I have always been skeptical about analyst reports. Don’t get me wrong, analyst reports are useful, and there are many with a lot of details and insights, but that is where the use end, one shouldn’t read further into the buy or sell call or their target prices.

We need to understand that not all analyst reports are self-initiated, some are paid to do the reports.

I was rather surprised with the money section of today ST. There is only 2 articles on properties, whereas it is usually dominated by property news. It is not hard to see why. Singaporeans at large are attuned to property investing rather than companies investing. Many will think of property investment as a foolproof investment whereas if u mention stocks, they will either think of u as a guru or a gambler. ( this is my gut feel when communicating with many colleagues am (Read more...)