by winston » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:41 am
Strategy report - Hopping into the Year of the Rabbit
With the Lunar New Year around the corner, Chinese zodiac and Feng Shui talks are hugely popular as investors try to glimpse into what the Year of the Rabbit has to offer.
Based on the S&P 500 Index, which has a longer trading history, it is interesting to note that in the past Years of the Rabbit, which occurred in 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999 and 2011, the annual gain in those years was an average 14.7%! This is the 4th best average annual return among the 12 zodiac animals.
Singapore’s market lacks excitement is a common charge levied on the market. However, heading into a year of great uncertainty for the global market, especially in an environment of persistently elevated inflation and high interest rates, it is prudent to have some exposure to the stable Singapore market.
Current valuations are at 11.1x price-to-earnings (P/E), 1.1x price-to-book (P/B) and with an estimated dividend yield of 5.1% for the STI.
Some of the stocks on our Singapore focus list include CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, CapitaLand Ascott Trust, ComfortDelGro Corp Ltd, DBS Group Holdings Ltd, Frasers Logistics & Commercial, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Keppel Corp Ltd, Mapletree Industrial Trust, Netlink NBN Trust, Singapore Technologies Engineering, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Thai Beverage PCL, United Overseas Bank Ltd, UOL Group Ltd and Venture Corp Ltd.
Source: OCBC
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