one’s unique personality, eg. for shorter term trading (eg. momentum or swing trading) or longer term investing (cyclic investing, undervalue investing or growth investing). Readers should not just “copy and paste” any stock (What to Buy, When to Buy/Sell) as successful action taking requires deeper consideration (LOFTP strategies – Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis) which you could learn further from Dr Tee Free 4-hr Webinar.

Drop by Dr Tee free 4hr webinar (learning at comfort of home with Zoom) to learn how to position in global giant stocks during COVID-19 stock crisis with 10 unique stock investing strategies, knowing What to Buy, When to Buy/Sell.

Zoom will be started 30 min before event, bonus talk (Q&A on any investment topics from readers) for early birds. There are many topics we will cover in this 4hr webinar, Dr Tee can have more time for Q&A if you could stay later after the webinar, you could ask on any global and local stocks including but not limited to 30 STI component stocks:

Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U), CapitaLand (SGX: C31), CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX: C38U), City Development (SGX: C09), ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Genting Singapore (SGX: G13), Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Jardine Strategic Holdings JSH (SGX: J37), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU), Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), SATS (SGX: S58), Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96), Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Singtel (SGX: Z74), ST Engineering (SGX: S63), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), UOL (SGX: U14), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX: BS6).

Dr Tee will cover over 20 case studies, Singapore giant stocks, eg. CapitaLand Mall Trust (SGX: C38U), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Top Glove (SGX: BVA), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Vicom (SGX: WJP) and many others, Malaysia giant stocks, Hong Kong giant stocks and US giant stocks, both long term investing and short term trading.

There are limited tickets left for this 4hr free webinar, please ensure 100% you could join when register: www.ein55.com

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Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Market Outlook, Stock Market Tagged: covid-19, crisis stock, growth stock

Boat of Opportunity Coming for COVID-19 Stock Rally

Posted on November 25, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

COVID-19 vaccine likely will get FDA approval soon, then will be injected ASAP to millions of people globally by end of Dec 2020, before extending to billions of people in the next 6-12 months to end the pandemic permanently. In fact, even 2/3 people are protected, enough to terminate COVID-19 virus naturally as spreading path will be limited when over 60% people have immunity.

Stock market is forward looking, economy is the “master” who walk the “dog” which is stock market taking the lead. For conventional investor who waits for confirmation of economy recovery may miss the early boat of COVID-19 stock crisis recovery rally

There are 2 main investing and trading strategies during any major stock crisis (including COVID-19 pandemic):

1) Average Down (Bear Market)

This is mainly suitable for cyclic / dividend / undervalue stocks which share prices are declining into lower optimism. Dividend yield of 2% – 10% would help to strengthen holding power of investor during “winter time” of stock crisis. Now it is the time for this group of contrarian investors to benefit in coming summer of bullish stock market with tremendous capital gains.

2) Average Up (Bull Market)

This is mainly suitable for growth / momentum stocks with uptrend prices, eg technology / software and COVID-19 beneficiary stocks (eg healthcare, glove, etc). This strategy is sensitive to price trend (especially momentum trading), therefore recently there is sector rotation with changing of momentum to COVID-19 affected stocks (those average down stocks now become potential average up stocks).

It is fine if stock investors have missed the past 8 months of stock “crisis” to buy low (i.e. average down). Now the investors should not miss the change of “average up” but careful choice of growth / momentum stocks in the right sector is crucial for success as share price is getting higher (but still moderate low optimism).

The old saying of “Crisis is Opportunity” is correct for the past decades of market cycle every 5-10+ years, again proven correct for COVID-19 stock crisis. However, this is conditional the investment has to be a giant stock. If not, “Buy Low” may “Get Lower” or even going bankrupt.

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Congratulations to success of Ein55 graduates who dare to overcome own biggest enemy (oneself) to take action, “Be Greedy when others are fearful”. I have received many positive students feedback, here are a few examples:

– over 40% DBS gains + over 20% OCBC gains when investing since Mar 2020

– over 50% gains in Nov 2020 for an US giant bank stock (cyclic)

– over 40% gains in an online HR technology stock (growth)

– over 25% gains in Nov 2020 for 2 oil & gas giant stocks (cyclic + dividend)

– and many other global giant stocks (there are total over 1500 giant stocks following Dr Tee giant stock criteria).

It is never too late to learn stock investment. You have not missed the investment opportunity yet (despite recent stock rally) as there are at least 10 different strategies in stock investing and trading, some adjustments are required for the current global stock market, different from the past 8 months of pandemic. It is important to master the skills quickly within the next 6 months, in order not to miss the last few boats of opportunities for COVID-19 stock crisis (should be called “rally” now).

Once day, the rally would become crisis again, therefore an investor has to master such investment clock for Stocks, Properties, Forex (including bitcoin), Commodities and Bonds.

Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Market Cycle Investing, Stock Market Tagged: covid-19, crisis stock investing, cyclic investing stock, stock rally

Last Few Trains for COVID-19 Stock Crisis Recovery Rally

Posted on November 17, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Global stock markets see strong light at the end of tunnel recently with confirmation of Biden as new US president and news COVID-19 vaccine over 90% effectiveness. During early phase of pandemic, Dr Tee students learned to apply defensive dividend stock strategies to consider Asian giant stocks at low optimism (average down strategy), balancing with growth investing / momentum trading (average up strategy) in bullish US giant stocks.

The stock market this time is different from last 8 months of V-shape recovery limited to a few sectors (eg. Technology / Software, Healthcare / Glove, etc). There are sectors rotation, focusing more on cyclical stocks (eg. banks and oil & gas) and COVID-19 affected stocks are recovering quickly, resulting in global surge in share prices, over 10-40% over the past few weeks.

Even for lagging Singapore stock market, 30 STI component blue chip stocks have started to surge together with the world stock market:

Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U), CapitaLand (SGX: C31), CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX: C38U), City Development (SGX: C09), ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Genting Singapore (SGX: G13), Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Jardine Strategic Holdings JSH (SGX: J37), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU), Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), SATS (SGX: S58), Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96), Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Singtel (SGX: Z74), ST Engineering (SGX: S63), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), UOL (SGX: U14), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX: BS6).

If Biden could get support from Congress after 20 Jan 2021 to print more money with QE (Quantitative Easing), the potential stock market upside is enormous, especially when more proven vaccines are manufactured and injected globally, allowing more people to interact again, as if a reborn of world economy which would drive the stock market further up.

Stock market is forward looking, will not wait for the economy to be strong first. Since the vaccine development and implementation is considered nearly known unknown, global stock market is getting stronger with more confirmation news.

Crisis is opportunity (eg. 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, 2003 SARS / Gulf War, 2008-2009 Subprime crisis, including COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021), it is never too late to consider stock investing and trading now but one has to master what to buy with global giant stocks, following by the unique investment clock of when to buy and sell.

Congratulations to graduation of 6-day Ein55 class in Nov 2020, together with recent graduates in July – Oct 2020 classes, catching the last few trains for global stock market recovery rally. During pandemic, they took the courage to learn in 6-day Ein55 class (www.ein55.com/course) with both Meet-up / Live Zoom options, including Singapore and overseas students (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Qatar, etc).

Zoom will be started 30 min before event, bonus talk (Q&A on any investment topics from readers) for early birds. There are many topics we will cover in this 4hr webinar, Dr Tee can have more time for Q&A if you could stay later after the webinar.

Dr Tee will cover over 20 case studies, Singapore giant stocks, eg. CapitaLand Mall Trust (SGX: C38U), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Top Glove (SGX: BVA), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Vicom (SGX: WJP) and many others, Malaysia giant stocks, Hong Kong giant stocks and US giant stocks, both long term investing and short term trading.

There are limited tickets left for this 4hr free webinar, please ensure 100% you could join when register: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Market Cycle Investing, Stock Market Tagged: covid-19, market outlook, stock market crisis

Download Dr Tee 2 eBooks for Stock Market 2021 with Joe Biden as US President during Pandemic

Posted on November 8, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

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Are you worried or excited about the current global stock market with impact of COVID-19 pandemic especially with the new US President, Joe Biden? Every crisis is an opportunity for investing. You will learn useful methods step by step from 2 valuable FREE stock investment eBook by Dr Tee which work in stock market. Take action now to surprise yourself!

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Global Stock Market Outlook 2021

Mass Market Sentiment Survey （大众市场情绪调查）
Review of Global Stock Markets （环球股市回顾）
US Market Outlook （美国市场展望）
Regional Market Outlook (Europe, China, Hong Kong) （区域市场展望）
Singapore Market Outlook (Stock & Property) （新加坡市场展望）
Conclusions and Recommendations （总结及建议）

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Personalized Stock Investment Portfolio （个人化股票投资组合）
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Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Market Cycle Investing, Stock Market, Value Investing Tagged: ebook, market outlook

111 Singapore S-Chip and Greater China Stocks (龙潭虎穴)

Posted on October 2, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

China is world No 2 economy, therefore there are many China business related stocks in the world (Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, US). The quality of China related stocks could vary significantly, including 111 S-Chip stocks in Singapore with 20% weak stocks are suspended and also some strong China stocks could double the share price in a short period.

In this article, you will learn from Dr Tee on 4 China related Giant Stocks which are efficient in making money with strong business growth in Greater China market (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan). Bonus for readers who could read every words of the entire article, learning unique strategy for each giant stock.

1) Singapore All-Rounded Giant Stock (S-Chip / A-Share)

– Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group (SGX: T14 / China Shanghai: 600329, 天津中新药业)

2) China / Hong Kong Giant Bank Stock (H-Share / A-Share)

– Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China, ICBC (China Shanghai: 601398 / HKEX: 1398, 中國工商銀行)

3) China F&B Giant Stock (A-Share)

– Kweichow Moutai (China Shanghai: 600519, 貴州茅台酒)

4) Taiwan Technology Giant Stock (ADR)

– Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, TSMC (Taiwan: 2330 / NYSE: TSM, 台積電)

After China joining WTO since 2001, it has opened up its door to the world, including many global stocks in different stock markets, eg. Singapore (S-Chip), China (A-Share), Hong Kong (H-Share), US (ADR), etc. Greater China market includes China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, which is a fast rising region, attracting global investors.

In fact, reputation of S-Chip (China business with stock listed in Singapore) is relatively low as 20% of these stocks (24 / 111 stocks) have been suspended as of now due to various reasons, including poor businesses, not following SGX codes of business practices, potential scandals, etc. This concern is also observed in global stock exchanges for other China related stocks in Hong Kong (H-Share) or even in US, eg. Luckin Coffee (NASDAQ: LK) with “excellent” financial report but proven was not reported truthfully. Greed could make a business choose shortcut to achieve the goal. So, a stock investor has to make an integrated analysis of China related stocks, taking calculated risks to ride the uptrend wave of businesses.

There are 111 S-chip or China related Stocks in Singapore, making money with businesses in Greater China (龙潭虎穴):

AnAn International (SGX: Y35), Anchun International Holdings (SGX: BTX), AnnAik Limited (SGX: A52), ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust (SGX: K2LU), BM Mobility (SGX: I9T), Bund Center Investment Ltd (SGX: BTE), CapitaLand Retail China Trust (SGX: AU8U), Chasen Holdings (SGX: 5NV), China Aviation Oil Singapore Corp (SGX: G92), China Environment (SGX: 5OU), China Everbright Water (SGX: U9E), China Fishery (SGX: B0Z), China Great Land (SGX: D50), China Haida (SGX: C92), China Hongxing Sports (SGX: BR9), China International Holdings (SGX: BEH), China Jishan Holdings (SGX: J18), China Mining (SGX: BHD), China Paper Holdings (SGX: C71), China Real Estate Group (SGX: 5RA), China Sky Chem (SGX: E90), China Sports (SGX: FQ8), China Yuanbang Property Holdings (SGX: BCD), China Kangda Food Company (SGX: P74), China Kunda Technology Holdings (SGX: GU5), , Combine Will International Holdings (SGX: N0Z), COSCO Shipping International Singapore (SGX: F83), Courage Investment Group (SGX: CIN), Darco Water Technologies (SGX: BLR), Debao Property Development (SGX: BTF), Dukang Distillers Holdings (SGX: BKV), Dutech Holdings (SGX: CZ4), Emerging Towns & Cities Singapore (SGX: 1C0), Fabchem China (SGX: BFT), First Sponsor Group (SGX: ADN), Full Apex (SGX: BTY), Fuxing China Group (SGX: AWK), Global Invacom Group (SGX: QS9), Green Build Technology (SGX: Y06), Guoan International (SGX: G11), Healthway Medical Cor (SGX: 5NG), Hi-P International (SGX: H17), Hutchison Port Holdings Trust SGD (SGX: P7VU), Hutchison Port Holdings Trust USD (SGX: NS8U), Hu An Cable Holdings (SGX: KI3), Hyflux Limited (SGX: 600), IEV Holdings (SGX: 5TN), Japfa Limited (SGX: UD2), Jason Marine Group (SGX: 5PF), JES International Holdings (SGX: EG0), Jiutian Chemical Group (SGX: C8R), Joyas International Holdings (SGX: E9L), KOP Limited (SGX: 5I1), LCT Holdings (SGX: BJL), Leader Environmental Technologies Limited (SGX: LS9), Lion Asiapac Limited (SGX: BAZ), Luzhou Bio-chem Technology Limited (SGX: L46), Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (SGX: RW0U), Memstar Technology (SGX: 5MS), Mercurius Capital Investment (SGX: 5RF), Midas Holdings (SGX: 5EN), Mirach Energy Limited (SGX: AWO), MMP Resources Ltd (SGX: F3V), Malaysia Smelting Corp (SGX: NPW), Natural Cool Holdings (SGX: 5IF), Net Pacific Financial Holdings (SGX: 5QY), Nordic Group (SGX: MR7), Ouhua Energy Holdings (SGX: AJ2), Pacific Andes Resources Development (SGX: P11), Pacific Century Regional Developments (SGX: P15), Pan Hong Holdings Group (SGX: P36), PEC Limited (SGX: IX2), Plastoform Holdings (SGX: AYD), Raffles Infrastructure Holdings (SGX: LUY), Sapphire Corp (SGX: BRD), SBI Offshore Limited (SGX: 5PL), SembCorp Industries Limited (SGX: U96), Shanghai Turbo Enterprises (SGX: AWM), Shangri-La Asia Limited (SGX: S07), SIIC Environment Holdings (SGX: BHK), Sinarmas Land Limited (SGX: A26), Sincap group (SGX: 5UN), Sing Holdings (SGX: 5IC), Sinjia Land Limited (SGX: 5HH), Sino Grandness Food Industry Group (SGX: T4B), Sinopipe Holdings (SGX: X06), Sinostar PEC Holdings (SGX: C9Q), Starland Holdings (SGX: 5UA), Straco Corporation (SGX: S85), Sunpower Group (SGX: 5GD), Suntar Eco City (SGX: BKZ), SunVic Chemical Holdings (SGX: A7S), Swing Media Technology Group (SGX: BEV), Thakral Corporation (SGX: AWI), Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group (SGX: T14), Tiong Seng Holdings (SGX: BFI), United Food Holdings (SGX: AZR), USP Group Limited (SGX: BRS), Valuetronics Holdings (SGX: BN2), Willas-Array Electronics Holdings (SGX: BDR), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), World Precision Machinery (SGX: B49), Yamada Green Resources (SGX: BJV), Yanlord Land Group (SGX: Z25), Yongmao Holdings (SGX: BKX), Yunnan Energy International (SGX: T43), Yangzijiang Shipbuilding YZJ CNY (SGX: SO7), Yangzijiang Shipbuilding YZJ SGD (SGX: BS6), Zhongmin Baihui Retail Group (SGX: 5SR).

From the table sorted below for 111 China related stocks in Singapore, only half are profitable (62 / 11 stocks were making money in businesses last year). Therefore, careful choices of giant China stocks are critical, some are at lower optimism share prices due to either stock market fear or actual business is affected during COVID-19 pandemic.

Most China related stocks in Singapore don’t pay dividend (only 41 / 11 stocks pay dividend). Even if they do, for example, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (SGX: P7VU / NS8U) with over 9% dividend yield, are not good dividend stocks (despite backed by Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong richest man) due to weaker business fundamental.

Many S-Chip stocks (81 / 11) have Price-to-Book ratio ($ / NAV = PB) < 1 with discount over asset but majority do not have high quality asset related to cash or properties. “Buy Low” may get lower in share prices, a common mistake by beginner investor to buy a stock cheaply (eg. at historical low price) without considering the business fundamental and economic moat.

For most local and global China related stocks, main strategy would be cyclic investing or swing trading, therefore understanding of business and stock market cycle is much more important than undervalue price or dividend payment.

No	Name	Code	ROE (%)	Dividend Yield (%)	PB = Price /NAV
1	Alibaba Pictures Group	S91	–	–	1.80
2	AnAn International	Y35	–	–	1.23
3	Anchun International Holdings	BTX	3.94	10.5	0.04
4	AnnAik Limited	A52	3.34	4.7	0.31
5	ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust	K2LU	–	8.8	1.07
6	BM Mobility	I9T	–	–	4.38
7	Bund Center Investment Ltd	BTE	6.35	1.9	0.94
8	CapitaLand Retail China Trust	AU8U	8.83	8.3	0.72
9	Chasen Holdings	5NV	–	–	0.39
10	China Aviation Oil Singapore Corp	G92	11.96	5.1	0.70
11	China Environment	5OU	–	–	0.36
12	China Everbright Water	U9E	9.46	6.0	0.39
13	China Fishery	B0Z	5.13	–	0.15
14	China Great Land	D50	–	–	-0.19
15	China Haida	C92	–	–	0.05
16	China Hongxing Sports	BR9	–	–	-383.33
17	China International Holdings	BEH	5.61	–	0.32
18	China Jishan Holdings	J18	–	–	1.81
19	China Mining	BHD	–	–	0.41
20	China Paper Holdings	C71	3.24	–	0.13
21	China Real Estate Group	5RA	–	–	0.77
22	China Sky Chem	E90	–	–	0.06
23	China Sports	FQ8	–	–	0.13
24	China Yuanbang Property Holdings	BCD	5.99	–	0.09
25	China Kangda Food Company	P74	0.68	–	0.19
26	China Kunda Technology Holdings	GU5	–	–	1.20
27	China Sunsine Chemical Holdings	QES	15.182	3	0.6385
28	Combine Will International Holdings	N0Z	8.11	5.051	0.26
29	COSCO Shipping International Singapore	F83	1.38	–	0.77
30	Courage Investment Group	CIN	0.41	–	0.18
31	Darco Water Technologies	BLR	–	–	0.29
32	Debao Property Development	BTF	–	–	0.10
33	Dukang Distillers Holdings	BKV	–	–	0.03
34	Dutech Holdings	CZ4	7.98	3.9	0.45
35	Emerging Towns & Cities Singapore	1C0	5.76	–	0.19
36	Fabchem China	BFT	–	–	0.23
37	First Sponsor Group	ADN	10.43	1.851	0.78
38	Full Apex	BTY	–	–	0.08
39	Fuxing China Group	AWK	–	–	0.10
40	Global Invacom Group	QS9	–	–	0.39
41	Green Build Technology	Y06	–	–	0.30
42	Guoan International	G11	–	–	2.24
43	Healthway Medical Cor	5NG	–	–	0.79
44	Hi-P International	H17	13.51	2.473	1.47
45	Hutchison Port Holdings Trust SGD	P7VU	2.04	9.294	0.39
46	Hutchison Port Holdings Trust USD	NS8U	2.04	9.403	0.40
47	Hu An Cable Holdings	KI3	–	–	0.78
48	Hyflux Limited	600	–	–	-0.16
49	IEV Holdings	5TN	14.10	–	5.28
50	Japfa Limited	UD2	13.62	1.479	0.90
51	Jason Marine Group	5PF	8.80	3.497	0.60
52	JES International Holdings	EG0	-44.12	–	-2.77
53	Jiutian Chemical Group	C8R	–	–	1.28
54	Joyas International Holdings	E9L	–	–	3.75
55	KOP Limited	5I1	–	–	0.36
56	LCT Holdings	BJL	1.00	–	0.68
57	Leader Environmental Technologies Limited	LS9	–	–	4.27
58	Lion Asiapac Limited	BAZ	0.75	–	0.41
59	Luzhou Bio-chem Technology Limited	L46	–	–	-0.75
60	Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust	RW0U	2.62	7.688	0.66
61	Memstar Technology	5MS	–	–	-1.67
62	Mercurius Capital Investment	5RF	–	–	6.25
63	Midas Holdings	5EN	–	–	-7.71
64	Mirach Energy Limited	AWO	52.17	–	0.18
65	MMP Resources Ltd	F3V	–	–	-0.48
66	Malaysia Smelting Corp	NPW	9.01	2.532	0.90
67	Natural Cool Holdings	5IF	–	–	0.60
68	Net Pacific Financial Holdings	5QY	–	–	0.59
69	Nordic Group	MR7	9.87	4.06	0.95
70	Ouhua Energy Holdings	AJ2	7.48	–	0.27
71	Pacific Andes Resources Development	P11	8.47	–	0.09
72	Pacific Century Regional Developments	P15	2.97	8.63	0.81
73	Pan Hong Holdings Group	P36	15.44	3.722	0.37
74	PEC Limited	IX2	–	1.25	0.56
75	Plastoform Holdings	AYD	–	–	-0.34
76	Raffles Infrastructure Holdings	LUY	15.32	–	0.87
77	Sapphire Corp	BRD	4.55	–	0.22
78	SBI Offshore Limited	5PL	–	–	0.55
79	SembCorp Industries Limited	U96	3.07	3.786	0.41
80	Shanghai Turbo Enterprises	AWM	–	–	1.81
81	Shangri-La Asia Limited	S07	2.46	1.218	0.54
82	SIIC Environment Holdings	BHK	7.19	5.495	0.28
83	Sinarmas Land Limited	A26	15.14	2.332	0.25
84	Sincap group	5UN	1.03	–	0.04
85	Sing Holdings	5IC	15.35	4.868	0.51
86	Sinjia Land Limited	5HH	–	–	0.58
87	Sino Grandness Food Industry Group	T4B	6.35	–	0.03
88	Sinopipe Holdings	X06	–	–	-31.71
89	Sinostar PEC Holdings	C9Q	13.64	–	0.52
90	Starland Holdings	5UA	1.05	30	0.60
91	Straco Corporation	S85	13.21	5.057	1.62
92	Sunpower Group	5GD	7.96	0.476	1.07
93	Suntar Eco City	BKZ	0.03	–	2.47
94	SunVic Chemical Holdings	A7S	24.63	–	0.13
95	Swing Media Technology Group	BEV	4.76	–	0.09
96	Thakral Corporation	AWI	6.71	9.524	0.39
97	Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group	T14	11.61	5.373	0.79
98	Tiong Seng Holdings	BFI	3.99	3.596	0.24
99	United Food Holdings	AZR	–	–	0.13
100	USP Group Limited	BRS	–	–	0.25
101	Valuetronics Holdings	BN2	14.53	6.48	1.08
102	Willas-Array Electronics Holdings	BDR	–	–	0.31
103	Wilmar International	F34	7.72	2.839	1.22
104	World Precision Machinery	B49	1.85	5.364	0.34
105	Yamada Green Resources	BJV	2.25	–	0.99
106	Yanlord Land Group	Z25	11.86	6.018	0.39
107	Yongmao Holdings	BKX	7.68	0.283	0.40
108	Yunnan Energy International	T43	–	–	0.91
109	Yangzijiang Shipbuilding YZJ CNY	SO7	9.99	4.414	0.66
110	Yangzijiang Shipbuilding YZJ SGD	BS6	9.99	4.612	0.62
111	Zhongmin Baihui Retail Group	5SR	28.57	4.84	2.86

Due to globalization, most of the 30 STI component stocks have significant businesses in Greater China market (eg. Wilmar, Hongkong Land, etc), although they are not commonly labelled as S-Chip (such as Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, YZJ):

DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Singtel (SGX: Z74), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Jardine Strategic Holdings JSH (SGX: J37), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), CapitaLand (SGX: C31), Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U), Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), ST Engineering (SGX: S63), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), HongkongLand (SGX: H78), Genting Singapore (SGX: G13), Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), City Development (SGX: C09) , CapitaLand Mall Trust (SGX: C38U), CapitaLand Commercial Trust (SGX: C61U), Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), UOL (SGX: U14), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX: BS6), Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96), SATS (SGX: S58), ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52).

An investor has to be selective in investing as some China related stocks in Singapore are weak (buy low may get lower in share price due to weak business, especially in a bearish stock market), despite some may have a beautiful Chinese name or belong to a promising China market but the competition is too intense, only giant China stocks could be profitable in longer term.

Here, let’s focus on 4 China related giant stocks in 4 different stock exchanges (Singapore, Hong Kong / China, Taiwan / US).

1) Singapore All-Rounded Giant Stock (S-Chip / A-Share)

– Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group (SGX: T14 / China Shanghai: 600329, 天津中新药业)

Despite Tianjin Zhongxin is much smaller than other pharmaceutical companies in China, it is a little giant stock. It is an all-rounded stock with many unique characteristic, eg cyclic, growth, dividend and even undervalue. This implies an investor or a trader would have more options but need to choose the right strategy aligning with own personality.

The stock is currently as lower optimism level, possible for long term cyclic investing to Buy Low but requires years of holding power before could sell high, supporting by steady business growth, even during COVID-19 pandemic. The company also distributes high dividend (about 5% dividend yield), suitable for holding but weakness is cyclic share prices may result in losses for shorter term traders, therefore trend-following strategy may be considered. The stock is listed in both Singapore (S-Chip) and China Shanghai (A-Share) with some differences in short term prices due to different market responses (eg. China stock market is relatively more bullish than Singapore stock market over the past 1 year).

Tianjin Zhongxin is a giant Singapore / China healthcare stock, much stronger than most of other 37 Singapore healthcare stocks in Singapore:

Accrelist Ltd (SGX: QZG), Alliance Healthcare (SGX: MIJ), Aoxin Q & M Dental (SGX: 1D4), Asia Vets Holdings (SGX: 5RE), AsiaMedic (SGX: 505), Asian Healthcare Specialists (SGX: 1J3), Beverly JCG (SGX: VFP), Biolidics (SGX: 8YY), Cordlife (SGX: P8A), First Reit (SGX: AW9U), Haw Par Corporation (SGX: H02), HC Surgical Specialists (SGX: 1B1), Healthway Medical Corporation (SGX: 5NG), Hyphens Pharma International (SGX: 1J5), IHH Healthcare (SGX: Q0F), ISEC Healthcare (SGX: 40T), IX Biopharma (SGX: 42C), Lonza Group (SGX: O6Z), Medinex (SGX: OTX), Medtecs International Corporation (SGX: 546), OUE Lippo Healthcare (SGX: 5WA), ParkwayLife Reit (SGX: C2PU), Pharmesis International (SGX: BFK), Q&M Dental Group (SGX: QC7), QT Vascular (SGX: 5I0), Raffles Medical Group (SGX: BSL), RHT Health Trust (SGX: RF1U), Riverstone Holdings (SGX: AP4), SingMedical Group (SGX: 5OT), Suntar Eco-City (SGX: BKZ), TalkMed (SGX: 5G3), Thomson Medical Group (SGX: A50), Tianjin Zhong Xin Pharmaceutical Group (SGX: T14), Top Glove Corporation (SGX: BVA), Trendlines Group (SGX: 42T), UG Healthcare Corporation (SGX: 41A), Vicplas International (SGX: 569).

2) China / Hong Kong Giant Bank Stock (H-Share/A-Share)

– Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China, ICBC (China Shanghai: 601398 / HKEX: 1398, 中國工商銀行)

ICBC is the world largest bank based on asset size, listed in both China Shanghai (A-Share) and Hong Kong (H-Share). It has steady business performance but the growth is limited over the past few years (transition from growth to mature company). It has attracted support of global funds including Temasek of Singapore as a major shareholder (8.4%).

The share price is at long term and medium term low optimism, could be considered for cyclic investing with Buy Low Sell High strategy but current bearish short term prices (sharp falling knife) could result in losses for a trader. In addition, the stock pays consistent dividend in the past, currently dividend yield is about 7%, reasonable for passive income investor.

ICBC is a giant China / Hong Kong bank stock, much stronger than most of 30 Singapore Banking & Finance stocks in Singapore:

AMTD IB OV (SGX: HKB), B&M Hldg (SGX: CJN), DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Edition (SGX: 5HG), G K Goh (SGX: G41), Global Investment (SGX: B73), Great Eastern (SGX: G07), Hong Leong Finance (SGX: S41), Hotung Investment (SGX: BLS), IFAST Corporation (SGX: AIY), IFS Capital (SGX: I49), Intraco (SGX: I06), Maxi-Cash Finance (SGX: 5UF), MoneyMax Finance (SGX: 5WJ), Net Pacific Finance (SGX: 5QY), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), Pacific Century (SGX: P15), Prudential USD (SGX: K6S), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), SHS (SGX: 566), Sing Investments & Finance (SGX: S35), Singapore Reinsurance (SGX: S49), Singapura Finance (SGX: S23), TIH (SGX: T55), Uni-Asia Group (SGX: CHJ), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), UOB-KAY HIAN HOLDINGS (SGX: U10), UOI (SGX: U13), ValueMax (SGX: T6I), Vibrant Group (SGX: BIP).

3) China F&B Giant Stock (A-Share)

– Kweichow Moutai (China Shanghai: 600519, 貴州茅台酒)

Kweichow Moutai is a famous Chinese liquor stock, also the largest in the world, surpassing Diageo (LSE: DGE) since 2017, mainly supported by high growth share prices. Competitor, Wuliangye Yibin (Shenzhen: 000858, 宜宾五粮液), is also an alternative stock investment option, having strong business fundamental but growth is relatively slower than Moutai.

Moutai is a strong growth stock in long term and also a strong momentum stock in short term. So, either an investor or a trader may apply “Buy & Hold” strategy, with timeframe following own personality. The brand is a strong intangible asset for the company.

The liquor industry could be cyclic in longer time especially when there is any major change in China government policy, eg. about 10 years, due to anti-corruption campaign (eg. consumption or giving high price liquor as gift could be a common practice for decades), growth of Moutai Wuliangye was slow but start to gain momentum over the past few years. In a longer term, premium alcoholic beverages of Moutai and Wuliangye would have sustainable growth, supported by rising middle class population in China with stable growing economy.

Kweichow Moutai and Wuliangye Yibin are giant China F&B stocks, much stronger than most of 48 Singapore F&B stocks in Singapore:

Abterra (SGX: L5I), Acma (SGX: AYV), Amara Holdings (SGX: A34), Bonvests Holdings (SGX: B28), ChasWood Resources (SGX: 5TW), China Fishery (SGX: B0Z), China Kangda Food (SGX: P74), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), Del Monte Pacific (SGX: D03), Delfi (SGX: P34), Dukang (SGX: BKV), Envictus (SGX: BQD), Food Empire Holdings (SGX: F03), Fraser and Neave F&N (SGX: F99), Hosen Group (SGX: 5EV), Japan Foods Holding (SGX: 5OI), Japfa (SGX: UD2), JB Foods (SGX: BEW), Jumbo Group (SGX: 42R), Katrina Group (SGX: 1A0), Khong Guan (SGX: K03), Kimly (SGX: 1D0), Koufu (SGX: VL6), Luzhou Bio-Chem (SGX: L46), Mewah International (SGX: MV4), Neo (SGX: 5UJ), No Signboard Holdings (SGX: 1G6), Old Chang Kee (SGX: 5ML), OneApex (SGX: 5SY), Pacific Andes (SGX: P11), Pavillon (SGX: 596), QAF (SGX: Q01), Sakae (SGX: 5DO), SATS (SGX: S58), Sheng Siong (SGX: OV8), Shopper360 (SGX: 1F0), Sino Grandness (SGX: T4B), Soup Restaurant (SGX: 5KI), ST Group Food (SGX: DRX), SunMoon Food (SGX: AAJ), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), Tung Lok Restaurants (SGX: 540), United Food (SGX: AZR), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), Yamada Green Resources (SGX: BJV), Yeo Hiap Seng (SGX: Y03), Zhongxin Fruit (SGX: 5EG).

4) Taiwan Technology Giant Stock (ADR)

– Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, TSMC (Taiwan: 2330 / NYSE: TSM, 台積電)

Taiwan is one of “4 Small Dragons” in Asia (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong), also a strong technology hub, especially for semiconductor industry leading by TSMC, world largest IC chip manufacturing company. TSMC is very advanced in IC technology development, currently the only player for 5nm technology, far ahead of competitor, Samsung. With rising demand for 5G and internet related applications globally, TSMC has a monopoly of such advanced IC technology, able to sustain the growth with profits over the next decade.

TSMC is a strong growth investing stock and strong momentum stock, share price is doubled over the past few months, riding the wave of uptrend semiconductor industry and unique position as world semiconductor leader. The long term optimism level of TSMC is relatively high, more suitable for short term position trading to “Buy & Hold” with trend-following strategy, supported by strong business growth.

TSMC is a giant Taiwan technology stock, much stronger than most of 53 Electronics stocks and 28 IT stocks, total 81 Technology Stocks in Singapore:

AEM Holdings (SGX: AWX), Accrelist Limited (SGX: QZG), Acma Limited (SGX: AYV), Adventus Holdings (SGX: 5EF), Allied Technologies Limited (SGX: A13), Amplefield Limited (SGX: AOF), Avi Tech Electronics (SGX: BKY), Ban Leong Technologies (SGX: B26), CDW Holding (SGX: BXE), CFM Holdings (SGX: 5EB), CPH Limited (SGX: 539), Chuan Hup Holdings (SGX: C33), Creative Technology (SGX: C76), Datapulse Technology (SGX: BKW), Dragon Group International (SGX: MT1), Dutech Holdings (SGX: CZ4), Ellipsiz Limited (SGX: BIX), Excelpoint Technology (SGX: BDF), Frencken Group (SGX: E28), Global Invacom Group (SGX: QS9), GP Industries (SGX: G20), Global Testing Corporation (SGX: AYN), Grand Venture Technology (SGX: JLB), HGH Holdings (SGX: 5GZ), Hu An Cable Holdings (SGX: KI3), JEP Holdings (SGX: 1J4), Jadason Enterprises (SGX: J03), Karin Technology Holdings (SGX: K29), Libra Group (SGX: 5TR), Manufacturing Integration Technology (SGX: M11), Maruwa Yen1k (SGX: M12), MeGroup Limited (SGX: SJY), Micro-Mechanics Holdings (SGX: 5DD), Plastoform Holdings (SGX: AYD), Polaris Limited (SGX: 5BI), Powermatic Data Systems (SGX: BCY), Renaissance United (SGX: I11), SEVAK Limited (SGX: BAI), SUTL Enterprise (SGX: BHU), Serial System (SGX: S69), Shinvest Holding (SGX: BJW), Sunright Limited (SGX: S71), Sunrise Shares Holdings (SGX: 581), TT International (SGX: T09), Thakral Corporation (SGX: AWI), The Place Holdings (SGX: E27), Trek 2000 International (SGX: 5AB), Valuetronics Holdings (SGX: BN2), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), Willas-Array Electronics Holdings (SGX: BDR), World Precision Machinery (SGX: B49). Alpha Energy Holdings (SGX: 5TS), Alset International (SGX: 40V), Artivision Technologies (SGX: 5NK), Asiatravel.com Holdings (SGX: 5AM), A-Smart Holdings (SGX: BQC), Azeus Systems Holdings (SGX: BBW), Boustead Singapore Limited (SGX: F9D), Captii (SGX: AWV), Challenger Technologies (SGX: 573), CSE Global (SGX: 544), DISA (SGX: 532), International Press Softcom (SGX: 571), ISDN Holdings (SGX: I07), Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU), Koyo International (SGX: 5OC), M Development (SGX: N14), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), New Silkroutes Group (SGX: BMT), New Wave Holdings (SGX: 5FX), PEC (SGX: IX2), Plato Capital (SGX: YYN), Procurri Corporation (SGX: BVQ), Rich Capital Holdings (SGX: 5G4), Silverlake Axis (SGX: 5CP), SinoCloud Group (SGX: 5EK), Stratech Group (SGX: BRR), Synagie Corp (SGX: V2Y), YuuZoo Networks Group Corp (SGX: AFC).

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Both China (Oct 1) and Taiwan (Oct 10) celebrate respective national days in the month of October, moon is the roundest on 1 Oct 2020 (Mid-Autumn Festival), implying peaceful political world could share the fortune but requiring investing in giant stocks. Both Big and 4 Small Dragons (including Singapore) are global economic growth engines, in transition from manufacturing to higher value technology development.

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48 Singapore Food & Beverage Stocks (民以食为天)

Posted on September 12, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

During crisis, a consumer may not able to afford luxury products but still need to eat and drink to survive. Therefore, an investor may consider 48 Food & Beverage (F&B) stocks in Singapore, especially those defensive growth stocks.

In this article, you will learn from Dr Tee on 9 Singapore F&B Giant Stocks which are efficient in making money with food as essential products (consumer staples) but having mixed impacts during COVID-19 stock crisis. Bonus for readers who could read the entire article: a strategy to eat and drink for free for lifetime.

1) Supermarket F&B Stocks

– Sheng Siong (SGX: OV8)

– Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01)

2) Restaurant F&B Stocks

– Japan Foods Holding (SGX: 5OI)

– Old Chang Kee (SGX: 5ML)

3) Consumer F&B Stocks

– QAF (SGX: Q01)

– Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92)

4) Mixed Industry F&B Stocks

– Amara Holdings (SGX: A34)

– SATS (SGX: S58)

– Wilmar International (SGX: F34)

There are 48 Food & Beverage Stocks in Singapore, making money from the most essential products of people (民以食为天):

From the table sorted below for 48 Singapore F&B stocks, only 2/3 are profitable (32 / 48 stocks were making money in businesses last year). Therefore, careful choices of giant F&B stocks are critical, many are at lower optimism share prices due to either stock market fear or actual business is affected during COVID-19 pandemic.

Nearly half of F&B stocks (22 / 48) have Price-to-Book ratio ($ / NAV = PB) < 1 with discount over asset but only 1 stock (Amara) has high quality asset related to properties which will be discussed further. Buy undervalue stocks require patience, Buy Low may not able to Sell High in future if there is no alignment with one’s unique personality and other consideration of investment. Buy low-quality asset simply at low price (very low PB << 1) may have high risk of bankruptcy if the company could not be profitable.

No	Stock Name	Code	PB = Price /NAV	ROE (%)
1	ABR Holdings (SGX: 533)	533	1.46	2.1
2	Abterra (SGX: L5I)	L5I	2.81	–
3	Acma (SGX: AYV)	AYV	0.31	–
4	Amara Holdings (SGX: A34)	A34	0.51	7.0
5	Bonvests Holdings (SGX: B28)	B28	0.39	0.4
6	ChasWood Resources (SGX: 5TW)	5TW	-0.11	–
7	China Fishery (SGX: B0Z)	B0Z	0.15	5.1
8	China Kangda Food (SGX: P74)	P74	0.12	0.7
9	Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01)	D01	4.78	26.8
10	Del Monte Pacific (SGX: D03)	D03	0.36	–
11	Delfi (SGX: P34)	P34	1.41	12.4
12	Dukang (SGX: BKV)	BKV	0.04	–
13	Envictus (SGX: BQD)	BQD	0.32	–
14	Food Empire Holdings (SGX: F03)	F03	1.11	12.6
15	Fraser and Neave F&N (SGX: F99)	F99	0.60	5.2
16	Hosen Group (SGX: 5EV)	5EV	0.48	–
17	Japan Foods Holding (SGX: 5OI)	5OI	1.97	3.2
18	Japfa (SGX: UD2)	UD2	0.87	13.6
19	JB Foods (SGX: BEW)	BEW	0.81	18.5
20	Jumbo Group (SGX: 42R)	42R	3.19	17.0
21	Katrina Group (SGX: 1A0)	1A0	10.80	–
22	Khong Guan (SGX: K03)	K03	0.62	–
23	Kimly (SGX: 1D0)	1D0	3.28	22.8
24	Koufu (SGX: VL6)	VL6	3.81	27.1
25	Luzhou Bio-Chem (SGX: L46)	L46	-0.75	–
26	Mewah International (SGX: MV4)	MV4	0.47	2.2
27	Neo (SGX: 5UJ)	5UJ	1.81	15.2
28	No Signboard Holdings (SGX: 1G6)	1G6	1.34	–
29	Old Chang Kee (SGX: 5ML)	5ML	3.15	3.2
30	OneApex (SGX: 5SY)	5SY	1.16	–
31	Pacific Andes (SGX: P11)	P11	0.09	8.5
32	Pavillon (SGX: 596)	596	0.25	1.1
33	QAF (SGX: Q01)	Q01	1.06	5.4
34	Sakae (SGX: 5DO)	5DO	0.17	–
35	SATS (SGX: S58)	S58	2.01	10.4
36	Sheng Siong (SGX: OV8)	OV8	6.39	24.176
37	Shopper360 (SGX: 1F0)	1F0	0.6144	5.642
38	Sino Grandness (SGX: T4B)	T4B	0.04	6.4
39	Soup Restaurant (SGX: 5KI)	5KI	2.92	7.692
40	ST Group Food (SGX: DRX)	DRX	1.13	15.6
41	SunMoon Food (SGX: AAJ)	AAJ	4.55	–
42	Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92)	Y92	2.58	20.087
43	Tung Lok Restaurants (SGX: 540)	540	2.63	–
44	United Food (SGX: AZR)	AZR	0.13	–
45	Wilmar International (SGX: F34)	F34	1.01	7.716
46	Yamada Green Resources (SGX: BJV)	BJV	0.99	2.253
47	Yeo Hiap Seng (SGX: Y03)	Y03	0.75	2.873
48	Zhongxin Fruit (SGX: 5EG)	5EG	1.01	3.926

There are only 3 F&B related stocks (Dairy Farm, Thai Beverage, Wilmar) which are also listed in 30 STI component stocks:

F&B stocks may not be defensive as not all the products are popular (eg. taste of food) and some may not have the right marketing (even restaurant with tasty food and/or low prices may not able to last if few people know). Therefore, selection of F&B giant stocks is different from selection of “Best Food” in Singapore or each country. In fact, it is possible for average taste or even “junk” food for some people (eg. fast food McDonald’s, NYSE: MCD) to be a global giant stock.

Here, let’s focus on 9 Singapore F&B giant stocks over 4 main categories:

1) Supermarket F&B Stocks

– Sheng Siong (SGX: OV8)

– Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01)

Both Sheng Siong and Dairy Farm make more profits in supermarket business during COVID-19 pandemic as most people would stay longer at home (cook more often at home) and need more consumer staples (using more essential products in daily life). However, share prices performances of both supermarket giant stocks are distinctly different with Sheng Siong at high optimism and Dairy Farm at low optimism.

Sheng Siong is mainly on supermarket business, therefore it is clear on positive impact of COVID-19 crisis, share prices dropped to low optimism in Mar 2020 during the most fearful time of pandemic, then quickly recovered and speculated to historical high prices, together with other COVID-19 related stocks, eg, glove / healthcare stocks: Medtecs International Corporation (SGX: 546), UG Healthcare Corporation (SGX: 41A), Top Glove Corporation (SGX: BVA), Riverstone Holdings (SGX: AP4). These COVID-19 beneficiary stocks including Sheng Siong have been falling down from high optimism with fading of fear of COVID-19, therefore both stock traders (trend-following) and investors (price over value) have to take note, not to “Buy High Sell Low” eventually. Sheng Siong may be considered when short term momentum is back (depending on the prices) or when there is global financial crisis in future (with low optimism prices again)

Dairy Farm has more diversified businesses within the Asia Pacific, besides Cold Storage, also has 7-Eleven, IKEA, restaurants, etc, which have different impacts during pandemic. Despite overall business is still profitable, the profitability is declining over the past 5 years, even before COVID-19. In addition, Dairy Farm belongs to Jardine Group, bearish share prices at low optimism is aligned for all Jardine related stocks, eg: Jardine Matheson Holding – JMH (SGX: J36), Jardine Strategic Holding – JSH (SGX: J37), Jardine Cycle & Carriage – JCC (SGX: C07), Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), Mandarin Oriental Hotel (SGX: M04), etc. When market sentiment of Jardine Group related stocks is negative, they would take longer time to recover in stock crisis. Dairy Farm may be considered for crisis investing with protection of consistent dividends (about 5% dividend yield) but an investor needs to have longer term holding power and able to control fear with falling prices in short term to medium terms.

2) Restaurant F&B Stocks

– Japan Foods Holding (SGX: 5OI)

– Old Chang Kee (SGX: 5ML)

Japan Foods and Old Chang Kee behave as if twin, IPO time was also close in years 2009 and 2008 respectively. Both stocks suffered during COVID-19 due to lockdown with less customers come to the food outlets. However, the main issue is even before COVID-19, since year 2013 till now, earnings of both stocks have been dropping, result in bearish share prices with low optimism prices. Therefore, they are lower quality crisis stocks as business is affected (lower profitability for 7 years), hard for the share prices to recover significantly in short to medium terms.

Although operational cashflow have been improving over the past 2 years, this could be due to impact of IFRS-16 (new accounting principle) which categories operational leases (eg. rental of food outlets) as liability (therefore debt has been increasing over the past 2 years), may not be entirely improvement in business cashflow. It is important for an investor review with longer term perspective (over 10 years) and bigger picture (income statement, balance sheet, cashflow statement) with integration with share price performance. When businesses of both stocks have significant breakthrough, the bearish trend in share prices and earnings may be reversed. Until then, they may only be considered for trading with trend-following.

3) Consumer F&B Stocks

– QAF (SGX: Q01)

– Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92)

QAF is famous of bakery brands such as Gardenia and Bonjour breads available in Asia Pacific. The defensive business (eg. breakfast) has doubled during pandemic but share prices are not speculated as high as Sheng Siong, only at mid optimism level but it is a stronger F&B stock relative to peers. QAF may also be considered as dividend stock with consistent dividend payout (about 5% dividend yield). See strategy in later article on how to eat Gardenia bread for free for lifetime (one may upgrade to better free food with improvement in investment).

Thai Beverage is an outstanding F&B giant stock, strong in businesses (eg. beers and spirit drinks in Thailand, Myanmar and regional markets) and low optimism in share prices. The business is not much affected during COVID-19 but share prices dropped to very low optimism due to market fear, which is a higher quality crisis stock. Positioning of Thai Beverage requires alignment with other stocks of Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi (Top 10 richest person in Thailand), eg. Fraser and Neave – F&N (SGX: F99), Frasers Property (SGX: TQ5), Frasers Centrepoint Trust, FCT (SGX: J69U), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (SGX: BUOU), Frasers Hospitality Trust (SGX: ACV).

4) Mixed Industry F&B Stocks

– Amara Holdings (SGX: A34)

– SATS (SGX: S58)

– Wilmar International (SGX: F34)

Some stocks only have partial F&B businesses, eg. Amara, SATS and Wilmar. Therefore, analysis of these stocks require integration with other sectors with different business segments.

Amara is mainly on hotel related businesses, F&B is only a smaller segment of business (restaurants), businesses are badly affected during COVID-19. SATS has both F&B and airlines gateway businesses, the earnings from F&B has helped the company minimize the negative impact of COVID-19 to airlines sector.

Both Amara and SATS suffer low optimism in share prices but each has its own defense system. Amara has undervalue hotel properties which could still generate cash with fading of COVID-19 but it needs to go through a long winter time until vaccine could be developed for COVID-19. SATS may expand F&B business during the downturn of airlines sector. Therefore, SATS is relatively a better airlines related stock than Singapore Airlines, SIA (SGX: C6L), which has full risk exposure to COVID-19 crisis, even the recent rights and bond issues may not be sufficient, therefore need to reduce the staff size to save cash.

Cash is King for investor, also true for stocks in crisis. SATS has strong sponsor of Temasek with diversification of business in F&B, therefore chances of recovery is higher than the peers in airlines sector. Some companies went bankrupt during global financial crisis mainly due to shortage in cash while making losses, hard to get new loan (high risk of default) with weak sponsor. So, when investing in crisis stock with weaker business fundamental, an investor who wants to take calculated risks, need to consider the cash burning rate of company vs the potential duration of crisis (eg. assuming another 12 months for COVID-19 to last).

Wilmar is a commodity giant stock, mainly in palm oil which products include cooking oil in F&B sector. Subsidiary company of Wilmar, Yihai Kerry Arawana (YKA), is a major producer of cooking oil in China, will be listed in China stock market. The future stock potential of Yihai Kerry Arawana has helped Wilmar to outperform other palm oil stocks, recovering from low to mid optimism level. Palm oil prices have been recovering, combining with positive news of spin-off of Yihai Kerry Arawana, supporting Wilmar share prices. Wilmar is a cyclic giant stock, more suitable to invest during uptrend stock market from lower to mid optimism level. Demand of palm oil would be higher with fading of COVID-19. Possible speculation of IPO (common in China stock market) of Yihai Kerry Arawana may also support the share price of parent stock, Wilmar.

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If one could invest $2000 in QAF stock, would get about $100 dividend with consistent 5% dividend yield (higher if investing during crisis), enough to pay for $2 or 1 loaf of white bread per week (assume eat bread for 50 weeks in 1 year) which have about 14 slices (assuming eating 2 slices per day x 7 days per week), could enjoy free white bread for lifetime if QAF continues the business model this way. An investor may apply this strategy to eat in restaurant (eg. McDonald’s burger) for free for lifetime (if investing in a restaurant stock with consistent dividend or growth in share prices) or enjoy any drink (Coca-Cola – NYSE: KO, Thai Beverage beer, Starbucks coffee – NASDAQ: SBUX, etc), 1 cup per day, free for lifetime. Similarly, a consumer could enjoy free healthcare service (hospital or dental stocks), free handbag or watch (luxury products stocks), free house rental (property stocks but need higher capital), etc.

In fact, most consumers pay for lifetime for the same products (foods & beverages) again and again, contributing to the growth of F&B giant stocks with recurring incomes. When a consumer could reverse the role to an investor (as if a business partner of F&B outlet of interest), a consumer could make profit and enjoy free foods and drinks for life, with condition that it has to be a F&B giant stock, to be certified each year with Dr Tee selection criteria. For investors who are foods or drinks lover, may consider to invest in Top 10 global F&B giant stocks, diversifing investment over 10 different types of low-risk foods and beverages.

F&B giant stocks usually are cash cow with profitable businesses, therefore when share prices are undervalue at low optimism, may become target of acquisition, eg. past Singapore F&B giant stocks of Super Group (SGX: S10) and BreadTalk Group (SGX: CTN). Singapore has less F&B giant stocks but there are some global F&B giant stocks which have strong dominance in certain F&B businesses, able to make money consistently each day for decades.

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There are over 1500 giant stocks in the world based on Dr Tee criteria, choice of 10 Dream Team giant stocks have to align with one’s unique personality, eg. for shorter term trading (eg. momentum or swing trading) or longer term investing (cyclic investing, undervalue investing or growth investing). Readers should not just “copy and paste” any stock (What to Buy, When to Buy/Sell) as successful action taking requires deeper consideration (LOFTP strategies – Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis) which you could learn further from Dr Tee Free 4-hr Webinar.

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Singapore and Malaysia National Giant Stocks (国庆财股)

Posted on August 9, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Both Singapore and Malaysia celebrate National Day in the month of August. It is timely to share the 4 National Giant Stocks in each country which preserve the national wealth. Learn from Dr Tee on how to position these stocks during COVID-19 stock crisis.

4 Singapore National Stocks:

1) DBS (SGX: D05)

2) Singtel (SGX: Z74)

3) OCBC (SGX: O39)

4) UOB (SGX: U11)

4 Malaysia National Stocks:

1) Maybank (Bursa: 1155)

2) Top Glove (Bursa: 7113) / (SGX: BVA)

3) Hartalega (Bursa: 5168)

4) Public Bank (Bursa: 1295)

Stock market is a hidden way to preserve and grow the national wealth. For Singapore SGX, there are 30 large cap stocks in STI Index (^STI), which can be sorted below by size of market cap (share price x number of shares) with ROE (Return on Equity):

No Name / Market Cap(M) (ROE, %)

1 DBS Bank (SGX: D05) 52304 (12.3)

2 Singtel (SGX: Z74) 38761 (4.0)

3 OCBC Bank (SGX: O39) 38413 (10.3)

4 UOB Bank (SGX: U11) 32687 (11.0)

5 Wilmar International (SGX: F34) 30509 (7.7)

6 Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36) 29865 (9.4)

7 Jardine Strategic Holdings JSH (SGX: J37) 22731 ( 6.1)

8 Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92) 15195 (20.1)

9 CapitaLand (SGX: C31) 13844 (8.8)

10 Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U) 12489 (4.8)

11 Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L) 10346 (-0.1)

12 ST Engineering (SGX: S63) 10042 (26.0)

13 Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4) 9830 (6.3)

14 Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68) 9236 (37.9)

15 Hongkong Land USD (SGX: H78) 8635 (0.5)

16 Genting Singapore (SGX: G13) 8204 (8.5)

17 Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U) 8027 (8.2)

18 Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07) 7659 (12.8)

19 Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U) 7490 (10.3)

20 City Development (SGX: C09) 7463 (5.2)

21 CapitaLand Mall Trust (SGX: C38U) 6937 (9.0)

22 CapitaLand Commercial Trust (SGX: C61U) 6294 (6.0)

23 Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU) 6130 (9.4)

24 Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01) 5897 (26.8)

25 UOL (SGX: U14) 5491 (4.8)

26 Venture Corporation (SGX: V03) 5449 (14.5)

27 YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX: BS6) 3801 (10.0)

28 Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96) 3394 (3.1)

29 SATS (SGX: S58) 3017 (10.4)

30 ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52) 2990 (10.2)

It is clear that the Top 4 stocks with the largest market cap in Singapore are DBS (SGX: D05), Singtel (SGX: Z74), OCBC (SGX: O39) and UOB (SGX: U11). Company size may not be the right criteria of a giant stock, therefore an investor has to monitor business fundamental changes (especially during COVID-19 pandemic), eg with ROE and other indicators.

For 30 STI stocks, only Singapore Airlines, SIA (SGX: C6L) records losses in last financial year. For 30 STI stocks, COVID-19 has different degrees of impact on near future business. There is also on-going crisis, eg. low optimism crude oil price which affects the Oil & Gas sector, including Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4) and Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96), which may take longer time to recover with strong support of sponsor, Temasek.

3 major bank stocks (DBS, OCBC, UOB) in Singapore have contributed to about 1/3 of Singapore stock market. Bank stocks are sensitive to interest rate changes, therefore current low interest rates globally (driven by nearly 0% interest rate by the Fed of US) have reduced the Net Interest Margin (NIM), resulting in lower interest related income. At the same time, Non-Performing Loan (NPL) is increasing during COVID-19, banks have to increase more provision funds to prepare for possible default in loan payment of some countries, including Oil & Gas sector (eg. Hin Leong which has high debt to 3 major banks). As a result, it is not surprised to see bank stocks report poorer quarterly results for Q1 and Q2 / 2020.

MAS has requested 3 major banks in Singapore to cap the dividend payment for FY2020 to maximum of 60% of FY2019. This implies for an average dividend yield of 6%, an investor may only receive 6 x 0.6 = 3.6% for the next 1 year. As a result, 3 major bank stocks were under significant price correction recently (which also affect performance of STI). However, a long term bank stock investor should not consider dividend payment as a criteria to decide on investing. In fact, the share price correction of over 3% in 1 week has compensated for the “loss” of dividend (which is kept as retained earnings in balance sheet, a form of saving for investor, similar to many REITs in Q1 and Q2 / 2020 to preserve cash).

Here is a list of 30 Banking & Finance stocks in Singapore, an investor may focus on 3 major bank stocks:
AMTD IB OV (SGX: HKB), B&M Hldg (SGX: CJN), DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Edition (SGX: 5HG), G K Goh (SGX: G41), Global Investment (SGX: B73), Great Eastern (SGX: G07), Hong Leong Finance (SGX: S41), Hotung Investment (SGX: BLS), IFAST Corporation (SGX: AIY), IFS Capital (SGX: I49), Intraco (SGX: I06), Maxi-Cash Finance (SGX: 5UF), MoneyMax Finance (SGX: 5WJ), Net Pacific Finance (SGX: 5QY), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), Pacific Century (SGX: P15), Prudential USD (SGX: K6S), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), SHS (SGX: 566), Sing Investments & Finance (SGX: S35), Singapore Reinsurance (SGX: S49), Singapura Finance (SGX: S23), TIH (SGX: T55), Uni-Asia Group (SGX: CHJ), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), UOB-KAY HIAN HOLDINGS (SGX: U10), UOI (SGX: U13), ValueMax (SGX: T6I), Vibrant Group (SGX: BIP).

Singtel is also a crisis giant stock in bearish Telco sector (started a few years before COVID-19), an investor who “Buy Low” may get Lower in share price, gaining dividend yield (eg. 5%) but making capital loss (lower share price). Telco business is saturated, economic moat is narrow as most Telco services could be easily replaced by other competitors, therefore profit margin is lower with intense competition not only in local market but also in regional market (Singtel has over 50% revenue from overseas markets).

OCBC, UOB and Singtel are relatively at lower optimism region while DBS is at moderate optimism level. Each giant stock requires different strategy (crisis, cyclic, growth, etc) in positioning, either for short term trading or long term investing.

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Malaysia Bursa with 30 KLCI (^KLCI) stocks, top 4 giant stocks by market cap has significant changes recently. Maybank (Bursa: 1155) is still the largest but both Top Glove (Bursa: 7113) / (SGX: BVA) and Hartalega (Bursa: 5168) have surpassed Public Bank (Bursa: 1295), mainly due to speculation in stocks during COVID-19 for glove related stocks. Top Glove has dual listing in both Malaysia Bursa and Singapore SGX, therefore the wealth of a nation could be shared by global investors, regardless of nationality.

Here is a list of 30 Malaysia Bursa KLCI Index component stocks which may be considered (investor has to focus only on giant stocks for investing):
CIMB (Bursa: 1023) CIMB GROUP HOLDINGS BERHAD, DIALOG (Bursa: 7277) DIALOG GROUP BERHAD, DIGI (Bursa: 6947) DIGI.COM BERHAD, GENM (Bursa: 4715) GENTING MALAYSIA BERHAD, GENTING (Bursa: 3182) GENTING BERHAD, HAPSENG (Bursa: 3034) HAP SENG CONSOLIDATED BERHAD, HARTA (Bursa: 5168) HARTALEGA HOLDINGS BERHAD, HLBANK (Bursa: 5819) HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD, HLFG (Bursa: 1082) HONG LEONG FINANCIAL GROUP BERHAD, IHH (Bursa: 5225) IHH HEALTHCARE BERHAD, IOICORP (1961) IOI CORPORATION BERHAD, KLCC (Bursa: 5235SS) KLCC PROPERTY HOLDINGS BERHAD, KLK (Bursa: 2445) KUALA LUMPUR KEPONG BERHAD, MAXIS (Bursa: 6012) MAXIS BERHAD, MAYBANK (Bursa: 1155) MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD, MISC (Bursa: 3816) MISC BERHAD, NESTLE (Bursa: 4707) NESTLE MALAYSIA BERHAD, PBBANK (Bursa: 1295) PUBLIC BANK BERHAD, PCHEM (Bursa: 5183) PETRONAS CHEMICALS GROUP BERHAD, PETDAG (Bursa: 5681) PETRONAS DAGANGAN BHD, PETGAS (Bursa: 6033) PETRONAS GAS BERHAD, PMETAL (Bursa: 8869) PRESS METAL ALUMINIUM HOLDINGS BERHAD, PPB (Bursa: 4065) PPB GROUP BERHAD, RHBBANK (Bursa: 1066) RHB BANK BERHAD, SIME (Bursa: 4197) SIME DARBY BERHAD, SIMEPLT (Bursa: 5285) SIME DARBY PLANTATION BERHAD, TENAGA (Bursa: 5347) TENAGA NASIONAL BHD, TM (Bursa: 4863) TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD, TOPGLOV (Bursa: 7113) TOP GLOVE CORPORATION BHD.

Strong fundamental stocks (eg. glove business) with market greed usually result in market speculation or bubble. Each positive news would be used as a reason to buy high for share prices. Despite strong business fundamental, glove stocks are more suitable for short term trading with trend-following strategies, Buy High Sell Higher. However, due to relative high optimism level, each unexpected correction may incur high losses if a trader does not have a trading plan with S.E.T. (Stop Loss, Entry, Target) prices.

Maybank and Public Bank are aligned with Singapore and global banks at relatively lower optimism levels. Bank stocks are cyclic in nature, therefore investing in national banks (usually supported by local government) during global financial crisis would have higher chances of success for longer term investors who could overcome the market fear, investing with progressive entries of capital (eg. 10 x 10%, 5 x 20%, 2 x 50%, etc). Saving in banks would receive less than 1% return in interest but investing in giant bank stocks could receive over 100% return over a market cycle.

Each country or region has its own national blue chip stock. For example, TSMC (NYSE: TSM) contributed to 1/3 of Taiwan TSEC Stock Index (^TWII). With bullish semiconductor / 5G stocks, TSMC has doubled its share price in 6 months, contributing to higher index value of Taiwan stock market. TSMC has monopoly of 5 nanometer technology in wafer fab, a crucial pillar for emerging 5G Telco business over the next 10 years.

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Dilemma of investors for global growth stocks (eg. technology, glove, healthcare, etc) are share prices are not cheap when market is not fearful. Therefore, crisis is always an opportunity, especially when a stock price drops significantly during an unexpected crisis (eg. COVID-19 pandemic) but business fundamental is not much affected or even growing.

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30 Singapore Banking and Finance Stocks (狮城财神)

Posted on June 18, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

30 Singapore Banking and Finance Stocks DBS OCBC UOB SGX

The best way to make money is to let money make more money. In this article, you will learn 30 Singapore Banking & Finance Stocks which are efficient in making money with money for investors, focusing in 6 groups of stocks (with strategies for 3 major bank stocks: DBS, OCBC and UOB):

1) Bank Stocks
2) Finance Stocks
3) Insurance Stocks
4) Stock Broker Stocks
5) Pawnbroker Stocks
6) Investment and Other Stocks

There are only 30 Banking & Finance stocks in Singapore, relatively less than other sectors as Singapore has tighter regulation in finance sector for services such as lending money (limited licenses available):

From the table sorted for 30 Singapore banking & finance stocks, mostly are profitable (26 / 30 stocks were making money in businesses last year) but still undervalue (22 / 30 stocks have Price to Book ratio, PB < 1, some have higher quality asset such as cash, properties and equities, potential target for future acquisition).

There are 7 stocks having PB < 0.5 with 50% discount over asset but an investor must double check on quality of assets and whether the business could be sustainable to make money. If not, undervalue stock may continue to be undervalue for a long period of time, may not suitable for long term stock investing nor short term stock trading.

No	Name	Ticker	PB = Price /NAV	ROE (%)
1	SGX	S68	8.06	35.9
2	AMTD IB OV	HKB	3.37	13.7
3	DBS	D05	1.12	12.3
4	ValueMax	T6I	0.77	11.7
5	Great Eastern	G07	1.11	11.7
6	TIH	T55	0.48	11.3
7	UOB	U11	0.94	11.0
8	MoneyMax Finance	5WJ	0.74	10.8
9	Maxi-Cash Finance	5UF	0.98	10.7
10	IFAST	AIY	3.33	10.6
11	OCBC Bank	O39	0.88	10.3
12	UOI	U13	1.05	9.7
13	Global Investment	B73	0.71	6.2
14	Hong Leong Finance	S41	0.58	5.4
15	Sing Investments & Finance	S35	0.50	5.4
16	IFS Capital	I49	0.42	5.2
17	Hotung Investment	BLS	0.55	5.0
18	Uni-Asia Group	CHJ	0.24	4.7
19	UOB Kay Hian	U10	0.64	4.6
20	Prudential USD	K6S	2.59	4.0
21	Vibrant Group	BIP	0.34	3.8
22	Singapore Reinsurance	S49	0.65	3.6
23	Pacific Century	P15	0.74	3.0
24	Singapura Finance	S23	0.50	2.9
25	G K Goh	G41	0.62	1.9
26	Intraco	I06	0.31	1.5
27	B&M Hldg	CJN	2.57	-9.0
28	Net Pacific Finance	5QY	0.68	-9.7
29	SHS	566	0.67	-13.6
30	Edition	5HG	0.85	-33.7

Based on Dr Tee criteria, from the 30 Singapore Banking & Finance stocks above, only 8 are giant stocks, some are marginal giant stocks (despite business fundamentals are reasonably good). A few Banking & Finance giant stocks were discussed with more details in Dr Tee earlier articles (see www.ein55.com/blog), eg. DBS (SGX: D05) and Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68).

Focus of this article is discussion on 6 main groups of Banking & Finance stocks in Singapore, understanding the risks and opportunities:

1) Bank Stocks

After decades of merging and acquisition, there are only 3 major local banks in Singapore: DBS (SGX: D05), OCBC (SGX: O39), UOB (SGX: U11), all are STI component stocks. Naturally, these 3 blue chip stocks become the first choice for investment in bank stocks. DBS, OCBC and UOB contribute in total to 1/3 of STI Index weightage, therefore could easily move up or down the entire Singapore stock market whenever there is major move in bank sector.

Here is a list of 30 STI component stocks sorted by size of market cap (significant contribution by 3 major bank stocks):
DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Singtel (SGX: Z74), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Jardine Strategic Holdings JSH (SGX: J37), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), CapitaLand (SGX: C31), Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U), Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), ST Engineering (SGX: S63), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), Genting Singapore (SGX: G13), Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), City Development (SGX: C09), CapitaLand Mall Trust (SGX: C38U), CapitaLand Commercial Trust (SGX: C61U), Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), UOL (SGX: U14), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX: BS6), Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96), SATS (SGX: S58), ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52).

Most bank stocks are cyclic in nature, including Singapore and global bank stocks in US, Malaysia, Hong Kong, etc. Therefore, market cycle investing strategy is required with alignment to Optimism Strategies to Buy Low Sell High, as well as good understanding the global stock market and economic cycle. Bank sector is the key pillar of economy (business needs money to operate), therefore investment in giant bank stocks in a country with growing economy would enjoy the capital gains of prosperity (狮城财神).

So, which of the 3 major Singapore bank stocks are better? Well, the choice is dependent on stock trading or investment strategy which is personality dependent. The historical stock price chart of DBS, OCBC and UOB with STI (could be considered with STI ETF) shows that these 4 counters are aligned in general directions in longer term.

In longer term, the differences of DBS, OCBC and UOB are mainly on pattern of stocks. DBS is the largest Singapore bank, also the most cyclic among 3 bank stocks, usually correcting more than STI during global financial crisis (eg. Year 2008-2009, falling below $10/share) and outperforming STI, OCBC and UOB during the bullish phase of economy. DBS is more suitable for cycling investing (Buy Low Sell High) and possibly momentum trading (Buy High Sell Higher) when stock market is bullish.

OCBC is the second largest Singapore bank, more defensive with less volatility in prices. OCBC is more suitable for dividend stock investor who prefers to Buy Low and Hold for a long term. So, each global stock crisis (following optimism strategies) could be an opportunity to add more position.

UOB is the smallest bank in Singapore, performance is also in between DBS and OCBC. In general, an investor may choose between DBS and OCBC and their business sizes are larger than UOB. In fact, for short term to mid term trading (months), differences of 3 major bank stocks are limited, any of the 3 bank stocks may be considered but trading rules should be followed (eg. setting S.E.T. in trading plan with Stop Loss / Entry / Target Prices) for Swing Trading or Momentum Trading.

There is no need to invest in all the 3 major bank stocks for diversification as in general, they are all relatively safer than most of the banks in the world due to tight MAS regulations for Singapore banks. Investing in a particular bank stock could be better than investing in STI ETF because bank stocks could have higher dividend yield (5-6%, depending on entry share prices) and growth are stronger than STI (which are diversified over 30 stocks, which some are weaker than DBS, OCBC and UOB).

In general, being a bank has a strong economic moat, especially in Singapore as there are limited licenses issued by government. A smart investor could become a “banker” through investing in any of these 3 major Singapore banks. Each of them has strong sponsor with decades of history in businesses, eg. DBS by Temasek, OCBC by Lee Family, UOB by Wee Cho Yaw.

So, it is possible to invest for lifetime (Buy Low & Hold for life) or even pass to next generation (eg. OCBC has nearly 100 years of history for several generations). Disruptive technology (eg. online payment or virtual bank) would have less impact on traditional bank stocks as bank sector is tightly regulated by local government due to sensitive asset of money. Bank stocks usually are more suitable as positioning as defender in a stock portfolio, more gradual growth with consistent passive income.

Due to low global bank interest rates (nearly 0 for US), the interest income would be less with lower Net Interest Margin (NIM). However, banks could still be profitable with interest income, just the return would be lower. Banks also have other businesses such as investment, credit card, insurance, wealth management, etc, which could provide non-interest income but usually would also be affected in a bearish economy. Therefore, entry with low-optimism stock price far below the fair value (following Dr Tee Optimism Strategies) is key for success in bank stocks investing.

2) Finance Stocks

Finance companies could provide similar services as banks (eg. loan & deposit) but with much smaller scale. There are a few Finance Stocks in Singapore: Singapura Finance (SGX: S23), Sing Investments & Finance (SGX: S35) and Hong Leong Finance (SGX: S41). These 3 finance stocks have reasonably good business fundamental but these 3 Singapore Finance Stocks may not be in the same grade for investing as 3 major Singapore bank stocks.

Finance stocks have relatively weaker business fundamental than bank stocks. Stock investment is always relative comparison, looking for the best, not just good or acceptable. In addition, Singapura Finance, Sing Investments & Finance and Hong Leong Finance are less well known, therefore lower confidence by customers (to deposit money) and investors (to invest in finance stocks).

Hong Leong Finance has a strong sponsor of Kwek Leng Beng (Hong Leong Group Singapore / City Development – SGX: C09). However, its cousin (Kwek Leng Chan of Hong Leng Group Malaysia) stock of Hong Leong Bank (Bursa: 5819) would be a much better choice between 2 stocks as 1 is finance stock, 1 is bank stock with strong business fundamental. Details of Quek / Kwek family of stocks are described by Dr Tee in earlier article (https://www.ein55.com/2020/05/15-hong-leong-group-and-kwek-family-stocks/).

In short, a stock investor may ignore weaker Finance Stocks, aiming for stronger Bank Stocks directly, considering both the stock and business performance, especially for lifetime investing. For shorter term trading, it is possible to consider Finance Stocks if there are positive signals in this group.

3) Insurance Stocks

There are a few Insurance Stocks in Singapore: Great Eastern (SGX: G07), Prudential (SGX: K6S), UOI (SGX: U13), Singapore Reinsurance (SGX: S49) and other stocks which provide partial services on insurance. These 4 Singapore insurance stocks have good business fundamental but only 2 are considered giant stocks (based on Dr Tee criteria) worth longer term investing.

Usually insurance companies are also suitable partner for banks, eg. Great Eastern is under OCBC, UOI is with UOB, LPI (Bursa: 8621) is with Public Bank (Bursa: 1295), etc. This way, similar pool of clients in both banks and insurance groups may be approached with higher chance of success. A stock investor may choose to invest directly in subsidiary (insurance stock) or indirectly through parent stock (bank which has partial business in insurance), if both are giant stocks, the choice is dependent on own personality and pattern of stock.

Confidence in business stability is important for an insurance client (to ensure compensation would be received if any misfortune based on agreement). Therefore, a reputable insurance brand with decades of business history (supported by strong sponsor) is crucial.

There are only 2 business sectors almost guaranteed to make money in long term: Insurance and Casino (eg. Genting Singapore, SGX: G13) as they apply probability in business to make money. It is possible for unexpected hurricanes to destroy houses, US insurance companies (including Warren Buffett’s Berkshire, NYSE: BRK) could suffer losses in 1 particular year. However, past statistics (eg. accident rates in driving, Covid-19 risks, etc) would help to naturally adjust the future premium. If there is a need, resinsurance company could help to share the risks of primary insurance company. Similarly, a stock investor should apply probability investing in making decision of What Stocks to Buy, When to Buy / Sell.

However, insurance business requires customer interactions, eg. meet-up before a policy may be eventually signed. During Covid-19 with global lockdown, both banks (eg. wealth management) and insurance companies suffer due to less chances to meet-up with customers. Due to less income from Great Eastern (subsidiary), parent company OCBC reported 40% less income in Q1/2020. However, insurance sector could recover with restart of economy which allows social interaction for businesses.

4) Stock Broker Stocks

There are a few Stock Brokerage related Stocks in Singapore: Singapore Exchange, SGX (SGX: S68), UOB Kay Hian (SGX: U10) and IFAST (SGX: AIY) are listed in SGX. CGS-CIMB is a joint venture with 2 overseas parent stocks from China and Malaysia: China Galaxy Securities, CGS (HKEx: 6881) and CIMB (Bursa: 1023). Maybank Kim Eng has a parent company in Malaysia, Maybank (Bursa: 1155).

These 6 Stock Brokerage related stocks and parent stocks have good business fundamental but only 3 of them are giant stocks (including Singapore Exchange, SGX, details were given in earlier Dr Tee article: https://www.ein55.com/2020/05/5-global-stock-exchanges-stocks/).

Due to relatively low stock volume in Singapore stock market (except during bullish market or stock crisis time), stock broker stocks with only stock trading business has limited profits when stock market is “quiet” with little price volatility (eg. STI has been ranging around 3000 +/- 300 points over the past 10 years). Only when stock market is very bullish (eg. crazy bull in Years 2000 and 2007) or during global stock crisis (eg. dumping of stocks in Years 2008-2009 and Mar 2020), then stock volume would be relatively higher.

At the same time, Singapore Exchange has more products (stocks and derivatives) for local and overseas customers with profitable monopoly business (unless stock brokers have to compete for similar business of stock trading, lowering commission to gain business but lower profit margin). Singapore has relatively smaller market with less number of traders and investors with more stable (“quiet” market), therefore stock brokerage could become part of a parent company business, may not be the main business to remain profitable. For example, UOB Kay Hian is with UOB group, could also be integrated with UOI (insurance) business with sharing of similar pool of potential clients. So, an investor may invest directly in more profitable parent stock if subsidiary stock (eg. stock brokerage) is playing supporting role with less income.

IFAST is a relatively young stock with strong business fundamental. In fact, stock brokerage business is considered bonus for IFAST as its main business is on fund management which itself could grow naturally (high recurring incomes) yearly with compounding effect. Similarly, the integrated business of fund, stock, insurance, bond, etc, giving an edge to IFAST business. IFAST has high potential with overseas business expansion and even bidding for virtual bank license in Singapore (but intense competition). The main weakness of IFAST is that it is a younger player, therefore relatively less well known among the investors, resulting in “undervalue” share prices, not aligned with its business performance.

5) Pawnbroker Stocks

Interestingly, there are only 3 stocks in Singapore having the name “Max” and all are Pawnbroker Stocks: ValueMax (SGX: T6I), Maxi-Cash Finance (SGX: 5UF), MoneyMax Finance (SGX: 5WJ). Pawnbroker is a special “Finance” stock as it provides easy way of loan, especially to needy people who may not get the loan easily from banks.

A pawnbroker stock has pawnshops that offer secured loans to people, with valuables (eg. gold, silver, jewelry, coins, luxury handbags, etc) used as collateral. If an item is pawned for a loan, within a certain contractual period of time, the pawner may redeem it for the amount of the loan plus some agreed-upon amount for interest. If the loan is not paid (or extended, if applicable) within the time period, the pawned item will be offered for sale to other customers by the pawnbroker.

Since gold or related jewelry is a common valuable as collateral for loan, the “value” of pawnbroker stock would partly related to gold prices. After reaching high optimism, gold market started to from about US$1900/oz in Year 2012 to US$1000+/oz in Year 2016, then recovering gradually to current price of US$1700+/oz in Year 2020. The chart below shows the correlation of falling in gold price and stock prices of ValueMax, Maxi-Cash and MoneyMax which has weaker business fundamental during this period of time (clients or pawners may choose not to redeem the gold as prices have been falling in these 4 years from 2012 o 2016), holding to assets which are declining in values.

3 Singapore Pawnbroker Stocks ValueMax Maxi-Cash Money Max Gold

However, gold started to become bullish from Years 2016 to 2020, business fundamentals of all 3 pawnbrokers (ValueMax, Maxi-Cash and MoneyMax) have improved significantly. However, the rising of gold price with strong business fundamental do not help much on their share prices, simply changing from downtrend to sideways. In fact, all 3 pawnbroker stocks also pay dividend like bank stocks, having high dividend yield now: 5% for ValueMax, 10% for Maxi-Cash and 65 for MoneyMax. However, the catch is an investor would suffer high capital losses due to “undervalue” or downtrend prices (correcting over 50% since IPO, even continue to underperform after business fundamental is improving). Despite the business fundamental is good, pawnbrokers stocks are not suitable for dividend investing due to inconsistent share prices.

The divergence between business and pawnbroker stocks prices may partly due to uncertain gold prices (which crashed before in the past) and also there are better choices for investment in Singapore bank stocks which are more predictable and “safer”. Lack of confidence and little knowledge in pawnshop business may deter potential investors from supporting their share prices.

So, these 3 pawnbroker stocks may not be suitable for investing due to misalignment between business and stock performance. Even during the bullish period of gold, pawners may choose to redeem the collateral (if containing gold), then pawnbrokers would just gain the interests. The 3 pawnbrokers stocks have many branches with relatively high level of debt over asset (a form of leveraging), therefore this business model is not as safe as bank or even traditional finance stocks.

6) Investment and Other Stocks

The remaining Singapore Banking and Finance stocks are mostly related to investment holding, fund management or other diversified businesses. These are some of the investment holding stocks: Hotung Investment (SGX: BLS), G K Goh (SGX: G41), Global Investment (SGX: B73), TIH (SGX: T55) and IFS Capital (SGX: I49). However, most of these stocks have weaker business fundamental, especially if the investment portfolio of companies may not perform during global stock crisis.

Hotung is an undervalue stock (Price-to-Book ratio, PB = 0.55) with stable profitable business (venture capital). It may be considered mainly for medium term dividend investing (about 7% dividend yield) but growth is limited if holding for long term. The company has no debt but undervalue business behave as those undervalue property stocks, safe but slow.

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3 Strategies for Double Top Stock Market (峰回路转)

Posted on June 12, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

US stock markets (both S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices) start to form potential “Double Top” at high optimism levels, after last few days of correction, indices are approaching / below 20 days moving average. At the same time, Asian stock markets (Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, etc) are still struggling to recover gradually at moderate low optimism level but may need to follow the footstep of US.

In this article, Dr Tee will share 3 main strategies with 3 unique personalities for the current global stock markets, either short term trading or long term investing, both follow-trend and counter-trend. Before that, let’s understand the main driver of stock and economic crisis: Covid-19 conditions locally and globally.

US has reported a few positive economic signals (eg. job market is not as bad as expected) but recovery phase would take longer time while stock market is back to high optimism level before Covid-19 crisis again. Covid-19 condition in US shows very gradual drop in number of infected cases as social distancing may not be strictly enforced while many people could not wait to restart the economy. Based on projection, Covid-19 in US may need to wait until end of summer (around Aug 2020) to fade away. The positive signal is the number of new daily death cases are dropped to only about 1/3 of the peak, although number of new daily infected cases are still about 2/3 of peak cases. This implies the strain of Covid-19 is getting weaker after 5 months of pandemic.

At the same time, world number of infected Covid-19 cases are still increasing (7.5M cases), mainly due to high increment in a few high population countries such as Brazil and India which may be hard to balance between lockdown (minimize health crisis) and continuation of economy (minimize financial crisis). Some more healthy people may not mind take the risk to work as no income may be higher “risk” to the family. Again, positive signal is number of death cases are in declining mode globally.

For Singapore, most of the Covid-19 cases are within worker dormitories which are under control (few cases in the community) and very few death cases. Therefore, Singapore government has restarted economy in phases. There are even plans to start travel within the regions with countries having mild condition (eg. China). Malaysia has also restarted the economy, similar to many other global countries.

In short, Covid-19 condition is improving in many countries (at least within major economies: US, China, Japan, Europe), may fade away by end of summer. With restart of economy, the worst of monthly economic performance could be over (during last few months of global lockdown). However, each of the global government has to work hard to avoid Covid-19 induced short term economic crisis is extended into a longer term and bigger scale global financial crisis.

The most direct method would be economic stimulus plan, different names in each country, eg: Quantitative Easing (QE) in US which is unlimited in scale. As a result, there is a divergence between stock market (V-shape recovery) and economy (sluggish). When US stock markets are recovering back to the level before Covid-19 crisis (Nasdaq has even achieved new historical high of 10000 points), market starts to show correction.

Stock correction is healthy for longer term growth, similar to a person climbs up a hill, need some rests or slowing down in bumpy path to preserve the energy (峰回路转). However, potential “Double Top” pattern for US stock market at high optimism is still a big threat as no one would know the possible scales of correction: minor correction (less than 10%), major correction (10-20%), stock crisis (eg. 20-30% during Covid-19) or even global financial crisis (over 50%).

Therefore, it is important for a stock trader or investor to take action (Buy / Hold / Sell / Wait / Shorting) aligning with own personality. Here are 3 potential strategies for 3 unique personalities when there are potential signals of stock market correction (different levels):

1) Short Term Momentum / Cyclic Trading (trend-following)
A short term trader would exit progressively or reduce position with S.E.T. (Stop Loss / Entry / Target Prices) trading plan. When stock market is back to bullish again for short term, can always re-enter the trading (acceptable even the price could be higher than the selling price). Selling a stock is taking an insurance for a trader to reduce the risk, especially when uptrend price is corrected below own risk tolerance level.

Friend of a trader is always the clear price trends and bonus is strong fundamental business (just in case a retail trader could not follow the trading, if forced to become a long term investor, at least the giant stock would give the protection). Of course, it is possible to apply reversed strategy to do shorting, same requirement of following trading plan but in a reversed way (eg. downtrend price with weak fundamental business, best with negative market news).

2) Long Term Growth Investing
A long term growth investor would either reduce position (if trend-following but price is corrected more than own risk level) to protect the capital gain or possible to hold (regardless of potential stock crisis) but need to ensure stock portfolio is well diversified, based on 10-20 growth giant stocks with strong business fundamental. When stock is back to bullish again, may consider to “Average Up” with multiple entries for longer term investor.

For investor who could also trade, there is also an option for hedging (shorting for short term while holding to position for long term if not selling).

3) Long Term Dividend Investing

A long term dividend investor, if applying contrarian strategy (counter-trend to buy low in bearish stock market), possible to apply multiple entries to enter while stocks are falling, 10-25% (or X% defined by individual) price gap between each entry to maximize the dividend yield (especially for Asian stock market at lower optimism) but need to ensure stock portfolio is well diversified, based on 10-20 giant dividend/growth stocks with strong business fundamental.

This is “Average Down” method, suitable for unknown scale of stock crisis (minor correction or global financial crisis), no need to guess the bottom as consistent averaging in prices would help but an investor needs to follow the discipline to continue to buy low (only for giant stocks) while others are fearful.

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It is possible for 3 strategies above to be integrated, eg. trend-following dividend investing or growth + dividend investing, etc. There are over 10 different stock trading or investing strategies but one has to adjust to fit own personality. For example, for market cycle investor, needs to follow market optimism closely as US is back to high optimism level (>75%). Commodity stock investor (eg. oil & gas stock) needs to integrate different market cycles of stock market and commodity market.

Of course, the last possible option is do nothing all the time, regardless up or down in stock market: zero risk, zero reward. A stock trader or investor has to learn to take action (Buy / Hold / Sell / Wait / Shorting) unless “Do Nothing” (Wait or Hold) is part of strategy.

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Watching NASDAQ to 10000 Points (旁观者迷)

Posted on June 11, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

10000 points tonight is an important milestone for Nasdaq (mainly technology stocks) as in Year 2000 Dotcom Bubble, it also fell down from “new” peak of 5000 points to about 1/3 of value. After 20 years later, the key difference is this time the driver is V-shape recovery after over 30% major correction which shows the power of “unlimited QE”.

US is more suitable for shorter term trading, especially momentum trading with support of greedy mass market. Trend-following may be required for some traders as optimism is back to high level for both NYSE and NASDAQ stock markets in US. Global stock markets (STI, KLCI, HSI, SSEC, DAX, etc) also recover well but not as bullish as US.

It may be hard to compare Apple (eg. US stock market) with Orange (eg. Asian stock market) but they are still connected as both are fruits (global stock market), therefore when demand for Apple is higher, likely demand for Orange may be higher as well.

At the same time, within each fruit, an investor should look for better Apple or better Orange as it may be confusing to apply the Orange criteria (eg. sweatness) on selection of Apple (eg. crunchy).

In short, you don’t have to like Apple or Orange but need to ensure their prices would be higher in future based on the timeframe of your interest.

Trading may not be suitable for everyone. Those who prefer to buy and forget may be more suitable for investing. There are a few who could invest and trade at the same time but applying 2 different strategies, even if the stock is the same.

When there is a reversal (eg. bear to bull), some would be happy (those who take actions to buy), some may feel sad (those who wait but now uncertain whether decision is right).

In fact, there is no need to worry as there is no right nor wrong in stock market. A trader or investor needs to have a trading plan or investing strategy as an “anchor” to position oneself (aligned with own personality), else will be drifted each day by the wave of stock market, confused with up or down until giddy, may make a “wrong” decision by following others who shout louder.

Covid-19 conditions (both # daily infected cases and death cases) are getting much better for major economies (US, China, Japan, Europe) and also in Singapore. If you follow Dr Tee articles and video education (www.ein55.com/blog) over the past 4 months since the pandemic started in Feb 2020, summer 2020 was a key factor and global Covid-19 trends have been reported to fade away by then.

With restart of economies in most global countries from June 2020, economy starts to show V-shape recovery. Oil price at low optimism starts to recover strongly after the negative oil price a few weeks ago, preparing for higher demand by the world after lockdown is over.

US job market is improving for May 2020, S&P 500 rises to another high of nearly 3200 points, could break historical high of 3300+ points if this momentum continues in June. Asia stock markets also recover gradually with less fear.

Warren Buffett is not wrong (selling Airlines stocks and bank stocks) as his actions are aligned with his own personality (sell when outlook is uncertain or beyond his knowledge) and this is only his partial stock portfolio, still holding lots of other stocks. So, even if stock market is truly recovering, Warren Buffett and Berkshire would benefit (rising in stock prices is a proof).

Those investors who follow Warren Buffett blindly (copy his actions and even extend to sell all stocks) are wrong as they don’t align the strategies with their own personalities, some even greedy to wait to buy all stocks at the lowest point (which no one knows), may end up missing the opportunity boat or given option to buy at much higher prices (旁观者迷).

There are 2 ways of analysis: relative and absolute way. Therefore, even for a bearish stock market or economy, some may view “less negative” as positive. This is similar to a weak business which should lose $1M yearly but when losing “only” $100k, it is considered positive.

Ideally economy should be strong to support stock market. However, during Covid-19 crisis, relative method may be applied.

Stock market is forward looking, therefore some traders prefer to look at price alone which could reflect most of the key market factors including emotions. A smart investor may combine business fundamental and trading together. The biggest enemy is usually ourselves, whether we are comfortable with the strategy, either short term trading or long term investing.

Analysts who have been bearish would keep quiet for a few weeks, then more posts will come out when there is correction over 10% again. Now, there will be more posts on bullish stock market. Readers would hear different views each time, eventually not able to take action at all if simply follow others.

There are always 2 views of market: bull or bear, that’s why for each transaction, there is always a pair of buyer and seller. Don’t follow analysts blindly. Instead, leverage on the views, do additional filtering, aligning with own personality.

No expert would know what may happen for tomorrow’s share price but in longer term, business with sustainable growth would have higher chance to make profits in business to support the rising price.

Since no one could see the future, a stock investor may need to apply probability investing during this uncertain period: position in 10-20 giant stocks (strikers / mid-fielders / defenders) with strategies (eg. momentum / growth / dividend / undervalue, etc) aligned with own personalities (eg. short term trading or long term / life investing), minimizing risks with multiple entries / exits.

It is fun to “watch” and cheer in the football game but at the end, observers may waste the time and money if not able to take even the first action nor having a clear strategy.

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