6 Things Investors Should Know About The Straits Times Index And Its Benchwarmers

5 Apr 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
As Foolish investors may know, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), the most prominent stock market benchmark in Singapore, is made up of 30 different stocks. What may not be that well-known is that the list of 30 is reviewed on a quarterly basis to determine whether any changes should be made. In a ...
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Noble Group Limited to be Dropped from the Straits Times Index

4 Mar 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
As Foolish investors may know, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), the most prominent market benchmark in Singapore, is made up of 30 different stocks. What may not be well known is that the list of 30 is reviewed on a quarterly basis to determine whether any changes should be made. In a joint press ...
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NOL stuck in the red for third straight year with $220.4m net loss

24 Feb 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Cost savings are not enough. NOL remains in the red for the third straight year, though net loss for FY15 tapered by an impressive 41.1% to $220.4m despite a 23.4% fall in revenue as cost of sales sank 25.2% to $5.03b. According to a report by OCBC, the company’s Q4 net loss narrowed 36.8% YoY to $77.3m. ...
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Six Good Reasons Buy Now

28 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Last year could have been a rewarding year for investors, if they had sunk their teeth – or should I say – sunk their FANGs into just four stocks. The four “FANGs” last year were Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google. Separately, they returned 34%, 117%, 134% and 45%, respectively. And there wasn’t even ...
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1 Battered Blue Chip Stock with a Solid Competitive Advantage

21 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
An economic moat – a term that’s likely popularised by billionaire investor Warren Buffett – is simply the competitive advantage(s) that a company has over its competitors and new entrants. Economic moats can be derived from a few sources such as branding, regulation, technological capabilities, a network ...
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10 Crucial Things to Know As an Investor

14 Jan 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet 1. Dean Williams said in an investing speech in 1981 that “confidence in a forecast rises with the amount of information that goes into it. But the accuracy of the forecast stays the same.” At the end of each year, Wall Street market strategists often forecast where the S&P 500 (a U.S. stock market ...
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CMA CGM builds stake in NOL at discount to takeover offer price

21 Dec 2015 - DealStreetAsia
France’s CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping firm, which had earlier this month entered into a deal to buy Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines, has now begun building its stake in the Temasek-controlled company, at a lower price per share, than its takeover price of S$1.30 a share. In ...
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Next Week’s News Today: Going, Going, Gone

11 Dec 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet Two massive deals were unveiled this week. The first was Paris-based Accor’s agreed bid for FRHI, which owns hotel brands that include Raffles, Swissotel and Fairmont for US$2.9 billion. Accor said it will pay US$840 million in cash and issue 46.7 million Accor shares to finance the purchase. The ...
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Is The Privatisation Offer For Neptune Orient Lines Ltd Fair To Its Minority Shareholders?

9 Dec 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Tweet After months of rumours and speculation, shipping firm Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (SGX: N03) has finally announced that it’s going to be taken private. CMA CGM Group, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, has launched a cash offer for all of Neptune Orient Lines’ shares at S$1.30 apiece. ...
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Daily Briefing: NOL sale boosts Singapore’s hub ambitions; Singapore builders overleveraged

9 Dec 2015 - Singapore Business Review
And here’s the deal on smartphone insurance in Singapore. CMA CGM SA’s S$3.38 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. offers two advantages for Singapore: It allows state investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte to get rid of a money-losing business, while furthering the city-state’s ...
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