How You Can Hitch On What May Be ASEAN’s Brightest Economy Now

4 Feb 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
China’s economic growth is slowing. In 2015, the giant Asian nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at 6.9%, the lowest rate seen since 1990. With China being Singapore’s largest trade partner, some are wary about a potential economic slowdown here. Meanwhile, the skies aren’t exactly bright ...
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Next Week’s News Today: Japan In Focus

24 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Japan is pencilled in for some key numbers that could shape its near-term economic policy. These include import and export numbers and the leading economic index. Japan balance of trade with the rest of world widened last month due to lower shipment of machinery. The widening of Japan’s trade balance ...
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The Biggest Consumer Staple Stocks in the Singapore Stock Market

20 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Fears of a downturn may send investors scrambling for shelter. Shelter, in this case, may be in the form of consumer staple stocks – those are companies that provide essential products such as food, beverages or other household products. The general idea is that consumption of daily staples will continue ...
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The Singapore Market this Week: Red Ink Everywhere

10 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet Singapore’s stock market, as represented by the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), did not start the first trading week of 2016 on a good note as it slumped 4.6% to close at 2,751 points on Friday. A weakening Chinese currency, the falling price of oil, and concerns about conflicts between nations ...
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China’s Stock Market Crashes… AGAIN: What Companies Might Win From This?

7 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet Earlier today at 9:59 am, the Chinese stock market halted trading for the day for the second time in a week. This came after the CSI 300 Index, an important benchmark for Chinese stocks, fell more than 7% in the session and triggered automatic circuit breakers. Today’s trading halt in China is ...
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When the Use of History Becomes Dangerous In Investing

6 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet I had recently chanced upon an old 1985 interview that the late investor Walter Schloss did with business publication Barron’s. Schloss’s thoughts on investing are well worth noting, in my opinion. According to the book Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond, which is co-authored by ...
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How Should We Invest?

5 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet Not too long ago, I was reading an annual report of the conglomerate SembCorp Industries Limited without realising that my younger 19-year old cousin had been standing next to me for a few minutes. Confused, he asked me how I could bear reading such a boring report. Naturally, I tried to explain ...
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Exciting sectors to watch in 2016

2 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet We all know that something will happen in 2016. Some things already have, which could set the scene for the next 12 months and beyond. These include the first interest-rate hike in the US for almost a decade and a constant flow of news that China’s economy is growing less quickly than it has done ...
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2015 Review For The Singapore Stock Market: Palm Oil Stocks

31 Dec 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet We are nearing the end of 2015. For many investors in Singapore, it has been a year of pain and hardship. The SPDR STI ETF (SGX: ES3), an exchange-traded fund which tracks the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), has seen its net asset value per unit fall 14% from S$3.408 at the end of December 2014 ...
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Fishing for Opportunities in Blue Chip Stocks

30 Dec 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet It’s been a tough year for stocks in Singapore given how the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) is likely to end 2015 with a mid-teens percentage decline. But amidst the wreckage may lie a bargain or two. Luckily, we have some help in bargain hunting from a recent report by exchange operator Singapore ...
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