A Simple Way to Beat the Market

19 Jun 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Most individuals who are familiar with Singapore’s stock market would likely have come across the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). It’s a widely accepted measure of the general movement of the stock market and accounts for more than 75% of the total market capitalisation of all the stocks listed on the ...
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3 Shares That Beat the Market Today

30 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) continued its losing streak today with a 1% decline to 3,331 after falling by 1.1% yesterday. We were not alone as Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index went down by more than 5% to 13,589, the lowest it has been since April 22. Bringing the action back to home, the STI’s fall ...
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Three Shares That Beat The Market Today

22 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) rose by 0.3% today to close at 3,454. According to Bloomberg, the index had hit a new 52-week high of 3,465 during the day but it gave up some gains along the way. More than half the STI-components ended the day in green, so let’s take a look at some of the particularly ...
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Singapore’s Most Efficient Farmers

17 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Many people might say that making profits regularly is the most important part of running a sustainable business. However, that is only one part of ensuring that a business has a viable future. If you think about it, anyone can make a profit if they simply throw heaps of money into a business. Instead, ...
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The Week Ahead: Farmers Step Into The Spotlight

9 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The quarterly earnings season carries on apace next week with farmers stepping into the spotlight. No fewer than three companies that make their living from toiling the land will be reporting their latest three-monthly figures. Vertically-integrated farmer Golden Agri-Resources (SGX: E5H) said in February ...
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Three Shares With Growing Earnings But Stagnant Prices

2 May 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Peter Lynch once passed on a piece of sage advice to American technology company Dell’s then-CEO Michael Dell. It goes like this: “If your earnings are higher in 5 years, your stock will be higher”. If we take Lynch’s advice to heart, then investors in these three companies; Sembcorp Marine (SGX: S51); ...
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Singapore’s Fastest-Growing Blue Chips

16 Apr 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It is often said that elephants don’t gallop. The catchy phrase was coined by investing guru, Jim Slater, who reckoned that small companies are more likely to grow faster than lumbering blue chips. There is some truth behind the overused phrase. After all, most blue chips start out as small companies. ...
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Singapore: Olam Doesn’t Want to Get Muddy

7 Apr 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Singapore stocks lost ground this week, with the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) down 0.3%. Several other major Asian markets also recorded losses, with the prominent exception of Japan, where the Nikkei responded very favorably to the Bank of Japan’s unveiling of an aggressive plan to jumpstart inflation: ...
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Singapore Market: Olam Comes Back

23 Mar 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Cyprus debacle unsettled global markets this week with fears that a potential collapse of the tiny Mediterranean state’s banking system could revive a eurozone crisis that had been in quiet remission since last summer. The Singapore market did not escape the impact, with the Straits Times Index (INDEX: ...
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Singapore’s Cheapest Farmers

13 Mar 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Jim Rogers once told me that he would rather be a farmer than an investment banker in 2018. What could he possibly mean by that? It’s quite simple, if not a tad frightening. He said that in 10 years’ time, the average age of farmers in Japan will be 76. In the US they would be 68 and in Australia they ...
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