Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Daily Summary 31 Dec 14. Happy New Year

Dow and Europe were down last night. Dow -55 at 17983.  Trend of Dow is starting to turn down.  Dow's future now is +14.  Europe still closed.

Asian bourses closed firmer for the year.  Nikkei closed today.  ShanghaiC +22, Hangseng +104.  STI closed +5 at 3371.  Volume was 600m shares.  Gainers were 197 to 134 losers.

Trend of STI is still up but flattening.

Top volumes were IHC -0.5, GoldenAgri unchanged, Memstar +0.1, STATSChipac +2,  LifeBrandz unchanged, BengKuang unchanged, PacificAndes +0.3, Yuuzoo +1.5, Noble +1, CosmoSteel unchanged.

Market opened flat but climbed to stay slightly positive for the rest of the session. Blue chips were mostly up. Penny stocks were mixed.

Dow's future at the moment is slightly positive while Europe is still closed.

Cheers and Happy New Year.

Daily Summary 30 Dec 14

Europe were slightly up but Dow closed -15 at 18038.  Trend of Dow is flattening.  Dow's future is now -29.  Europe opened down.  

Asian bourses were mostly down.  Nikkei -279, ShanghaiC -1, Hangseng -272.  STI closed -4 at 3364.  Volume was 1.1b shares.  Gainers were 207 to 200 losers.

Trend of STI is also flattening.

Top volumes were CompactMetal +0.3, TopGlobal +0.1, Joyas +0.2, IHC unchanged, GoldenAgri +1, SIIC unchanged, Memstar unchanged, LifeBrandz -0.1, APAC +0.2, Digiland unchanged.

Market opened flat and traded in a very narrow band staying just 5 points on both sides of the equation.  Blue chips were seeing more greens. Penny and speculatives were mixed.

Europe and Dow are looking weak at the moment.

Monday, December 29, 2014

Daily Summary 29 Dec 14

Europe closed mixed on Friday while Dow was +24 at 18054. This is another new high. Dow's trend is up. Dow's future is now -7.  Europe opened slightly down.

Asian bourses were mostly up.  Nikkei -89, ShanghaiC +12, Hangseng +424.  STI closed +11 at 3365.  Volume was 1b shares.  Gainers were 233 to 191 losers.

Top volumes were Memstar +0.1, IHC +0.5, APAC -0.4, Magnus unchanged, OLS unchanged, GoldenAgri +0.5, Elektromotive unchanged, TTIntl -0.2, Mirach -0.4, TSH unchanged.

Market opened slightly up and stay up for the whole day. It closed near day high. Blue chips were generally higher. Penny and speculatives were mixed.  Volume barely touched 1b shares.

Europe and Dow are mixed and flat at the moment.

Friday, December 26, 2014

Daily Summary 26 Dec 14

European bourses closed mixed while Dow closed +6 at 18030.  Trend of Dow is up but flattening. Dow's future is now +33. Europe opened up.

Asian bourses were mostly up.  Nikkei +10, ShanghaiC +85, Hangseng closed.  STI closed +3 at 3348.  Volume was 800m shares, a record low.  Gainers were 179 to 186 losers.

Trend of STI is up but flattening as well.

Top volumes were IHC -0.5, LifeBranz unchanged, Magnus unchanged, OLS unchanged, EnviroHub +0.1, Weiye unchanged, SIIC +0.1, APAC -0.1, Healthway -0.1, Mirach -0.2.

Market opened slightly down but crept up to stay barely positive in quiet trading.  Volume was a record low today following the holiday festivities.  Blue chips were mixed. Penny and speculatives were also mixed.

Europe and Dow are looking steady at the moment.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Daily Summary 24 Dec 14

Europe and Dow close positive again last night. Dow was +65 at 18024. Dow uptrend continues. Dow's future at the moment is +19.  Europe is still closed.

Asian bourses closed mostly higher except for ShanghaiC -57.  Nikkei +198, Hangseng +18.  STI closed +12 at 3344.  Volume was 664m shares. Gainers were 219 to 118 losers.

Top volumes were Memstar +0.1, IHC -0.5, OLS unchanged, MetalComponent +0.1, Elektromotive +0.2, Magnus -0.1, Mirach +0.1, ThaiBev +0.5, Healthway +0.1, Noble +2.

Market opened flat but quickly moved up and stayed there for the whole morning. Blue chips were mostly in the green. Penny stocks and speculatives were generally firmer as well.

And Merry Christmas to everyone.

Daily Summary 23 Dec 14

Europe and Dow continued to make gains last night.  Dow closed +155 at 17959.  Trend of Dow is up.  Dow's future is now +18.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mixed.  Nikkei +14, ShanghaiC -92, Hangseng -75.  STI closed +3 at 3334.  Volume was 1.1b shares.  Gainers were 181 to 234 losers.

Trend of STI is still up.

Top volumes were Memstar -0.6, IHC +0.5, JES +0.2, Jaya +0.1, GoldenAgri -0.5, APAC unchanged, Noble +1.5, Magnus +0.1, SIIC unchanged, Vallianz -0.3.

Market gapped up on opening but weakened through the session. It still managed to hold on to a small gain of 3 pts. Blue chips were mixed. Penny stocks and speculative counters were weaker.

Europe and Dow are still looking steady at the moment.

Monday, December 22, 2014

Daily Summary 22 Dec 14

Dow and Europe closed slightly positive on Friday. Dow +27 at 17805.  Dow's short term trend is up.  Dow's future is now +48,  Europe opened up.

Asian bourses were mostly up. Nikkei +14, Shanghaic +20, Hangseng +292.  STI closed +46 at 3326.  Volume was 1.6b shares.  Gainers were 305 to 139 losers.  

Short term trend of STI is up.

Top volumes were Memstar +1, IHC unchanged, OttoMarine +0.4, GoldenAgri +1, APAC -0.3, Vallianz +0.3, Noble +0.5, OLS +0.1, Magnus -0.2.

Market opened up and continued to rise to close at day high.  Blue chips were mostly up. Penny and speculatives were also mostly green. This is looking like a pre Xmas rally.

Dow's future and Europe are looking good for tonight.

Friday, December 19, 2014

Daily Summary 19 Dec 14

Dow and Europe were strongly up last night. Dow +421 to close at 17778, erasing one week's losses.  Dow's trend is turning up.  Dow's future is now +63.  Europe opened up.

Asian bourses were all up.  Nikkei +411, ShanghaiC +52, Hangseng +284.  STI closed +40 at 3284. Volume was 1.4b shares.  Gainers were 270 to 202 losers.

Trend of STI has turned up.

Top volumes were GoldenAgri -0.5, OLS -0.1, SIIC -0.3, IC +0.5, Blumont +0.2, Noble +3, SingTel -5, APAC unchanged, Elektromotive +0.1, IHH +4.5.

Market opened up and climbed higher to close at day high. Blue chips were mostly up. Penny and speculatives were also firmer but volume still remained a low of 1.4b shares.

Europe and Dow are looking firm for tonight.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Stock Picks 19 Dec 14

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CapitalMall Trust - tgt $2.20
Frascrs Centrepoint Trust  - tgt $2.08
Starhill Global Reit - tgt  90c

Daily Summary 18 Dec 14

Dow and Europe recovered last night.  Dow closed +288 closing at 17357.  Trend of Dow is seeing a break up.  Dow's future is now +68.  Europe opened strongly up.

Asian bourses mostly recovered strongly. Nikkei +390, ShanghaiC -3, Hangseng +246.  STI closed +20 at 3247.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 234 to 183 losers.

Down trend of STI is starting to turn up..

Top volumes were IHC unchanged, Mirach +0.2, GoldenAgri +1.5, APAC +0.3, Ezion +3, Noble -2, GlobalLogistic -8, SingTel -4, SIIC unchanged, TopGlobal +0.1.

Market opened up and stayed up through the day. It moved higher in the last hour to close near day high at 3247.  Volume continued to be low.  Blue chips were big gainers. Penny and speculatives were slightly firmer.Keppel Corp continued to recover but not Sembcorp Marine.

Europe and Dow are looking to close high tonight.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Stock Picks 18 Dec 14

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Sheng Siong - tgt 78c
Thai Bev - tgt 80c
Dairy Farm - tgt US$10.39
Petra Food - tgt $3.02

UOBKH
CityDev - tgt $10.84

Daily Summary 17 Dec 14

Europe were firmly up last night but Dow turned negative to close -112 at 17069.  Trend of Dow is down.  Dow's future is now +78.  Europe opened down.

Asian bourses closed mixed.  Nikkei +64, ShanghaiC +39, Hangseng -35.  STI closed +15 at 3230.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 197 to 227 losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were GoldenAgri -2, IHC unchanged, Noble -0.5, Genting +1, TopGlobal -0.5, OLS unchanged, Mirach +0.2, SingTel +5, Ezion +5, Ezra +1.

Market opened flat and stayed slightly negative till late afternoon when it turned positive. It closed at day high at 3230.  Blue chips were mostly down.  Penny and speculatives were mixed.

Europe opened down.  Dow's future is now positive.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Stock Picks 17 Dec 14

DBSV
City Development - tgt $10.71
Olam - tgt $3.15

Daily Summary 16 Dec 14

Europe and Dow were sharply down last night.  Dow -100 closing at 17181.  Dow's trend is down.  Dow's future is now +7.  Europe opened sharply down.  

Asian bourses were sharply down as well but ShanghaiC bucked the trend closing +68.  Nikkei - 344, Hangseng -357.  STI closed -79 at 3216.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 107 to 337 losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were IHC unchanged,  SIIC -0.1, GSH +0.3, Mirach  unchanged, Genting -4.5, LottVision -0.2, SingTel -10, Noble -5, GlobalLogistics -2, GoldenAgri -1.

Market opened down and fell further through the day.  It closed at day low at 3216.   Blue chips were mostly in the red.  Banks recent run up is seeing profit taking and selling down. Penny and speculatives too were seeing more losers.

Europe is looking quite weak at the moment while Dow's future is slightly positive.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Stock Picks 16 Dec 14

DBSV
 First Sponsor Group - tgt $1.43

UOBKH
Zico Holding - tgt 57c

Daily Summary 15 Dec 14

Dow and Europe were down on Friday. Dow -316 to closed at 17281. Dow's trend is down.  Dow's future is now +90.  Europe opened slightly up.

Asian bourses were mostly down.  Nikkei -272, ShanghaiC +15, Hangseng -221. STI closed -31 at 3293.  Volume was 1.1b shares.  Gainers were 134 to 321 losers.

Trend of STI starting to slip down.

Top volumes were IHC unchanged, ChinaEnv +2.2, ThaiBev -1.5, SIIC -0.3, Vallianz +0.3, Equation unchanged, GoldenAgri +0.5, OLS unchanged, LippoMallsTr -2, Mirach unchanged.

Market opened down and fell further. It closed off its low at 3293.  Volume hit a new low of 1.1b shares. Blue were mostly in the red. Penny and speculatives were also weaker.

Europe and Dow are looking like going to recover a bit of lost ground tonight.

Friday, December 12, 2014

Daily Summary 12 Dec 14


European bourses were mixed last night. Dow closed +63 at 17596.  Dow's trend is down. Dow's future is now -62.  Europe opened down.

Asian bourses were more on the positive after closing.  Nikkei +114, ShanghaiC +14, Hangseng -63.  STI closed +4 at 3324. Volume was 1.4b shares.  Gainers were 211 to 189 losers.

Trend of STI is turning up.

Top volumes were Keppel DCReit at 96.5, IPO. Mirach +0.6, SIIC +0.4, GoldernAgri -1, OLS unchanged, IHC -0.5, HPHTrust +1, APAC +0.1, Global Logistic +2, Charisma +0.2.

Market opened down briefly but turned positive and stayed positive for the rest of the session. It closed at near day low but still +5. Blue chips were steady. Penny and speculatives were mixed.

Europe and Dow are looking for a weak closing tonight.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Stock Picks 12 Dec 14

UOBKH
Pacific Radiance - tgt $1.57

OCBC
Sheng Siong - tgt 77c

Daily Summary 11 Dec 14

European bourses were mixed while Dow -268 to close 17533.  Trend of Dow is down.  Dow's future is now +55.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses mostly down.  Nikkei - 155, ShanghaiC -13, Hangseng -212.  STI closed -5 at 3320.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 152 to 229 losers.

Trend of STI is flat.

Top volumes were IHC unchanged, Mirach +0.6, Elektromotive +0.1, BengKuang +0.1, GoldenAgri unchanged, SIIC -0.1,  APAC unchanged, HPHTrust unchanged, SingTel +5, Yuuzoo +0.5.

Market was trading sideways in a small range for the whole day. It was briefly up a little but drifted down to close -5.  Blue chips were weaker. Penny and speculatives were mixed.

Europe and Dow look like going to recoup some of the losses last night at this moment.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Daily Summary 10 Dec 14



Dow and Europe were all down last night. Dow was down more than 100 pts but closed -51 at 17801. Dow's trend has started to go down.  Dow's future is now +14.  Europe opened up.

Asian bourses were mixed. Nikkei -401, ShanghaiC +85 and Hangseng +39.  STI closed +7 at 3326.  Volume was 1.4b shares.  Gainers were 255 to 185 losers.

Trend of STI is relatively flat at this point with a bit upward biased.

Top volumes were IHC unchanged, SIIC +0.3, GoldenAgri +0.5, PacificCentury +1.5, APAC -0.1, Mirach +0.8, Digiland unchanged, SingTel unchanged, Yuuzoo +1, OLS unchanged.

Market opened flat and turned up to stay positive for the rest of the session though closing near day low.  Blue chips were generally firmer.  Penny and speculatives were also seeing slightly more greens.

Europe and Dow are looking like going to reverse from last night's falls.

Stock Picks 10 Dec 14

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Sheng Siong - tgt 77c

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Daily Summary 9 Dec 14

Dow and Europe were down last night.  Dow -106 at 17852.  Dow's uptrend is turning down.  Dow's future is now -60.  Europe opened sharply down.

Asian bourses were sharply down. Nikkei -122, ShanghaiC -180, Hangseng -562.  STI +14 closing at 3312.  Volume was 1.8b shares.  Gainers were 169 to 268 losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were Digiland unchanged, SIIC -0.1, IC unchanged, AdvancSCT unchanged, Ezion -7, Mirach -0.6, LippoMallTr -2, Genting +0.5, Yuuzoo+6, Oceanus unchanged.

STI opened up and went higher peaking just after lunch at a high of 3335. It fell afterwards when regional bourses fell sharply. It closed at day low but still gaining 14 pts.  Blue chips held on to their gains with more gainers than losers. Penny and speculatives were weaker.

Dow and European bourses are looking pretty weak at the moment.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Stock Picks 9 Dec 14

DBSV
Global Logistics - tgt $3.42

UOBKH
First Resources - tgt $2.80

Daily Summary 8 Dec 14

Europe and Dow closed firm on Friday. Dow was +59 at 17959.  Trend of Dow is up. Dow's future is now -33.  Europe opened down.

Asian bourses were mixed.  Nikkei +15, ShanghaiC +84, Hangseng +45.  STI closed -23 at 3302.  Volume was 1.45b shares.  Gainers were 148 to 280 losers.

Trend of STI is slightly down.

Top volumes were SIIC -0.5, Pacific Century -0.5, IC unchanged, Equation +0.1, OLS +0.1, AdvanceSCT +0.1, Elektromotive -0.1, GoldenAgr -1, Mirach -0.6, ThaiBev unchanged.

Market opened flat but turned positive for the main part of the morning before sliding down to close at day low. Blue chips were firmer in the morning but ended mostly weaker.  Penny and speculatives were generally weaker as well.

Europe and Dow are looking a bit weak for tonight.

Stock Picks 8 Dec 14

DBSV
Olam - tgt $3.10
YangZiJiang - tgt $1.62

Friday, December 5, 2014

Daily Summary 5 Dec 14

Dow and Europe were down last night.  Dow closed better than Europe down only 13 pts at 17900.  Dow's trend still looking up.  europe opened firmly up.

Asian bourses were mostl up.  Nikkei +33, ShanghaiC +39,  Hangseng +170.  STI closed +12 at 3316.  Volume was 2.2b shares.  Gainers were 222 to 218 losers.

Trend of STI is still down but could turn back up again.

Top volumes were SIIC -1.6, AdvanceSCT -0.1, IHC unchanged, WE -0.1, Genting -2, APAC -0.1, CapitaMallTrust unchanged, ThaiBev unchanged, Yuuzoo -1, Mirach -0.5

Market opened slightly down but turned up after an hour of trading. It stayed up to closed near day high with +12 pts.  Volume was higher today pasing the 2b mark after such a long time.  Blue chips were slightly firmer. Speculatives and penny stocks were mixed.

Euorpe and Dow's future are firm at this moment.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Stock Picks 5 Dec 14

UOBKH
SmartFlex Holding - tgt 21c
Resources Prima  - tgt 33c

Daily Summary 4 Dec 14

European bourses were mixed last night. Dow closed +33 at 17913.  Dow's trend is turning np.  Dow's future is now +2. European bourses opened slightly positive.

Asian bourses were mostly up.  Nikkei +167, ShanghaiC +121, Hangseng +404.  STI closed +4 at 3307.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 195 to 234 losers.

Trend of STI is slipping down.

Top volumes were MDR unchanged, IHC unchanged, ThaiBev +2, APAC unchanged, Genting -2, Xpress +0.1, OLS unchanged, BengKuang +0.6, SingTel unchanged, ResourcesPrima unchanged.

Market opened up but drifted down through the day. It closed near day low but managed a +4pts to stay positive.  Trading was quite. Blue chips were mixed. Keppel Corp continued to fall but Semb Industry and Marine stayed flat. Penny and speculatives were mixed.

Dow and Europe are indicating relatively flat at the moment.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Stock Picks 4 Dec 14

DBSV
SingPost - tgt $2.18
Parkway Life Reit - tgt $2.16

UOBKH
M1 - tgt $4.00

OCBC
KepLand - tgt $4.09
Capitaland - tgt $3.79
Wheelock - tgt $2.38
Hotel Prop - tgt $5.32

Daily Summary 3 Dec 14


European bourses were mixed last night. Dow closed +103 at 17880.  Dow's trend looks like turning up. Dow's future is now -7.  Europe opened marginally up.

Asian bourses were mixed.  Nikkei +57, ShanghaiC +16, Hangseng -13.  STI closed -19 at 3303.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 144 to 277 losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were AdvanceSCT -0.1, IHC unchanged, MDR unchanged, APAC unchanged, ChinaNewTown +0.2, SIIC -0.1, ThaiBev +2.5, Jaya -0.6, GoldenAgri +1, Genting -1.

Market started trading at 12.30 pm today due to some tech issues at SGX.  STI opened up and stayed up for two hours before falling to negative. It closed at day low.  Blue chips and banks were sold down. Oil and marine continue to fall with falling oil price. Penny and speculatives too were mostly weaker.

Dow and Europe are looking mixed at the moment.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Daily Summary 2 Dec 14

Europe and Dow were slightly down last night.  Dow -51 closing at 17777.  Dow's trend is starting to turn down.  Dow's future is now +73.  Europe opened up.

Asian bourses were mostly up.  Nikkei +73, ShanghaiC +83, Hangseng +287.  STI closed +20 at 3325.  Volume was 1.4b shares.  Gainers were 237 to 183 losers.

Trend of STI is turning down.

Top volumes were IHC unchanged, Xpress -0.2, GoldenAgri +1, Ezion +5.5, TopGlobal +0.1, Mirach +0.4, ThaiBev +1.5, Genting +1, CosmoSteel +2.5.

Market gapped up on opening after yesterday's selldown. Most of the sold down stocks recovered some of their losses from yesterday. STI closed at day low but still gained 17  pts.  Blue chips pared off yesterday's losses. Penny and speculatives also looked better with more in the green.

Europe and Dow are looking for a recovery tonight.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Stock Picks 2 Dec 14

DBSV
CDL Hospitality Trust - tgt $1.86

UOBKH
CDL Hospitality Trust - tgt $2.01

Daily Summary 1 Dec 14

Dow and Europe were flat on Friday. Dow closed +0.5 at 17828.  Trend of Dow is flattening. Dow's future is now 90.  Europe opened down.

Asian bourses were mostly down except Nikkei +130.  ShanghaiC - 2, Hangseng -620.  STI closed -45 at 3306.  Volume was 1.9b shares.  Gainers were 2 against 429 losrs.

Trend of STI is going down with MACDs cutting downwards.

Top volumes were GoldenAgri -1.5, Ezion -21, Elektromotive -0.1, IC unchanged, Mirach -2.4, SIIC -0.6, ResourcesPrima +1, Charisma -02, NexGen unchanged, Digiland -0.1.

Market opened flat and went positive for a short while. it then went downhill and went sharply down in late afternoon. It closed at day low at 3306, -45.  Two key issues, the rioting in Hongkong and the falling oil prices were the main factors causing the sharp fall especially in Hangseng.  Banks saw some profit taking but the worst hits were marine, oil and gas counters. Kep Corp, Semb Corp and Marine were sharply down.

Dow and Europe are looking weak tonight.