STI has fallen almost 191 points, or 6.4% from 2,964 on 21 Apr 2016 to close 2,773 on 4 May 2016. The fall was mainly attributable to risk off attitude arising from the sharp surge in JPY due mainly to the surprise from Bank of Japan Meeting last Thurs; lacklustre corporate results and weak economic data from China and U.S. etc.

Based on Chart 1 below, STI has fallen below all the exponential moving averages which is not a good sign. Fortunately, there is no death cross formed at the moment. In addition, ADX closed at 18.7 which is still below 20, indicative of a lack of trend. RSI closed at 35, a three-month low. My personal opinion is that STI should find good support at 2,750 and strong support at 2,680 – 2,700.

Chart 1: STI fell 191 pts in the last two weeks

Source: CIMB chart as of 4 May 2016

For those who are waiting for the market to pull back to increase your equity exposure, I have used Bloomberg to screen some stocks using the following simple criteria (See Table 1 below):

a) Market capitalisation in SGD terms >=S$400m;

b) Analyst coverage with potential capital upside >=0%

Table 1: Top five companies sorted by the largest total potential capital upside

Source: Bloomberg as of 3 May 2016

 

Some noteworthy points

a) The above is compiled from Bloomberg and there is a possibility that Bloomberg may not have captured all the updated target prices from the various analysts;

b) Readers who are on my website sign-ups will be able to see the entire compilation of stocks above.

As mentioned in my write-up dated 22 Apr 2016 (see here), I have been cautious with only 15% invested as of 22 Apr 2016. Since 22 Apr, I have increased my percentage invested from 15% on 22 Apr 2016 to around 40% now in anticipation of the results period. Although my comfort level on my percentage invested is around 30 – 50%, I may increase above 50% temporarily in the next couple of weeks for short term opportunistic trades. (My clients will be duly informed on new stocks which I have entered and any significant portfolio change.)

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Lastly, many new clients have asked me how I screen and decide which companies to take a closer look / write. To understand more about my basis of deciding which companies to write, you can download a copy of my eBook available on my website here. 

 

P.S: Do note that as I am a full time remisier, I can change my equity allocation fast to capitalize on the markets’ movements.

 

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