Catalysts for 2014 (Part 1)

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By Dividend Warrior • December 23, 2013

Last week, the Fed finally announced the start of QE taper. Most of you would have known that QE tapering is largely negative for REITs as they are rather sensitive to a rise in interest rates. Dividend stocks are relatively more resilient, even though they were not spared from the recent correction in the local market. All these seem so gloomy and depressing :(

Christmas is around the corner, so I decided to spread some festive cheer! Let's take a look at positive future catalysts for some of my dividend stocks and REITs.

ST Engineering and SATS Ltd:

It is possible for ST Engg and SATS to raise their dividend payouts. Both companies are sitting on huge cash piles. ST Engg has more than S$300m and SATS has S$270m. ST Engg has strong long-term earnings visibility, with an order book of S$12.5b as at September 2013. SATS' recent acquisition ...

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