$OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP(O39.SI)$The banks, which make up around 40% of the Straits Times Index, saw their earnings fall in 2020 due to the economic uncertainties brought about by the ** pandemic. For instance, DBS, the largest bank amongst the trio, saw its net profit fall 26% year-on-year. However, with the gradual improvement in consumer sentiments and business confidence, the banks are likely to see better days ahead. A non-performing loan is a loan on which the borrower is unable to pay off interest or the principal amount. The lower the ratio, the better it is for a bank.For 2020, OCBC had the lowest NPL ratio of 1.5% among the banking trio.OCBC seems to offer the best value among the three banks with its lowest&
$ASCENDAS REAL ESTATE INV TRUST(A17U.SI)$a better buy?I believe almost eveyone would know Ascendas REIT is a very well-known REIT as you can see its rather iconic logo attached on many industrial buildings in Singapore. It is is also Singapore's first and largest listed industrial REIT.AREIT has a huge and diverse portfolio that is very well diversified across Singapore, US, Australia and UK/EU. They also have about 60% of the portfolio in business parks and data centres which helps the portfolio stay resilient even in times of uncertainty like the pandemic. Net property income yield for the first year is estimated at approximately 6.0% and 5.7% pre-transaction costs and post-transaction costs.AREIT h
PLUG stock has been hammered over the past few weeks because of fears related to a sharp rise in long-term bond yields. The basic thinking is that, as long-term yields rise, equity valuations will correct lower, because stocks and bonds are competing investment vehicles, so as bond yields rise, the required rate of return on stocks rises, too.That thinking makes a ton of sense. And if yields were to rise forever, then I’d say growth stocks like PLUG stock will keep plunging.But yields aren’t going to rise forever. Instead, it looks like the 10-Year Treasury yield will max out around 2% over the next few years.The Fed has reiterated multiple times that they will not move on interest rates anytime soon. Thus, the 3-Month Treasury yield will remain near-zero for the foreseeable future. Real G
$Facebook(FB)$steadily moving higher waveFrom the start of August through February, shares of the social media platform have popped 15.1% in the past two weeks and are closing in on their record highs. I feel that the believe - combination of solid internal and external factors are at play here and investors with cash waiting on the sidelines could do worse than taking them into consideration this week.wW have this enormous above $800 b company that's still managing to report revenue growth above 31% year on year whilst also smashing analyst expectations year in year out. That is impressive by any measure but all the more so for a company of Facebook's size and one that is just come through the pandemic. A pandemic
$DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD(D05.SI)$Hitting 52 week high for DBS. Can forsee marching towards next level of 29.50-80. Somehow new wave of sentiments and hot money pouring into Banking related. Any opinion on this?
$Alphabet(GOOGL)$This is one of the greatest companies to buy and hold. Most of us are also familiar and using it daily.What are your views on the developement of this company?