Tag Archives: Banks

Taking stocks of Year 2020

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Brennen

Year 2020 has been a year of frightful year. Following the fruitful ending for year 2019, most of us were hopeful that the prosperity would follow through into year 2020. Just the opposite. It was nightmarish not long after the … Continue reading →

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Taking stock of stocks portfolio

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Brennen

Like many other years, last year had been spiced with a few surprises causing some stocks to swing significantly even though the STI index had been relatively stagnant. First and foremost, at the beginning of the year, many of us … Continue reading →

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DBS – The pleasant surprise

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Brennen

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 →

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The local banks – DBS, OCBC and UOB

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Brennen

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 →

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If we missed the best stock upsides

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Brennen

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 →

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What can we expect from the American election?

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Brennen

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 →

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Banks may be cheap now, but…

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Brennen

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 →

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DBS- script dividend is out of money

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Brennen

DBS announced the script dividend of $0.60 per share at a conversion of $20.99 per share. This was established during the book clourse around the end April 2015. In the month of May 2015, the share price had been higher than $21 per share for the first … Continue reading →

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OCBC – script dividend in the money

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Brennen

Recently, OCBC announced the distribution of scrip dividend in lieu of cash dividend. Its dividend was $0.18 per share and the bank had established a conversion rate of $9.50 per share, a discount to on-going share price. Given the discount to the prevailing … Continue reading →

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Singapore banks – Net interest margins (NIM)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Brennen

Much fanfare has been thrown on banks’ net interest margin (NIM) as the impending interest rates hike seemed to gain traction. As it is, our interest rate lags behind the US interest rates, and it is only a matter of … Continue reading →

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