Year of the Horse – Industries to Avoid?

19 Jan 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Take a stroll down Chinatown now and it’s likely you’ll see throngs of people and a bustling street. And why shouldn’t that be the case? After all, the Chinese New Year is just round the corner! It’s one of the most important festivals that the Chinese around the world celebrate, and is meant to signify ...
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Industrial Engineering stocks gained 23% in 2013 YTD

31 Dec 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Industrial Engineering Sector is made up of two subsectors: Industrial Machinery and Commercial Vehicles and Trucks. Both types of stocks are involved in manufacturing and distribution. Industrial machinery stocks typically focus on industrial machinery and factory equipment such as machine tools, ...
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Dividends boost Maritime Index gain to 6.4% in 2013 YTD

17 Dec 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The nine companies in the FTSE ST Maritime Index are categorised either as Marine Transportation stocks or as Commercial Vehicles and Trucks stocks based on the Industry Classification Benchmark. These companies are firstly part of the broader FTSE ST All Share Index and secondly derive at least 55% ...
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Three Shares That Beat the Market Today

9 Dec 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) has lost a meagre 0.53 points to close at 3,114, essentially unchanged from where it was last Friday. It was somewhat of a mixed day for the 30 blue chips that make up the index as 13 of them ended the day with gains while 16 others had suffered losses. Let’s take ...
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Five STI Reserve Stocks Average 4.3% Dividend Yield

22 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Like the Dow Jones Index, there are 30 blue chip constituents of the STI. Another five constituents make up the STI Reserve List. In September, Yangzijiang Shipping replaced Suntec REIT in the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) reserve list. The STI reserve list is now made up of Ascendas Real Estate ...
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Singapore Market’s Big Movers Of The Day

12 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It’s a pretty decent day in the local market as the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) made some baby-steps forward with a 0.4% gain to 3,121 points. Winners in the index outnumbered the losers 21-to-9. Despite the relatively pedestrian 0.5% movement in the STI, there were actually shares that made rather ...
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The Industrial Sector – Industrial Goods & Services Part II

6 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
As earlier articles of this Sector Connect series, we gave an overview of the industrial sector, talked about the “Construction and Materials” supersector, and started on the “Industrial Goods and Services” supersector. In this article, we will delve into the “Electrical & Electrical Equipment” and ...
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Singapore “Flyer” Of The Week: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding

26 Jul 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
One swallow does not a summer make. And one week of share price gains at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (SGX: BS6) does not diminish the fact that fewer ships are being built right now because of the slowdown in demand for transporting of goods by sea. Things might change for the better when global economies ...
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Chinese Ship Builders in Trouble

5 Jul 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
This morning, Bloomberg reported that one of China’s biggest shipyard-companies outside the state’s control, China Rongsheng Heavy Industriies Group Holdings, is “seeking support from the government and its largest shareholder amid a plunge in orders and prices.” According to the Bloomberg report, it ...
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