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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Alphabet Inc. vs. Microsoft Corporation – Which is a Better Buy?

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), as well as Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) are 2 of the biggest tech companies listed in the NASDAQ stock exchange we are no strangers to. Both in my personal opinion are very good companies to be had in one’s portfolio. However, if you only like to invest in only one of them, which one will it be? In this post, you’ll find both companies’ performances (in terms of its financial and cash flow performance, as well as its dividend payout) over a 5-year period, along with their current valuations (based on their current traded price) to find out which is the ‘cheaper’ among the 2…

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EC World REIT’s Q2 & 1H FY2022 Results – My Review

EC World REIT (SGX:BWCU), a China-based e-commerce and port logistics REIT with 8 properties in its portfolio at the time of writing, have released its results for the second quarter, as well as for the first half of the financial year ended 30 June 2022 after market hours yesterday (11 August 2022.) In this post, you’ll read about my review of the REIT’s latest set of financial results, portfolio occupancy and debt profile, as well as its distribution payout declared for the period under review…

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Which Singapore-Listed Bank Had the Best Set of Result for the Second Quarter and First Half of 2022

Now that the 3 Singapore-listed banks (in DBS, UOB, and OCBC) have released their results, I will be putting their results side-by-side to find out which bank had the most resilient set of financial results (both year-on-year – 1H FY2021 vs. 1H FY2022, as well as quarter-on-quarter – Q2 FY2021 vs. Q2 FY2022), financial ratios (reported for the current quarter under review against the previous quarter 3 months ago – Q1 FY2022 vs. Q2 FY2022), along with which bank is currently the ‘cheapest’ (based on their current valuation…)

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What You Need to Know about Hong Leong Finance’s 1H FY2022 Results

With a distribution network of 28 branches strategically located in Singapore, Hong Leong Finance (SGX:S41) is Singapore’s largest finance company to date. Shortly after market hours this evening (04 August), it has made available its financial results for the first half of the financial year ended 30 June 2022 (i.e. 1H FY2022.) In this post, you’ll find my review on the finance company’s key financial results, as well as its dividend payout declared for the current period under review…

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DBS Group Holdings’ 1H FY2022 Results – My Review

Singapore’s biggest bank in DBS Group Holdings Limited (SGX:D05), or DBS for short, have made available its financial results for the first half of the financial year ended 30 June 2022 (i.e. 1H FY2022) early this morning (04 August.) In this post, you will read about my review on the bank’s latest key financial results and statistics, along with its dividend payout to shareholders for the period under review…

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My Review of OCBC’s 1H FY2022 Financial Results

Singapore’s longest established bank in Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (SGX:039), or OCBC for short, released its results for the first half of the financial year ended 30 June 2022 (i.e. 1H FY2022) early this morning (03 August.) In this post, you’ll find my review of the Singapore bank’s key financial results and statistics, along with its dividend payout declared for the period under review…

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Ascendas REIT’s 1H FY2022 Financial Results – My Review

With a total of 221 business space and life science, logistics, as well as industrial and data centre properties in Singapore, Australia, the United States, and also in the United Kingdom/Europe, Ascendas REIT (SGX:A17U) have made available its results for the first half of the financial year ended 30 June 2022 (i.e. 1H FY2022) after market hours yesterday (02 August.) In this post, you’ll find my review of the REIT’s latest financial results, portfolio and debt profile, as well as its distribution payout to unitholders for the period under review…

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What You Need to Know about Mapletree Commercial Trust’s Q1 FY2022/23 Business Update

Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX:N2IU), whose portfolio comprises 5 retail, office, and business park properties (all located in Singapore) at the time of writing, have made available its business update for the first quarter of the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2022 after market hours last Friday (29 July.) In this post, you’ll find key aspects of its financial performance, portfolio occupancy and debt profile to take note of, along with my thoughts about them as a unitholder…

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My Summary of Mapletree Commercial Trust’s 11th AGM for FY2021/22

Following the conclusion of its financial year on 31 March 2022 (i.e. FY2021/22), Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX:N2IU) conducted its 11th AGM earlier this morning, which I have attended as a unitholder to receive the latest updates from the REIT’s management. In this post, you will find my summary of the presentation conducted by its CEO and CFO, responses to questions raised by fellow AGM attendees, along with results of the 3 resolutions put to vote during the meeting…

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United Overseas Bank’s 1H FY2022 Results – My Review

Early this morning (29 July), United Overseas Bank (SGX:U11), or UOB for short, is the first of the three Singapore-listed banks to release its results for the first half of the financial year ended 30 June 2022 (i.e. 1H FY2022.) In this post, you’ll find my review of the bank’s latest set of financial results and ratios, and also its dividend payout for the period under review…

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