What You Can Buy For US$14 Billion

7 Nov 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
So the most hotly awaited flotation of the year (apologies to Facebook) finally got underway. Yes, the IPO of Twitter got off the ground after the social media company sold 70 million shares at $26 a pop. But without any earnings to speak of, the only way to value the company was through its price to ...
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The Singapore Market This Week

26 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) closed at 3,205 points for this week. This was a gain, albeit a modest one, of 0.4% over the previous week. Even though our benchmark index barely moved, the same can’t be said of some STI component stocks, which moved considerably. One of the biggest fallers within ...
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5 Things You Should Know About Dairy Farm

23 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Though you may not know the name of retail behemoth Dairy Farm International Holdings (SGX: D01) you will undoubtedly know its Singaporean brands – Cold Storage, Giant, Guardian, Jason’s Marketplace and 7-Eleven, to name but a few. Dairy Farm also operates supermarkets and health & beauty stores throughout ...
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Singapore’s Undervalued Blue Chips

26 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Singapore market is looking cheaper today than it has done for the last three years. Last year the market was valued at 1.6 times book value, while in 2010 investors were paying almost two times book value. But today the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) is valued at just 1.3 times book value. In other ...
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Three Shares That Lost To The Market Today

24 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) ended trading at 3,212 points, down a mere 0.1% from Monday. Within the index, losers outnumbered the winners 16 to 11. The market’s relatively flat outcome suggested a quiet day on average, but some shares performed decidedly poorer. Let’s take a look at them. Keppel ...
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Can China Revive Asian Markets?

6 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The media is making a big song and dance about the Syrian crisis and also about the likely impact of tapering (when it finally happens) on global markets. But what about China? It seems that we have conveniently forgotten the massive influence that China has on, not only our market here in Singapore, ...
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Good Start For Singapore Shares In September

6 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) closed at 3,048 points for the week, up 19 points or 0.6%. Keppel Corporation Limited (SGX: BN4) and Sembcorp Marine Limited (SGX: S51) gained 2.6% and 3.8% respectively. The gains may be due to the 12% surge in the Baltic Dry Index (BDI). The shipping and trade index ...
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Half-year Earnings Up 1% for Jardine Strategic Holdings

5 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Investment-holding conglomerate Jardine Strategic (SGX: J37) released its half-year results last Friday. For a big-picture view of how the company did, revenue for the half-year slid very slightly by 0.2% year-on-year to US$16.7b while half-year profit inched up by 1% to US$860m. JSH’s underlying profit, ...
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Jardine Matheson Dishes Out 6% More Dividends

5 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Jardine Matheson Holdings (SGX: J36) released its first six months of 2013 (1H 2013) results last Friday. The company is part of Jardine Strategic Holdings (SGX: J37), which released its results last Friday as well. Overall, there were mixed results from the businesses held by Jardine Matheson in the ...
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A Quick Guide to Jardine Matheson Holdings

23 Jul 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Jardine Matheson Holdings’ (SGX: J36) performance over the past ten years has probably been the envy of most investors. Since the start of 2003, it has returned 1,015% (inclusive of dividends), handily beating the Straits Times Index’s (SGX: ^STI) 143% increase. The company’s past history of strong performance ...
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