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Three months ago I wrote to Batch 42 that the Straits Times Index at 5,212 was a generational milestone, and that a rising index compresses dividend yields. Both statements have held up. Neither went far enough. The index has kept running, the leadership on SGX has shifted decisively towards growth, and the hunting ground for income investors in Singapore has narrowed to the point where your own portfolio exercise produced only twelve names.
The Index Is at a Record, But the Real Money Was Made Outside It
The STI closed at 5,801.96 on 4 September 2026, a fresh all-time high and roughly 35% above where it stood a year earlier. It returned 13.1% in the first half of 2026 alone. By any historical standard for this market, that is an exceptional run, and
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