The Business Times

Carmen Lee

HEAD OF OCBC INVESTMENT RESEARCH

The recent set-up of a committee to look at measures to revitalise the local stock market is a positive move in the right direction to re-energise the local exchange for the longer term
WEALTH & INVESTING

Recent market rout and the impact on equities

While volatility is likely to remain in the second half of 2024, fundamentals for the Singapore bourse are largely intact

The STI’s reduced volatility versus other indices in the world makes it ideal to add Singapore blue chips to a diversified portfolio.
WEALTH & INVESTING

Singapore: An ideal portfolio diversifier

THE Goldilocks effect – neither too hot, nor too cold – seems to aptly describe the Singapore market.

A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane being refuelled with blended sustainable aviation fuel at Changi Airport, 7 July 2022.
WEALTH & INVESTING

Revolutionising mobility the Singapore way

CAN Singapore as a small island play a significant part in sustainability? Does the country have the necessary infrastructures, systems, and technologies...

(FILES) People visit the Xpeng booth during the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 19, 2023. German auto giant Volkswagen said on July 26, 2023 it would take a minority stake in Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng, as it looks to make up for lost ground in the key market. Volkswagen said it would invest USD 700 million (632 million euros) in the Chinese auto brand, acquiring a stake of just under five percent in the Chinese brand. Together, the two companies would develop two mid-sized VW-branded electric models to be rolled out on the Chinese market "in 2026", Volkswagen said. Volkswagen also said its premium Audi brand had signed a memorandum with the group's existing Chinese partner SAIC to expand their cooperation and work on new high-end electric vehicles. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
WEALTH & INVESTING

Making Asia great again!

WHEN China announced its re-opening in January 2023, a loud rejoicing reverberated throughout the region, propelling most market watchers to upgrade the...

The Singapore market has bucked the global downtrend in corporate earnings, as several companies delivered good earnings growth rates.

Singapore equities stand a chance to shine in H2 2023

Against a challenging backdrop, safe haven markets and stocks could help investors ride out the mounting uncertainties

Operating margins are likely to continue to come under pressure in 2023, which could put pressure on profitability.
WEALTH & INVESTING

Wednesday on a loop for markets?

MOST investors must be wishing that the 2022 bear had gone into a long slumber early in the year, so that they...

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