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Marco Polo Marine – sailing on smoother seas ahead (5 Feb 25)

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Dear all, Marco Polo Marine (MPM) has caught my attention. It closed at $0.055 on 5 Feb 2025. Read on as I outline the reasons that it has caught my eye. Firstly, what does MPM do? MPM, listed on the SGX-ST since 2007, is a regional integrated marine logistics company involved in shipping and shipyard operations. The company charters offshore support vessels (OSVs) and tugboats/barges for industries such as mining, construction, and infrastructure across regional waters, including the Gulf of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan. It has expanded into offshore wind farm projects, capitalizing on the growing wind energy industry […]

Tiong Woon – A potential undiscovered gem! (21 Oct 24)

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Dear all Tiong Woon has been in my watch list for several months. Whenever I look at Tiong Woon, it reminds me of Civmec even though they are not exactly comparables. However, they do share numerous similarities such as chart breakout; positive analyst commentary; management’s positive outlook; strong operating track record; increasing dividends etc. Civmec which I wrote on 10 Sep 23 (click HERE), has risen 28% from $0.805 on 8 Sep 2023 to close $1.03 on 18 Oct 2024. Since 8 Sep 2023, Civmec has given out a total of AUD0.09 / share. This works out to be a […]

UnUsUaL Limited – Potential removal of share overhang & Andy Lau’s concert may propel the share price (25 Jul 24)

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Dear all, UnUsUaL Limited (UnUsUaL) recently caught my attention due to a) It has slumped approximately 29% from $0.170 on 30 May to touch $0.120 on 16 – 17 Jul; b) Married deals of 19.0m shares transacted at $0.120 on 19 Jul and 1.6m shares at $0.125 on 22 Jul; c) Andy Lau is reportedly going to sing in Singapore. For the above point c), UnUsUaL announced yesterday on their Facebook (click HERE) that Andy Lau will be coming to Singapore for four nights from 10 – 13 Oct at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Given the above developments, it may arguably […]

Markets hit by selling pressure. Is it time to BUY? (23 Oct 23)

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Dear all It has been some time since I last wrote an article on market outlook. I have been extremely busy for the past three months where I have been meeting companies and other associates. (Check out my LinkedIn HERE). I have also just arranged an exclusive meetup with Lendlease Reit Manager CEO, Kelvin Chow and Head of Investor Relations, Ling Bee Lin with my clients last Friday. (Click HERE). As of last Friday, Lendlease Reit’s market capitalisation is around S$1.16b. With reference to Chart 1 below, October continues to see the third monthly outflows of funds from China equity markets. […]

Alibaba trades at single digit forward PE; net cash with earnings growth. What gives?! (11 Oct 23)

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Dear all Alibaba, since hitting a post-result intraday high of HKD97.95 on 11 Aug, it has slumped 14.9% to close HKD83.40 on 10 Oct. At HKD83.40, Alibaba trades at 9.3x FY24F and 8.5x FY25F PE. Its financial year ends in Mar. On 26 Sep, Alibaba submitted a spin-off proposal for its Cainiao (click HERE) to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has confirmed that the Company may proceed with the Proposed Spin-off. A spin-off listing application has been submitted to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. All in, it looks pretty positive. Why is Alibaba trading […]

Civmec – poised for a potential breakout above flag formation! (10 Sep 23)

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Dear all With reference to my technical write-up on Boustead Singapore dated 23 Jun (click HERE), I pointed out that Boustead Singapore seems to be poised for a bullish breakout. It closed at $0.825 on 23 Jun and subsequently jumped 9% to touch an intraday high of $0.900 on 26 Jul. This compares favourably to STI which generated a 4.0% over the same period. Another stock, Civmec has recently caught my attention due to its chart development which may portend a potential bullish breakout. It closed $0.805 on 8 Sep. First of all, let’s understand what Civmec does.   Description […]

CDL Hospitality trades at multi-month low levels $1.03 despite strong 2H outlook! (3 Sep 23)

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Dear all CDL Hospitality Trust (CDREIT) has caught my attention after slumping from $1.19 on 31 Jul to close $1.03 on 31 Aug. After taking into account of $0.0251 dividend per share ex on 4 Aug, it is still down 11.6% for the month, notching a multi-month low despite a likely buoyant 2HFY23F. Let’s take a closer look on why CDREIT has caught my attention.   Firstly, why did it drop 12% in Aug? The drop in CDREIT’s share price may be attributed to three main reasons, viz. a) 1HFY23 results missed some analysts’ estimates 1HFY23 results released on 28 […]

Genting Singapore, touted as a recovery play, trades near eight-month low price! (5 Aug 23)

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Dear all Recently, Genting Singapore, a supposedly recovery play, closed at a near eight-month low price. It caught my attention especially after Las Vegas Sands (LVS) reported results on 19 Jul 2023. LVS reported a good set of results and indicated that there is scope for further improvement, as China tourists have not come back in full force yet. While the details (such as VIP volume growth and win percentage) may differ markedly from LVS (i.e., Marina Bay Sands) and Genting Singapore, generally speaking, the good set of results in MBS increases the chance that Genting Singapore may report similar […]

Sasseur Reit – Three analyst initiations in less than 2 months! What gives (25 Jul 23)

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Dear all Two weeks ago, I mentioned that some reits’ charts (click HERE) have caught my attention. On a fundamental basis, besides Lendlease Reit (Click HERE for my key takeaway from my 1-1 meeting with Lendlease Reit Manager CEO), Sasseur Reit has caught my particular attention. What first caught my attention was that Sasseur Reit has seen three analyst initiations in less than two months! There are now six research houses actively covering Sasseur Reit. This is quite a feat for a China reit to attract such wide analyst coverage on a relative basis, as it is common knowledge that […]

Two charts – Lendlease Reit and Manulife US Reit caught my attention (11 Jul 23)

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Dear all, Based on my personal reading, since a couple of months ago, investor interest seems to be gradually rotating back into the reit sector. Several reits have caught my attention. For this write-up, I will focus on Lendlease Reit and Manulife US Reit.   1) Lendlease Reit closed $0.660 With reference to my write-up on Lendlease Reit dated 3 Jul 2023 (click HERE), I have compiled my key takeaways from my 1-1 meeting with Lendlease Reit’s management and from what I gather from the various analyst reports and my other readings into this write-up. As such, I will not be […]