Posts byJun Yuan

My name is Jun Yuan, and I am the owner of The Singaporean Investor. I am a full-time retail investor and trader since April 2017, and in this website, I'd be sharing with you my personal analyses of Singapore-listed companies, along with advices relating to investing, as well as trading.

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The Essentials You Need to Know from CapitaLand India Trust’s Q3 FY2023 Business Update

CapitaLand India Trust (SGX:CY6U), or CLINT for short, is the first Indian property trust in Asia. At the time of writing, its portfolio comprises 9 world-class IT business parks, 1 logistics park, 1 industrial facility, and 4 data centre developments in India, with a total assets under management of S$2.7 billion. This evening (26 October), it has made available its business update for the 3rd quarter of FY2023 ended 30 September, and in this post, you can find the essentials you need to take note of relating to its key financial figures, as well as its portfolio occupancy and debt profile…

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My Review of UOB’s Q3 & 9M FY2023 Business Update

United Overseas Bank Limited (SGX:U11), or UOB for short, is one of the leading banks in Asia. It currently has a global network of around 500 offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. Early this morning (26 October), the Singapore-listed bank has released its business update for the 3rd quarter, and for the first 9 months of FY2023 (ended 30 September). In this post, let us have a look at some of its key financial figures, and financial ratios to find out if they have continued to remain resilient just like in the previous quarters…

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CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust’s Business Update for Q3 FY2023 – Key Aspects to Take Note of

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX:C38U), or CICT for short, is Singapore’s first and largest REIT. It invests in retail and office properties, and at the time of writing, its portfolio comprises 21 properties in Singapore, 2 in Frankfurt, Germany, as well as 3 in Sydney, Australia, with a total assets under management of S$24.2 billion. Early this morning (26 October), CICT have made available its business update for the 3rd quarter ended 30 September (i.e., Q3 FY2023), and in this post, you will find the most important aspects to take note of about its latest key financial figures, portfolio occupancy and debt profile…

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Mapletree Industrial Trust’s Q2 and 1H FY2023/24 Results: What You Need to Know

Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX:ME8U) invests in income producing properties used for industrial and data centre purposes, where at the time of writing, its portfolio comprises 85 properties in Singapore, 1 property in Japan, and 56 properties in North America (including 13 data centres held through the joint venture with Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd) valued at S$9.3 billion. After market hours yesterday (25 October), the industrial and data centre REIT have made available its results for the 2nd quarter, as well as for the 1st half of FY2023/24 ended 30 September, and in this post, I will be reviewing its latest financial results, portfolio occupancy and debt profile, as well as its distribution payouts to unitholders…

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Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s 2H and FY2022/23 Results – My Review

Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX:J69U) is a Singapore-listed REIT that invests predominantly in retail properties – at the time of writing, its portfolio comprises of 10 retail malls located in the various suburban locations in Singapore, as well as 1 office property (also located in Singapore). This morning (25 October), the REIT have made available its results for the 2nd half, as well as for the full-year ended 30 September 2023 (i.e., FY2022/23), and in this post, you will find my review of its financial results, portfolio occupancy and debt profile, as well as its distribution payout to unitholders…

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My Review of Mapletree Logistics Trust’s Q2 and 1H FY2023/24 Results

Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX:M44U) was the first Asia-focused REIT when it was listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange back in July 2005. As the name suggests, it invests in a diversified portfolio of income producing logistics properties. At the time of writing, it has 189 properties in its portfolio with a total assets under management of S$13.3 billion. In this post, you will find my review of the logistics REIT’s results released yesterday evening (24 October), in terms of its latest financial performance, portfolio occupancy and debt profile, along with its distribution payout to unitholders…

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Suntec REIT’s Q3 FY2023 Business Update: What You Need to Know

Listed on the Singapore Exchange since December 2004, Suntec REIT (SGX:T82U) invests in income producing real estate properties in Singapore, Australia, as well as in the United Kingdom used for retail and office purposes. Last Friday (20 October) evening, the REIT have made available its business update for the 3rd quarter of the financial year ended 30 September (i.e., Q3 FY2023), and in this post, you will find my review of its key financial figures, portfolio occupancy and debt profile, along with its distribution payout to unitholders…

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iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSE ARCA:EWJ) – What You Need to Know Before You Invest in It

Among the topics in my discussions with fellow retail investors over the past couple of months, one of them was about investing in other countries for diversification – and one of the countries being mentioned is Japan, due to it being the 3rd largest economy in the world, and also the fact that the weak Japanese Yen against the US dollar makes the country’s assets attractive to foreign investors. Besides studying and buying individual Japanese stocks, you can also get diversification and be invested in a basket of Japanese stocks by investing in an ETF – and one of them you may want to have a look at is the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSE ARCA:EWJ). In this post, I will be sharing with you researches I have done, including information about the underlying index it tracks, fees of the ETF, dividend payout to investors, breakdown of the sectors of the constituents of the ETF, brief introduction on the top 10 companies that make up the biggest weightage in the ETF, along with my preferred buy points based on its weekly price movements since its inception…

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What You Need to Know about Keppel DC REIT’s Q3 FY2023 Business Update

Asia’s first pure-play data centre REIT in Keppel DC REIT (SGX:AJBU) has just made available its business update for the 3rd quarter of FY2023 after market hours in the evening (16 October). As a unitholder of the data centre REIT, I have studied its latest ‘report card’ and in this post, you will find my review of its key financial figures, as well as its portfolio occupancy and debt profile…

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3 Key Lessons I have Learned as a Retail Investor

Just like anyone who is starting out to build his/her long-term investment portfolio, the journey is anything but ‘smooth sailing’. Chance are the obstacles you are faced with are exactly the same, if not similar to what I have faced. In today’s post, you will find 3 key lessons I have learned in the last 3+ years as a retail investor which I hope you will find useful, and at the same time, inspire and motivate you to get started (if you are still sitting on the fence)…

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