Three Shares That Beat the Market

4 Jun 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Today’s the day when Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (SGX: A17U) replaces CapitaMalls Asia in the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). Unfortunately, the index hasn’t been able to extend a warm welcome as it declined by 0.5% to 3,280 points. Ascendas REIT itself had also fallen by 2.9% to S$2.32. While ...
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What Does a Recent Change in the Straits Times Index Mean For Investors?

2 Jun 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Last Tuesday, it was announced that there would be changes made to the constituents of Singapore’s widely-quoted stock market barometer, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). The current version of the index was launched in Jan 2008 and is being built and maintained by a trio of companies: 1) FTSE, a ...
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One Important Thing You May Have Missed Out When Analysing REITs

28 Apr 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
When looking at real estate investment trusts (REITs), many investors are usually fixated on their financial figures like the growth in their distributions per unit (DPU), distribution yields, gearing ratios and the price-to-book (PB) ratio. However, many may fail to see that there’s another important ...
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What Investors Need to Know About Ascendas REIT’s Full Year Results

22 Apr 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (SGX: A17U), or A-REIT, is Singapore’s first business space and industrial REIT. At last count, it owns 103 properties in Singapore and two properties in China. With yesterday’s release of its latest financials for the 12 months ended 31 March 2014, let’s take a ...
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Is it Time for Unitholders of Cambridge Industrial Trust to Cheer?

21 Apr 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Cambridge Industrial Trust (SGX: J91U), or CIT, recently announced that it had decided to reduce the trust’s performance fee calculation in favour of unitholders. The change was made after feedback from unitholders over the performance fees for the first half of 2013 (1H2013). Like all real estate investment ...
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How to Choose the Right REITs for You

26 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The next best thing from being a property owner yourself, is to own real estate investment trusts, or REITs. Being an owner of a REIT confers you partial ownership to all the real estate that it owns, which can be high-tech industrial facilities, residential apartments, hotels, shopping malls, swanky ...
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Singapore's 10 highest yielding mid-cap stocks

5 Mar 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
With dividends, the FTSE ST Mid Cap Index has generated a marginal 0.1% gain in the 2014 year to-date. Dividends are an important aspect of the Index, with the current indicative yield at 4.5%. The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index is made up of 50 securities, of which 48 maintain an indicative dividend yield. This ...
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What To Look Out For In A REIT

29 Jan 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Real Estate Investment Trusts, or “REITs” for short, have been slowly gaining popularity over the past decade. This should not come as a surprise as there are some real advantages for the existence of a REIT. Establishing a REIT is a “win-win” solution for both asset owners and retail investors. For ...
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Third Quarter Distribution Growth at Mapletree Logistics Trust

21 Jan 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The aptly-named logistics facilities real estate investment trust Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U) reported its third quarter earnings yesterday evening which saw an increase in distributions. MLT’s portfolio currently consists of 111 properties spread across 7 markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong ...
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Ascendas REIT leasing demand remains healthy in 3QFY14

20 Jan 2014 - Singapore Business Review
Due to lease expiries reduction. Leasing demand for Ascendas REIT (A-REIT) remained in the positive territory for the latest 3QFY14 results, according to OCBC Investment Research, as the company has continued to reduce its lease expiries to 5.3% of FY14 rental income left for renewal vs. 10.5% a quarter ...
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