STI ends the year at above 2800 points, down slightly more than 10% for the year. For this month, some of the issues include emergence of a new strain of Covid-19 and stalemate on new stimulus package from US Congress. However, investors are still quite positive and eager to participate in what seems to be a post pandemic recovery rally.
For my top 30 holdings, Frencken continued its good run this month after receiving upgrades in target price from various research houses. Unfortunately, two of my holdings in the list, namely iFAST and Singapura Finance participated but both failed to secure the digital bank license in Singapore. However, iFAST still ended the year as the top holding in my portfolio for Sing$ Denominated shares.
I have bought the following companies from the market this month - AF Global, Bonvests, Bukit Sembawang Estates, Dairy Farm, EnGro, First Sponsor, Frasers Property, GK Goh, Global Testing, Hiap Hoe, Hotel Properties, Hotung, IHH, IPC Corp, Isetan, Kingsmen, Koh Brothers, Mandarin...