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Month: May 2012

Compilation of companies which had underperformed the STI since 3 May

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Below is my compilation of companies which had under performed the STI since 3 May. Data was sourced from Bloomberg on 17 May. My criteria in compiling the list is also listed below. Some companies such as Olam and China Minzhong are all time oversold based on RSI (i.e. since listing). Several of them are also trading at their 52 week low. Food for thought. *This was sent to my clients on Thurs evening. Short Name Last Price Est TP Chg from Est TP 52 wk high ($) 52 wk low ($) Adj Mkt Cap ($) FY12F PE (x) ROE […]

Some stocks to watch out as market falls

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STI dropped 107 points for the week of 7-11 May. It sank another 104 points or 3.5% to 2,779 last week. All in, it had slumped 211 points for the past fortnight. Since 3 May, HSI and STI had tumbled 2,298 points (12.1%) and 222 points (8.0%) respectively. If we compare the intraday high of 3 May vs the intraday low of 18 May, the decline for HSI and STI would have been a steeper 2,635 points (14.1%) and 251 points (9.1%) respectively. Despite the market drop, some interesting stocks to take note based on my personal observation and technical […]

U.S corporate results calendar 16 May – 31 May 2012

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Dear all, For readers who trade the U.S. markets, here is my personal compiliation of the U.S. listed companies’ earnings announcement date, sorted by date and company name for the period 16 – 31 May 12. Source is from Bloomberg, correct as on 16 May 12 This should be useful as part of your consideration in your trading plan. Company Name Date *Confirm / Estimated Time Period Estimate Abercrombie & Fitch Co 16-May-12 C 19:00 Q1 2013 0.014 Cost Plus Inc 16-May-12 C Aft-mkt Q1 2013 -0.038 Deere & Co 16-May-12 C Bef-mkt Q2 2012 2.531 Digital Domain Media Group […]

Singapore earnings announcement 9 – 31 May 12

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For readers who trade the Singapore. markets, here is my personal compilation of the Singapore listed companies’ earnings announcement date, sorted by date and company name for the period 9 – 31 May 12. Source is from Bloomberg, correct as on 9 May. This should be useful as part of your consideration in your trading plan. Company Name Date *Confirm / Estimated Time Period Estimate ASL Marine Holdings Ltd 9-May-12 C Aft-mkt Q3 2012 0.019 Beng Kuang Marine Ltd 9-May-12 E   Q1 2012   Ellipsiz Ltd 9-May-12 C Aft-mkt Q3 2012   Etika International Holdings Ltd 9-May-12 E   […]

China Animal – can biological drugs growth stem the share price decline?

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Some say a picture speaks a thousand words. With reference to Chart 1, it seems like China Animal (“CAL”) has almost tumbled 50% from the high seen in Dec 2010. What has happened? Is CAL[1]’s results worse than FY10? Are prospects dimmer than before? Chart 1: CAL’s 2 year stock chart Source: Shareinvestor (2 May 12) Firstly, let’s compare FY11 vs FY10* results With reference to Table 1, FY11 revenue and net profit rose 30% and 86% year on year (“y/y”) to RMB768m and RMB223m respectively. Excluding the gain in fair value of derivative financial instruments and amortised interest expense […]

U.S. Earnings announcement 30 Apr 12 – 31 May 12

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Dear all   For readers who trade the U.S. markets, here is my personal compilation of the U.S. listed companies’ earnings announcement date, sorted by date and company name for the period 30 Apr – 31 May 12. Source is from Bloomberg, correct as on 26 Apr. This should be useful as part of your consideration in your trading plan. Company Name Date *Confirm / Estimated Time Period Estimate Alere Inc 30-Apr-12 C Q1 2012 0.656 Anadarko Petroleum Corp 30-Apr-12 C Aft-mkt Q1 2012 0.832 Comstock Resources Inc 30-Apr-12 C Aft-mkt Q1 2012 -0.166 DFC Global Corp 30-Apr-12 C Q3 2012 0.521 […]