United Overseas Bank (SGX:U11), or UOB for short, with a global network of around 500 offices in 19 countries, is one of the leading banks in Asia, as well as being rated as one of the world’s top banks. Following the conclusion of the financial year ended 31 December 2022, the Singapore-listed bank released its annual report yesterday evening (23 Mar 2023), along with its notice of AGM. For the benefit of those who do not have the time to go through the entire report, you’ll find key takeaways in this post, along with details about its upcoming AGM…
Ready to REITire Series Video #3 – 3 Potential ‘Red Flags’ to Look out for
Are REITs in your investment portfolio free from these 3 ‘red flags’? In this 3rd of the 5-part of the ‘Ready to REITire’ done in collaboration with the great team at The Joyful Investors, we’ll be sharing with you what they are – knowing what these 3 ‘red flags’ are, and making sure the REITs you’ve or are going to invest in are free from them will help to significantly reduce the likelihood of you making a bad investment decision…
7 REITs with a Distribution Yield of 5.0% and Above
The Federal Reserve have just announced another interest rate hike of 0.25% yesterday. Whether or not this move will result in more banks collapsing and economic crisis breaking out, your guess is as good as mine. However, we should not sit there and do nothing about growing our money (because by doing so, the value of your money will erode through inflation.) Here are 7 REITs which are not only fundamentally sound (i.e. having a stable financial performance, resilient portfolio occupancy rate, and a healthy aggregate leverage), but at their current prices, they are yielding at 5.0% and above you can have a look at investing your money into…
Key Highlights from CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust’s Annual Report for FY2022
From just 3 retail properties when it was listed back in July 2002, today, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX:C38U), or CICT for short, has a total of 26 retail, office, and integrated development properties in 3 countries (Singapore, Germany, and Australia) in its portfolio. Following the conclusion of the financial year ended 31 December 2022, the REIT have released its annual report this morning (22 March 2023), along with details about its AGM, and EGM (conducted on the same day right after the AGM.) For the benefit of those who do not have the time to go through the entire report, you can read my summary of the REIT’s latest annual report here, along with information about its upcoming general meetings…
Ready to REITire Series Video #2 – 3 Things to Look out for when Selecting REITs to Invest
At the time of writing, there are about 40 REITs listed on the Singapore Exchange. That said, how do you go about selecting the best ones to invest in? In today’s post (which is the second of the five part ‘Ready to REITire’ video series done in collaboration with The Joyful Investors), you will learn about the 3 things we look at when we choose a REIT to put our hard-earned money in…
Ready to REITire Series Video #1 – Introduction to S-REITs
‘Ready to REITire’ is a 5-part video series done together with The Joyful Investors where you will learn about everything you need to know about investing in REITs to generate a regular stream of income. In the first part of this series, we will be sharing with you what exactly a REIT is, along with some of the advantages and limitations of it…
Key Takeaways from the 8th Edition of REITs Asia Pacific 2023
I had the honour of attending the 8th edition of REITs Asia Pacific 2023 as a media partner. Apart from the ‘Asia Pacific Best of the Breeds REITs Award’ presentation, there were also a series of panel discussions, including (i) whether logistics/industrial REITs will be able to continue their outperformance in the year ahead, (ii) can Asia’s REIT market thrive amid high inflation cost, (iii) is this the best time to invest in technology for the REITs market, and (iv) how important is ESG to the REITs market – where you’ll find key takeaways in this post…
A Summary of DBS Group Holdings’ Annual Report for FY2022
Following the release of its Q4 and full year 2022 results in mid-February, DBS Group Holdings Limited (SGX:D05) have published its annual report yesterday (09 March 2023.) For the benefit of those who do not have the time to go through it, here’s a summary I’ve compiled containing the most important information to take note of, along with details about its upcoming AGM…
The S&P 500 Index: What You Need to Know
I’m pretty sure many would have heard about the S&P 500 Index before – it is one of the 3 main stock market indexes in the United States (with the other 2 being Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the NASDAQ.) For those of you who want to learn more about the US Index, in this post, you’ll learn about what it is about, sectors that form the index, performance of the index over a 95-year period (from 1928 to 2022), along with the top constituents of the index…
A Look into the Impact of Rising Interest Rates on REITs in My Investment Portfolio
Unit prices of REITs have fallen by quite a bit from their highs in recent months, as retail investors shy away from them due to impacts of interest rate hikes on distribution payouts. That got me thinking if the situation is so bad to the extent that it warrants a divestment. To help me with my analysis, I have put together some statistics from the debt profiles of all the REITs I’ve invested in (8 of them in total) to find out the extent in which they are likely to be impacted from the high interest rate environment, and you can read about them in today’s post…
