By The Smart Investor • August 12, 2026
A high yield certainly catches the eye, making regular savings accounts look like small change. But don’t get yield-blinded, as a soaring yield can...
By The Smart Investor • August 12, 2026
Picture this. You walk into Uniqlo and buy a T-shirt for S$14.90. The next day, you pass the same store. You see the same shirt with the same...
By The Smart Investor • August 12, 2026
Three Straits Times Index (^SGX: STI) blue-chip stocks raised their payouts in the same reporting season. The increases ran from 33% to 77%. Size...
By The Smart Investor • August 11, 2026
For years, some investors believed that e-commerce would replace shopping malls. Weaker retail assets have indeed struggled, but many high-quality...
By The Smart Investor • August 11, 2026
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) has had a terrific run. The SPDR STI ETF (SGX: ES3), which tracks the STI, returned 13.1% in the first half of...
By The Smart Investor • August 11, 2026
A good number of Singapore companies have been actively buying back their own shares this year. More than 70 primary-listed companies repurchased...
By The Smart Investor • August 11, 2026
Three of Singapore’s largest listed companies report on the same day this month. Singapore Technologies Engineering (SGX: S63), Sembcorp Industries...
By The Smart Investor • August 10, 2026
Most investors spend too much time thinking about when to buy and when to sell. But what if selling was not an option? Suppose the Singapore market...
By The Smart Investor • August 10, 2026
Although both stocks and real estate investment trusts (REITs) are listed on the stock market, there are differences between the two. REITs are...
By The Smart Investor • August 10, 2026
There are thirty stocks in the Straits Times Index (SGX: STI). Yet, the banking trio, DBS Group Holdings (SGX: D05), OCBC Ltd (SGX: O39), and UOB Ltd...