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.

Key Takeaways from UOB’s Annual Report for FY2021

Last Wednesday (23 March 2022), United Overseas Bank (SGX:U11), or UOB for short, have released its annual report for the financial year ended 31 December 2021. In this post, you’ll find key takeaways from the bank’s latest annual report (which I’m sharing for the benefit of those who do not have the time to go through it), as well as details about its upcoming AGM (along with a question which I have submitted to the bank’s management…)

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What You Need to Know from CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust’s Annual Report for FY2021

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX:C38U), or CICT for short, have made available its latest annual report for the financial year ended 31 December 2021 this morning (22 March 2022). In this post, you’ll find my summary of the blue-chip REIT’s report (which I have compiled for the benefit of those who do not have the time to go through it), along with details about its upcoming AGM…

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Ascott Residence Trust (SGX:HMN) – What You Need to Know

With 93 properties in 43 cities across 15 countries, Ascott Residence Trust (SGX:HMN) is currently the largest hospitality trust in Asia Pacific. Being in the hospitality industry, its business has been severely impacted by Covid-19. But fast forward to today, the further reopening of immigration borders in many countries should see the REIT’s performance continuing its recovery to pre-pandemic levels. That said, is the REIT a ‘buy’ right now? Let us take a more in-depth look at it in this post…

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DBS Group Holdings Limited’s Annual Report 2021 – A Summary and Details of AGM

Following the conclusion of its financial year on 31 December 2021 (i.e. FY2021), DBS Group Holdings Limited (SGX:D05) have released its annual report, along with notice of AGM yesterday (09 March 2022.) As a shareholder of the Singapore-listed bank, I have studied the report to receive the latest update from the bank’s management and in this post, you’ll find a summary which I’ve compiled (containing the most important pointers to take note of), details about its upcoming AGM, and questions I’ve submitted to be addressed by the bank’s management…

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Why Do I Continue to Fancy Sheng Siong Group Limited (Updated 2022)

Sheng Siong Group Limited (SGX:OV8) needs no further introduction – it is one of the major supermarket chains in Singapore. At the time of writing, the company has a total of 64 outlets in Singapore, and 4 in China. In this post, you’ll find my review of the company’s financial performance, debt profile, and dividend payout over a 10-year period (between FY2012 and FY2021), along with my outlook for the company in the next 1-2 years ahead…

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How Do I Execute a Long Swing Trade in the US Market

During my interview with InvestingNote sometime last month, I was asked on my strategy to execute a ‘long’ swing trade in the US market. In today’s post, you’ll learn about the technical indicators I personally use to identify good trading setups, how I identify my entry price, profit, and stop-loss targets, and also when I will not execute a trade, even though the technical indicators suggests a good trading setup…

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Why is Parkway Life REIT in My ‘Shopping List’

Parkway Life REIT (SGX:C2PU), with a total of 56 healthcare-related properties located in Singapore, Japan, and Malaysia in its portfolio (as at 31 December 2021), is one of the companies in my ‘shopping list’. In this post, you’ll learn about reasons why the healthcare REIT caught my investment radar, as I share my thoughts about its financial performance, portfolio occupancy and debt profile, along with its distribution payout to unitholders over the last 10 years…

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My Review of Hong Leong Finance’s 2H and FY2021 Results (and My Thoughts)

Singapore’s largest finance company with a distribution network of 28 branches located in the different areas of the country, Hong Leong Finance Limited (SGX:S41), has released its financial results for the second half, as well as for the full-year ended 31 December 2021 (i.e. FY2021) after market hours yesterday (23 February 2022.) In this post, you’ll read about a summary, along with my thoughts, about its latest financial results, and also its dividend payouts to shareholders…

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EC World REIT’s Q4 and FY2021 Results – What You Need to Know

EC World REIT, a China-based logistics REIT where all of its 8 properties (used for e-commerce, supply-chain management, and logistics purposes) are located in China, have released its results for the fourth quarter, as well as for the full-year ended 31 December 2021 (i.e. FY2021) after market hours yesterday (23 February 2022.) As a unitholder of the REIT, I have studied its latest results and in this post, you will find a summary of its financial results, portfolio occupancy and debt profile, as well as its distribution payout declared for the current period under review to take note of, along with my thoughts about them…

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Which Singapore-Listed Bank Had the Strongest Set of Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2021?

Every quarter, after the 3 Singapore banks (in DBS, UOB, and OCBC) have reported their financial results, I will put their results side-by-side to find out which bank had the most resilient set of financial results, financial ratios, and also most improvements recorded in its dividend payout. In this post, you’ll find out which Singapore bank had the strongest set of results for the fourth quarter, as well as for the full-year 2021, and also which bank is currently the ‘cheapest’ based on its current valuations (at the time of writing of this post…)

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