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64% ROI if you invested in March 2020 for OCBCSuch is the rewards if one is patient enough and daring enough to get in at the almost right time! The top 3 banks are giving good investment returns to their shareholders thus far and with the rate hike news, it should not be a major issue for these banks to reach their previous peak at all. In this case, we are shy of 2 dollars to reach the pinnacle. Will it rise higher thereafter ? I would say it is highly possible but not without challenges. It is more likely for profit taking and thus retracement is expected and price action is likely to move sideways until we see another stimulus to pierce through the resistance level at 14. However ,if you have not bought any bank shares locally, I would suggest to hold your fire as the price is too high now. Let it comes down a bit first and DYODD if it is a worthy investment for you.
SGX:O39Long
by dchua1969
Common Sense to InvestingRead this article here In the world of investing, I think common sense is also not commonly practised. When we see charts with red candles or trend sloping downwards, we become fearful and paralysed to take action. In our mind, we kept thinking how low will it go ? Should I wait some more ? Yes, like the guy who jumped off the 3 storey building, buying when the price is depressed equally takes courage. But not this kind of risky courage of jumping from a 3 storey building where you could potentially harm yourself and/or others below. If you have done your research, then you know that Mr Market is irrational and temporary price fluctuations is inevitable. This temporary drop in price action is welcome news to investors like us. Buying now would be quite late imo as the 52 week is at around 36 dollars which it had surpassed that level sometimes back in Feb last year. So, I expect the price to hoover around this range for a while.... You see, I have been using Tradingview platform for more than 8 years and made hell lots of mistakes, lost money along the way, shed tears, banged tables, pull hairs and all. In the past, I will be mindful if anyone likes my post. As I matured in my investing journey, such "likes" become insignificant as I continue to share my 2cents worth of knowledge with like minded people. It is meant to be taken as a reference point, an entertainment of sort if you will but one must always rely on themselves for their financial decision. Never allow others to cloud your mind and do things you are not sure of. Your money is hard earned so treat it well and it will reciprocate in kind.
SGX:D05
by dchua1969
DBS to Gain as Funds Rain in SingaporeDBS is positioned uniquely at the intersection of both India and China to gain from growth in both countries. Facilitating capital flows out of China, continued rising footprint in India, digital asset presence, a trusted bank in Singapore which is emerging as the Swiss of Asia, DBS has more than one source of tailwind powering its upward flight. Specifically, this paper identifies five key drivers powering DBS shares. Against the backdrop of sharp recession ahead, this paper posits a case study delivering 2.8x reward to risk ratio through a spread comprising of long DBS shares and short MSCI Singapore Index futures to gain from expected outperformance. The DBS Story Launched >50 years ago, DBS is the largest bank in South-East Asia and rubbing shoulders among global banks with S$743B in assets as of December 2022. Its diverse services cover consumer banking, asset management, brokerage, and digital assets. DBS' robust capital position, strong governance, and solid operational practices, with MAS as the regulator, makes it a bank with the highest credit ratings in APAC. “Live More, Bank Less” defines the essence of the bank's strategy. DBS aspiration goes beyond being the best bank but aspires to deliver experience that's world class and on par with GANDALF firms. GANDALF stands for Google, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, LinkedIn, and Facebook. And D? DBS, of course. A key figure in the transformation has been its CEO Piyush Gupta who has helmed its leadership since 2009 and is seen as instrumental in the bank's meteoric rise as a global banking player. Last year, DBS delivered stunning record profits of S$8.2B driven by surging rates. 2022 was not entirely hunky dory as fees and commissions declined 12% YoY. DBS expects 2023 to be better with a forecast of double-digit fee income growth plus rising income from cards business. While loan growth slowed with rising rates, DBS continued to gain market share across both corporate and consumer loans. Key growth driver for DBS in 2023 and for the rest of the decade is the wealth migration from China. Singapore is a key destination for capital taking flight out of China. DBS is strongly positioned to take advantage of this as a trusted and customer-focused banking partner. Five factors to propel DBS shares ahead: 1. Chinese Wealth Migration Ultra rich Chinese have been emigrating with Singapore as the preferred destination. China’s crackdown on its business and entrepreneur class with a focus on “common prosperity”. China faced capital flight of about $150B annually from its citizens migrating. Capital flight in 2023 is expected to be far higher, with some estimates suggesting it could top $100-$200B. About 10,800 rich Chinese migrated in 2022, the highest since 2019, according to Henley & Partners. China has the world’s second-largest number of ultra-rich with more than 32,000 people holding wealth more than $50M. DBS holds a key position to capitalize on this trend as the leading and trusted bank in Singapore. It is not just the Chinese but also the wealthy from India, Indonesia and Thailand finding Singapore as a convenient home for them and their wealth. 2. Regional Expansion via Digital First Strategy DBS’s digitization dovetails nicely into their regional expansion as digitised infrastructure easily transcends geography. Case in point is DBS' expansion into India. It had its presence in India since 1994. However, it was with the launch of Digibank India in 2016 that propelled its footprint in the country. Digibank India was the first mobile-only, paperless, signatureless, and branchless bank in India. This allowed them to expand rapidly in the country while India was going through its own financial digitization following demonetization exercise in 2016. This provided DBS with a strong launchpad while keeping operational costs at bay. DBS India has seen its deposits grow consistently since launch with a huge jump following the acquisition of Laxmi Vilas Bank (LVB). Over the past 3 years, DBS India has doubled its revenue. DBS has been profitable since launch, except for a tiny loss in 2017-18. LVB acquisition enabled DBS to expand its branch presence nearly 18x from mere 30 to >500. 3. Bold Forays into Digital Assets In 2020, DBS launched DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx) enabling institutional and accredited investors to access digital assets. With rising regulations for crypto firms, a fully regulated digital exchange like DDEx from a trusted bank such as DBS is a safe haven for digital asset investors. Success of DDEx is evident in its performance in 2022 when BTC trading on the exchange increased 80% YoY. BTC’s custodied on the exchange also doubled while ETH custodied on the exchange increased 60%. DDEx also doubled its customer base to nearly 1,200 last year. 4. Deep Digitisation CEO inspired DBS' purpose driven digital adoption agenda in 2014, with a five-year roadmap and a lofty aim of being named the best bank in the world. DBS approached the challenge by thinking and operating like a major tech firm instead of a bank. It overhauled its internal tech, 90% of which was developed and managed in-house making it cloud-native enabling rapid scaling and easy deployment. DBS pioneered “Digibank,” a mobile only bank that allowed it to scale rapidly and with low cost per retail customer. Digital customers have two times higher income per client compared to traditional clients with cost to income ratio of 34% relative to 54% for traditional clients. 5. Startup Mentality Making Banking Joyful. DBS is deliberate in becoming ever more customer-centric by cleverly tailoring each customer journey to be hassle-free and enjoyable. The bank aims to become “invisible” to its customer while meeting their banking, financial, and investing needs. In instilling a start-up culture, the leadership team continues to cultivate agility, continuous learning, customer obsession, data-driven experimentation and risk-taking across the organisation. DBS Outperforms other Singapore Banks Among top three Singapore Banks: • DBS has the highest ROE at 14.95%. • DBS operating margins of 41.5% are far higher than others. • DBS margins are twice those of OCBC. • DBS grew its Free Cash Flow at 76.5% YoY, far higher than others. • DBS has the lowest P/E ratio making the stock relatively undervalued. • DBS ROIC of 8.2% is marginally lower than OCBC’s 8.75% • DBS asset growth of 8.3% YoY in 2022, lower than UOB’s 9.8%. This puts DBS in a far better financial position than the other Singapore banks. The better performance is also highlighted by DBS stock’s price action. Since Piyush Gupta took over as CEO in 2009, DBS has outperformed OCBC and UOB by an outsized margin and the stock stands nearly 300% higher in the period. Similarly, since the start of 2020, DBS is up 29% and has outperformed the other two banks vindicating its strategy and execution. Comparative Analysis with Other Global Banks DBS shines bright among the global banking majors too as evident below. • DBS has the highest Return on Equity at 15% • DBS has the highest Return on Invested Capital at 8.2% • DBS price to earnings is 6.85 only higher than BNP & Barclays DBS strong operational efficiency stands out even among the top global bank. Additionally, DBS reported 8.3% annual asset growth in 2022, compared to US banks which have had moderate asset growth or decline. Since 2009, DBS stock has far outperformed other major global banks and stands second only to JP Morgan. Notably, DBS has also outperformed the KBW Bank ETF which tracks the performance of US Banks signalling that DBS has been providing stronger growth than the average growth of the US banking industry, particularly during the high-inflation environment of 2022. The trend is even more apparent when looking at the performance of these stocks since the start of 2020. Among the selected banks, DBS is the only bank that has shown strong gains during the pandemic and stands ~30% higher. Other banks have either posted modest gains or losses. In addition to providing strong growth, which is reflected in DBS stock’s price action, DBS also has a strong commitment to returning value to shareholders which can be seen from their nearly 4.1% dividend yield. DBS annual dividend yield has grown by about 100 bps since 2020. Its dividend in 2022 of S$1.5/share exceeded pre-pandemic levels. DBS also announced a special S$0.5/share dividend last quarter reflecting improved earnings profile and strong capital position. 2023 Growth Outlook Analysts expect DBS to continue its meteoric rise, with an average forecast of 15% growth in 2023. Some analysts expect DBS to be 31% higher while even the lowest forecasts are for -11% decline. Key drivers for this growth are expected to be: • Lean operational strategy and structure leading to lower operational costs. • Capital outflows from China. • Regional expansion strategy using their digital banking template. DBS stock has rallied 86% since March 2020, compared to the Straits Times Index which is only 36% higher in the same period. DBS is the largest constituent of the STI and a major driver of growth for Singapore stocks. Overall, DBS bucked the overall trend in the banking sector and provided growth in an immensely challenging environment by focusing on sustainable growth and lower costs. What about the banking crisis? Investing in bank stocks when uncertainty in the sector is so high can be daunting. The collapse of SVB, shuttering of Signature, and acquisition of Credit Suisse has incited turmoil in markets despite central banks stepping in to ease liquidity concerns and avoid contagion. Amid the crisis there has been discussion of loose regulatory practices and risky bets. However, in Singapore, MAS keeps a tight check on the risk management of banks in the country. According to Moody’s, DBS bank still has the highest tier credit ratings and none of its holding are currently under watch. Such stellar ratings suggest that DBS has extremely strong capacity to meet its financial commitments, making it unlikely to be affected by any remaining contagion in the sector. MAS’s strict stewardship of Singapore banks was underscored by a recent outage in DBS digital services. Though the services were promptly restored on the same day, MAS ordered a thorough investigation into the outage. The outage also affected DBS stock price, driving it 1.5% lower but the stock quickly recovered. Both highlight the resilience in the regulatory, operational, and governance practices at DBS. Trade Setup In times of elevated stress, stock betas can spike causing share prices to tank on macroeconomic shocks. To harness pure alpha, this paper posits a spread with long DBS and short MSCI Singapore Index futures. The spread trade ensures that the position remains hedged against a broader market downturn. DBS has outperformed MSCI Singapore index consistently over the past 10 years. MSCI Futures on SGX (SGP1!) give exposure to S$100 x index price which translates into a notional value of S$30,905. On SGX, lot sizes for individual stocks are 100 which means that in order to balance the notional on both legs, 9 lots of DBS shares are required which translates into a notional value of S$30,042. Entry: 10.8% Target Level: 12.5% Stop Level: 10.2% Profit at Target: S$ 4,726 Loss at Stop: S$ 1,671 DISCLAIMER This case study is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment recommendations or advice. Nor are they used to promote any specific products, or services. Trading or investment ideas cited here are for illustration only, as an integral part of a case study to demonstrate the fundamental concepts in risk management or trading under the market scenarios being discussed. Please read the FULL DISCLAIMER the link to which is provided in our profile description.
SGX:D05Long
by mintdotfinance
Selling in Wilmar International is almost done .....At least I think so........haha It has dropped almost 27% from its peak at 5.64 and the price has gone south ever since. By drawing the support line and the channel where the current price is forming, we can exercise slightly more patience before picking up this stock. This wait could be days or weeks or even months. Meanwhile, you can better deploy your capital elsewhere. Again, what suits my style may not be suitable for you since I do not know your investment objective, reason for picking up Wilmar International ,etc. Please do your own due diligence
SGX:F34
by dchua1969
Singapore Airlines (SIA : C6L) targets $7.00 and attempts to breLong term DOWNTREND SINCE 010908 Medium term UPTREND since 111021 Short term UPTREND since 311022 Singapore Airlines is 1 of 8 component stocks supporting the rise of the STI at the start of 2023. The long signal for this recent run started on 311022 at the price of $5.21. $7.00 is a significant target as it marked the start of last 7 year decline of the stock to a low of $3.20. PIVOT 5.74 Long positions above $5.74 for $7.00 and $8.65 Short positions below $5.74 for $4.89 and $3.20
SGX:C6L
by gekkohot
Nanofilm, chasing the momentum (MZH)(SG Market)This is pure chasing of momentum. It seems like the resistance at 1.400 is broken with sufficient volume backing it. Volume increased on both buying days, denoted by the green arrows. We do have a significant selling volume on 04 Nov 2022, hence the first TP is at 1.680. If the price managed to break above 1.680, then this would signify that 04 Nov 2022 is a selling climax and the bottom is in. However, we do not want to assume things too soon, hence a small long position is safer to chase the 1.680 price target. If the price shows strong support beyond the 1.680 level, we can add additional positions. This is a counter-trend trade against a restrictive macro backdrop. As such, this trade is considered contrarian. If you are already prematurely bottom picking various other trades, you may want to skip this
SGX:MZHLong
by NimbusCapital
DBS rallies ahead of tomorrow's earnings reportThe stock has been performing well ahead of its earnings reports, thanks to the news that DBS will be the bank to utilise MaxxDigital – a digital asset platform that provides risk and FX solutions for institutions. Whilst Singapore’s regulators continue to clamp down on crypto trading for retailers, Singapore wants to become a digital-asset hub within the financial sector – and this could be the first step of many which help them do just that. DBS rose 3.6% on Friday following the announcement and has extended those gains to around 6% at the time of writing from Friday’s low. According to Reuters, 13 analysts recommend DBS stock for a ‘buy’ (4 of which are a strong buy) with 4 holds and no sell recommendations. The stock currently trades at 34.58 and has a median price target of 39.11 (+13%). DBS Daily Chart: The daily chart shows that DBS performed a strong breakout (with high volume) from its sideways range after prices found support at the 200-day and 50-day EMA’s. And that suggests it could be part of the bullish trend from the July low. However, there are a couple of warning signs that it may need to retrace a little before continuing higher. A bearish pinbar formed on Monday with low volume, and yesterday’s price action struggling to convincingly push higher. Gap resistance, $35 and the monthly R1 pivot point are nearby and RSI (2) is overbought - which can indicate a near-term turning point. With that said, the RSI(14) is over 50 and trending higher with prices, which is another reason we suspect any move lower is part of a retracement before prices head for the high around 36.30. Of course, earnings can be full of surprises and we may need to see DBS beat estimates for it to trade directly higher. Otherwise – assuming earnings is not too disappointing – it could help with a desired pullback, where we would seek bullish setups around the monthly pivot / prior breakout range.
SGX:D05Long
by CityIndex
BS6.SGX_Bullish Breakout Trade_LongENTRY: 1.27 SL: 1.16 TP: 1.35 - ADX>25 - Daily RS +ve - Daily FFI +ve - Weekly RS +ve - Weekly FFI +ve - Moving averages are aligned. - First breakout from range on 22 Sep 2022 with volume before retracement to resistance-turn-support area (1.03) and rebounded with volume on 6 Oct 2022. - Breakout today from ascending triangle pattern. - Entry today based on breakout and >3% rebound off 10EMA with volume. - Watch out for earnings in coming days.
SGX:BS6Long
by TRADER-WANNA-BE
Incentives to get out of the house Read this latest news here Of the biggest comfort and relief to most people (including me) , I think it would be taking off the mask when we are outdoors ! We have been wearing it for 2 over years , a long time ........ People will flock to the bars, restaurants, hotel cafeterias, etc to resume their usual life once again and business in this sectors will roar again. And the private hire car business , taxis services will be in demand again. Those who drink are not going to drive and they would need the service. Visits to friends' place will increase to 10 , that would increase the number of social visits on weekends for extended families. From chart wise, it has broken out of the bearish trend line, so no rush , wait for a pull back and start to accumulate slowly...... p/s: 1.33 price level has proven to be a very strong support so I doubt it is going to break below that.
SGX:C52Long
by dchua1969