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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Understanding Suntec REIT’s Latest FY2023 Results

Listed on the Singapore Exchange since 9 December 2004, Suntec REIT (SGX:T82U) is a commercial REIT where it invests primarily in retail and office properties in Singapore, Australia, and in the United Kingdom. The REIT have made available its results in FY2023 early this morning (24 January 2024), and in today’s post, you will find an in-depth review of the latest financial figures, portfolio occupancy, debt profile, and its distribution payout to unitholders…

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My Analysis of Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s Q1 FY2023/24 Business Update

Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX:J69U) is one of the few Singapore-listed REITs that have all of its properties located in the country (making it a popular choice for investors whose preference is to invest in REITs that only invest in Singapore properties). Currently, its portfolio comprises 9 retail properties and 1 office property – all of them located in the various suburban locations in Singapore. Last evening (22 January 2024), the REIT released its business update for the 1st quarter of FY2023/24 ended 31 December 2024. In this post, you will find my analysis of its latest portfolio occupancy and debt profile numbers…

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iShares MSCI India ETF (NYSE ARCA:INDA): The Essentials You Need to Know

Not sure about you, but personally, I’m optimistic about the growth of the India economy in the years ahead for 2 reasons: its affluent young population, and also the country benefiting from the trade war between the United States and China. One of the ways to get an exposure to the Indian market is by investing in an ETF that tracks the performance of the companies listed in the country – of which, iShares MSCI India ETF (NYSE ARCA:INDA) is one to consider. In this post, you will find out the essentials you need to know about it…

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What You Need to Know about Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO)

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) is a financial services company that provides credit ratings, research, and analytics to investors and businesses worldwide. The company is one of the 3 major credit rating agencies, along with S&P and Fitch Ratings. In today’s post about the US-listed company, you will learn more about the company’s businesses, together with its financial performance, debt profile, and dividend payout to shareholders over the last 5 years. On top of that, you will also find out whether the current traded price of the company is considered to be ‘cheap’ or ‘expensive’, together with my ‘fair value’ of it…

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Everything You Need to Know about the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSE ARCA:EWY) tracks the performance of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (which comprises 104 large- and mid-cap companies listed on the Korea exchange). Investing in this index allows you to get some exposure to the South Korea market, where the country’s economy is the 4th largest in Asia. Not to worry if you are not familiar with the ETF, as in this post, I will be sharing with you the essentials about it…

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Is Broadcom Inc. a Buy?

For those if you who have been following the latest news reports and developments about cloud computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, you are probably familiar with Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), as it’s one of the companies that benefit from this trend. That said, is the company a ‘buy’? In this post, you will learn everything you need to know about the US-listed company in terms of its business operations, its financial performance, debt profile, and dividend payout recorded over the last 5 years, whether or not the company’s current traded price is considered ‘cheap’ or ‘expensive’, along with its ‘fair value’ price…

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Ball Corporation (NYSE:BALL) – My Review of the US-Listed Company

Ball Corporation (NYSE:BALL) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of aluminium packaging for beverage, personal care, and household products. On top of that, it is also in the aerospace business, where it produces spacecraft, instruments and sensors, radio frequency systems and components, data exploitation solutions, and a variety of advanced technologies and products that enable weather prediction and climate change monitoring, as well as deep space missions. In this post, you will find my review of the US-listed company’s historical financial performance, debt profile, and dividend payouts to shareholders over the last 8 years (between FY2015 and FY2022). Additionally, you will also find out whether at its current traded price, is Ball Corporation considered ‘cheap’ or ‘expensive’, along with my ‘fair value’ price of the company…

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A Summary of Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s Annual Report for FY2022/23

Following the conclusion of its financial year on 30 September, Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX:J69U) released its annual report for the FY2022/23 this morning (22 December). In this post, you will find my summary of the report, together with details about its upcoming AGM…

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Linde Plc: What You Need to Know about the Largest Industrial Gas Company in the World

Linde Plc (NASDAQ:LIN) is the world’s largest producer of industrial gas, where its customers are companies in the healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics sectors. The company is a constituent of the S&P 500 Index, and it has the heaviest weightage in the SPDR Basic Materials ETF. In this post, you will find a detailed review of the company – including more information about its businesses, its financial performance, debt profile, and dividend payout recorded over the last 5 years (between FY2018 and FY2022), as well as whether its current traded price is considered to be ‘cheap’ or ‘expensive’…

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Jun Yuan’s 2023 Year in Review

Time flies, Christmas is just 6 days away, and 2024 just slightly under 2 weeks away. Just as I have been doing in previous years, I will do a review of my year around this time, and this year is no different – in today’s post, you will find a review of my investment portfolio’s performance, along with lessons learned as a presenter, speaker, and also as an author (all of which totally new to me). On top of that, I’ll also be sharing some of the plans I have for the year 2024 ahead…

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