Current Market Report- Staying on the sidelines

There has been a slight rebound in global markets with STI at 3,220.56, which is a decent distance from its 52-week low of 2,955.68, a 264.88 point difference (8.22%). The same holds for true, where we can see from our STI list here. As you can see here, I revamped the table to include more details of the STI stocks. Last prices are closing prices as of Monday 21 January 2019.

The stock which is closest to its 52-week low is SIA at 5.09%. SATS is the second closest, where it is 5.6% away. You may recall my previous idea of buying at a price of 4.5 but SATS recently ran up and I will be waiting to see if it will fall. Possible reasons for the rebound might include borrowed confidence from the US market, which has seen an impressive rebound itself to 24,706.35 currently.

Major risks entailing this rebound will include:

1) China's slowdown in its economy
Slower growth does mean that China will be able to buy less stuff from the rest of the world. We note that China is the number 1 country where Singapore exports to, so a slowdown here will inevitably spread to our economy.

2) Federal Interest Rate Hikes
I think I said this in previous posts, but this is always worth a mention as interest rates are one of the central elements in an economy. Hikes in interest rates should affect an economy in theory.


Other intermittent risks will be the political instability in US and UK due to the uncertainty respectively arising from Trump and Brexit.

Singapore reits are also pretty overvalued as it seems, and there will definitely be room to fall if major risk 1 and 2 comes into fruition.

As of now, I do not have any ideas of anything to buy, so I will be happy to hear your lovely ideas. Please share and/or comment!