Dasin Retail Trust (“DRT”) found itself currently in hot soup when one of its bankers, through its lawyers, issued a statutory demand letter to its management. The demand letter dated 10 January 2023 declared that DRT is openly in default of the faci...
January portfolio update. Currently @ 1.1m. Notch up 1% from the previous month. It’s heartening to see the Chinese stocks slowly recovering, turning red to green. However, at the same time, my US related REITs are pretty affected by the Manulife REI...
On 11 Jan, Comfort (CD) closed at $1.21, the lowest close since 31 Oct 2008. The next day, to the horror of CD’s shareholders, it broke $1.21 with volume expansion and closed at $1.18. At the time of this write-up, CD closed today at $1.14, the lowes...
The SSB has a higher 10 year average interest rate compared to the 10 year SGS bond currently, offers capital protection and more flexibility. What happened? Apart from the upcoming 1-year T-bill auction, some in the Beansprout community also asked a...
Decentralized finance (DeFi) Decentralized finance (DeFi) refers to the world of digital assets that are traded in a decentralized manner, without a central bank or other financial institution. It’s analogous to the traditional financial system, but...
Today, let’s spend some time to talk about some of the important nitty gritty of investing. This is not the usual fun and games – big ideas, cheap value names or best-in-class companies. Everyone loves ideas, what to buy, deep dives. But what actuall...
Top Glove is the world’s largest glove manufacturer. Founded in 1991, the company has grown from a single production line and 100 employees to 812 production lines and 15,000 employees. Top Glove was recently removed from the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI...
Market commentators are seeing a strong case for investing in bonds, reflecting a yield reset in 2022 and as an economic downturn is looking likely this year, notes PIMCO. Here is a list of commentaries from fund managers on why they think bonds are...
With market commentators rallying investors to “bring on bonds”, which sectors or markets should investors be looking at? We bring together some ideas from fund houses. Singapore bonds: A low risk diversifier amid uncertainty Eastspring Investments ...