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Category Archives: OCBC
Reading too much into news & Wall Street movement can derail our financial plan
Very often we try to check the Wall Street movement and the futures to have an idea of what is likely to happen in the local stock market at the start of the trading day. After all, the Wall Street … Continue reading
Posted in OCBC, Z-FINANCIAL EDUCATION, Z-INVESTMENTS, Z-Personal Finance, Z-STOCK INDICES
Tagged brokerage, Dow Jones, NASDAQ, OCBC, STI, Wall Street
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DBS – The pleasant surprise
Abstract – Two years ago, the sudden devaluation of the Chinese yuan RMB caused DBS share price to fall below its book value. Since then, DBS Holdings share price has been on the rise. In a similar fashion, the share … Continue reading
Striking the football with two legs, not one
Several days ago, The Straits Times published an article entitled “Singapore stocks pay best dividends across Asia”. Indeed it is true. Even with the current market run-up, many blue chips companies have been paying a nominal dividend of about 3-4% … Continue reading
Posted in DBS, OCBC, Z-FINANCIAL EDUCATION, Z-INVESTMENTS, Z-Personal Finance
Tagged capital appreciation., dividend, dividend yield
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The local banks – DBS, OCBC and UOB
The local banks have just released their financial results for the financial year 2016. All the three banks suffered a decrease in profit for FY 2016 compare with FY 2015. OCBC seemed to have it worst, while UOB did comparatively … Continue reading
Posted in DBS, OCBC, UOB, Z-INVESTMENTS
Tagged asset quality., Banks, fee incomes, impairment, NIMs
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If we missed the best stock upsides
Today marks a little more than one month after Donald Trump won the US election. When he first won the election, the market at first reacted negatively, followed by a strong rally and then tapered off in the last two … Continue reading
Posted in OCBC, UOB, YZ-BANKS, Z-FINANCIAL EDUCATION, Z-INVESTMENTS, Z-Personal Finance, Z-STOCK INDICES
Tagged Banks, personal finance, stock investments.
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What can we expect from the American election?
Now that the American election is over, and Donald Trump has been announced to be the president-elect. The inauguration is scheduled to be on 20 January 2017. As a biggest economy in the world, we can expect big event changes … Continue reading
Buy-and-hold strategy does not mean buy and don’t sell
For those who may not know, buy and hold strategy is a proven strategy and is used by long-term investors in hope to benefit from the capital appreciation of the component stocks in a portfolio. It is often associated with … Continue reading
Posted in DBS, OCBC, SPH
Tagged buy and hold strategy, Financial Education, Investments, personal finance
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Sell in May and go away strategy: Why not a contrarian view?
The old saying sell in May and go away strategy seemed to have taken its toll this year when STI was sharply sold down from 2960.78 on 21st April to 2730.8 on 6th May 2016, a drop of 230 points, … Continue reading
Posted in DBS, IPC, Jardine C&C, OCBC, OSIM, YZ-BANKS, Z-FINANCIAL EDUCATION, Z-INVESTMENTS, Z-STOCK INDICES
Tagged Financial Education, IPC, Jardine C&C, stock index, the banks
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Banks may be cheap now, but…
Cash is king. Yes, during financial turmoil like this when stock markets all over the world are sinking, having cash is the key. According to The Straits Times on 20 January 2016, just last year alone, about US$735 billion left … Continue reading
Posted in DBS, OCBC, YZ-BANKS, Z-INVESTMENTS, Z-Personal Finance, Z-STOCK INDICES
Tagged acquisitions, Banks, index, mergers, Stocks
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If this stock market turmoil ends up in a liquidity crunch, do you know what the banks will do?
During the times when there is liquidity crunch, such as now when there is an impending interest rate hike in US or when there is a stock market rout in the region, what is the most important thing for the banks? Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in DBS, Jardine C&C, OCBC, YZ-BANKS, Z-FINANCIAL EDUCATION, Z-INVESTMENTS, Z-Personal Finance
Tagged Financial Education, personal finance, stock index
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