Category: IPO / Equity / Stock Market
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EPF: Still up as at Q3 2016 but unsustainable moving forward
Feel free to read the full article about a piece of good news, even if it may not be repeating so soon. Reported in thestar.com.my Our Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has a good Q3 2016. Its investment income surged 29.21% to RM12.32 billion in Q3 2016 when compared to the same quarter in 2015 which achieved…
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REITs ‘can’ buy vacant land and develop it. Positive.
I consider this a positive news for the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and also for the real estate industry. Okay, perhaps more for the Klang Valley property market since most REITs are focused here. Reported in many media, the Securities Commission Malaysia’s (SC) has proposed to allow (REITs) to acquire vacant land and undertake…
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Dividend yield for REIT? Sunway REIT’s at 5.5 percent
First of all, I do not own a single unit of Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). However, I have always believed that if we want to enter the property market but we are worried with volatility, REITs provide that opportunity. If I tell you that a property related stock has a dividend yield of…
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Buy property… stocks and wait? CIMB’s advice.
Good news for those who has some spare cash and wants to buy stocks instead of property. After meeting with about 20 fund managers and analysts, CIMB Equities Research said, “Most funds still underweight property stocks in their portfolios but we sensed that sentiment on the sector had improved compared with during our roadshow in…
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Hap Seng: Bluechip, property, listed entity
This is the first time I am writing about Hap Seng Consolidated Bhd even though I have reviewed this stock before a few years ago. I do not own any units of Hap Seng today and has never bought any units before. I love companies which has shown good growth story and UNKNOWN to many.…
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EPF’s CEO on the same side as me on forex.
I personally dislike buying and selling currencies for profits. Read here: Hedging? Do it now, for future. property in Australia? Coming back to forex, just look at those small countries where its currency could be easily manipulated. Seriously, do these countries benefit when the “investors” gain or lose money from the speculative activities? Let’s also not…
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Ringgit recovering, I stopped writing
A few friends who have followed me for some time asked me why have I stopped writing about Ringgit these days. It’s already recovering, right? Well, last year, I did write a few articles about Ringgit. Read one here: Summary Q2 2015:Malaysian economy, Ringgit and Zeti or this: 1998 vs 2015, just numbers no rhetorics In fact…
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Property market recovery in H2 may drive up stock prices
Property market is not really ‘moving’ and this has affected many property counters. Many people are scared of stocks too: Is stock market scary for many? It does seem so These days, many of the counters have been forgotten. The issue is simple. If the developers are not selling well, their profits would certainly be affected…
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BURSA top picks – Buy and keep in 2016?
Two research houses gave their outlook for 2016. Looks promising if what they are predicting comes true. They are CIMB Research and MIDF Research. As usual, not everything that the research houses predict will come true.The actual analyst doing the research may be someone slightly better qualified and has more information than us. The person…