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Next Global Stock Market Rally with US Interest Rate Cut (一波三折)

Posted on September 19, 2024 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Are you excited by recent 0.5% interest cut by US Fed which may be a hidden market stimulation? US stocks (especially Dow Jones and S&P500) are near historical high, even Singapore STI is at last 6 years high >3600 points (having potential to break 2007 historical high if >3900 points, especially with stronger growth and recovery of STI which many are dividend stocks, not limited to SG REITs).

Current global stock markets are the most confusing to both long term investors and short term traders because past few decades of investment market relationship (eg. stocks vs bonds) are very different from past few years of market condition since 2020 pandemic.

A key difference is we have experienced hyper-inflation (9+%) which only happened 50 years ago in 1970s and 1980s. Over the past few decades, usually US interest rate is adjusted higher during bullish economy and stock market, cut to stimulate economy during recession. However, current market condition is closer to 1980s with hyper-inflation, US interest rate is adjusted higher to tame the hyper-inflation over 10+%. With lower inflation, then US interest rate is cut, indirectly stimulate US and global stock markets to higher level, with condition that there is no recession (eg. negative GDP growth rate).

There are 3 key supporting signals for US and global stock markets to continue the bull run (一波三折):
1) US inflation starts to fall from the peak of 9+%
2) Golden Cross for US inflation falls just below interest rate of 5+%
3) US interest rate starts to cut from the peak of 5+%

Key signals #1 and #2 (see image above) were highlighted by Dr Tee in earlier posts over the past 2 years, global stock markets, especially US stocks have shown significant appreciation since then. For readers who missed the boats, it is never too late as Key signal #3 just comes, the Fed has just start to cut interest rate by 0.5% from the peak of 5.5% in Sep 2024. In fact, early investors may follow Signal #2.5, meaning taking action >6 months ago, anticipating US will cut interest rate, especially after Signal #2 with strong confirmation of consistently lower inflation below the interest rate peak of 5+%.

A strong condition for Signal #3 is that US economy should experience soft landing, instead of hard landing as the past few decades, else interest rate cut may become a risky signal to save falling economy. Despite weaker US job market, historically it is still considered above average (below 5% unemployment rate) while inflation currently is at average (2.5%) of past few decades, there is no need to achieve ultimate goal of 2% as inflation would fluctuate (eg. between 1+% to 3+%) in a normal market.

Sectors which may benefit from US interest rate cut with growing economy (recovering stronger after soft landing) are across the board, eg. REITs, property stocks and dividend stocks (lower borrowing cost, implying more dividends expected with higher profits), technology stocks (lower borrowing cost for business expansion), industrial and most stocks (stronger business with more spending by consumers with bullish economy). Banks could have mixed effect, depending on natural of segment business, eg. interest income may fall due to lower NIM (Net Interest Margin) with lower interest rate, but volume of interest income may increase with more loans due to stronger economy, together with increasing non-interest income.

Therefore, key is to monitor the economic cycle and also stock market Optimism level (Be Greedy when others are Fearful; Be Fearful when others are Greedy). One day, a black swan may come, it is never too late to exit then or much earlier when global stock market is at high Optimism with shaky economy. It is timely now to review own stock portfolio, making decisions (Buy / Hold / Sell / Wait / Shorting) ahead of majority. Ride the next global stock rally with US interest rate cut, supported by strong global economy.

It is timely now to review own global stock portfolio, making decisions (Buy / Hold / Sell / Wait / Shorting), leveraging on market greed and fear.

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There are over 2000 giant stocks in the world based on Dr Tee criteria, choice of 10 Dream Team giant stocks have to align with one’s unique personality, eg. for shorter term trading (eg. momentum or swing trading) or longer term investing (cyclic investing, undervalue investing or growth investing). Readers should not just “copy and paste” any stock (What to Buy, When to Buy/Sell) as successful action taking requires deeper consideration (LOFTP strategies – Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis) which you could learn further from Dr Tee Free 4-hr Webinar.

Drop by Dr Tee free 4hr webinar (learning at comfort of home with Zoom) to learn how to position in global giant stocks during COVID-19 stock crisis with 10 unique stock investing strategies, knowing What to Buy, When to Buy/Sell.

Zoom will be started 30 min before event, bonus talk (Q&A on any investment topics from readers) for early birds. There are many topics we will cover in this 4hr webinar, Dr Tee can have more time for Q&A if you could stay later after the webinar, you could ask on any global and local stocks including but not limited to 30 STI component stocks:

Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U), CapitaLand (SGX: C31), CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX: C38U), City Development (SGX: C09), ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (SGX: BUOU), Genting Singapore (SGX: G13), Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU), Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), SATS (SGX: S58), Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96), Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Singtel (SGX: Z74), ST Engineering (SGX: S63), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), UOL (SGX: U14), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX: BS6).

Dr Tee will cover over 20 case studies, Singapore giant stocks, eg. CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX: C38U), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Top Glove (SGX: BVA), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Vicom (SGX: WJP) and many others, Malaysia giant stocks, Hong Kong giant stocks and US giant stocks, both long term investing and short term trading.

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Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Market Cycle Investing, Market Outlook, Stock Market Tagged: dividend stock, economy vs stock, growth stock, US Interest Rate

8 AI Technology Stocks for Momentum Trading and Growth Investing (以智取胜)

Posted on July 14, 2023 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

After major correction of technology stocks in Year 2022, the technology sector recovers strongly in 2023 with the support of Artificial Intelligence (AI), initiated by popularity of ChatGPT, following by the healthy competitions and future AI plans of many technology giant stocks, pushing up the stock prices of technology stocks and even entire US stock indices (S&P500 and Nasdaq), nearer to the last peak in late 2021.

As mentioned in earlier Dr Tee articles, Golden Cross of inflation (now 3%) below interest rate (now 5%) help to support recovery of technology stocks which are sensitive to interest rate (likely will reach its peak soon). Since stock market is usually 6-12 months ahead of economy and businesses, a smart investor may take calculated risk with early actions (eg. big winner for those who took actions 6 months ago on technology stocks when inflation starts to fall from its peak).

Investing and trading in stocks may also apply AI (eg. following certain rules) but key difference is to personalize the strategies, eg holding for short term (momentum trading), mid term (cyclic trading) or long term (growth investing).

Dr Tee has shortlisted 8 AI stocks with potential for trading and investing, each stock requires unique positioning due to different types of LOFTP (Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis):

1) Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA)
Nvidia is a bigger winner in AI game as development generative AI requires strong demand of GPU chips, which is dominated by Nvidia. It projects significant increase in near future revenue which supports the share price to break above last high of $335 in Year 2021, exceeding by 50% to $460 so far.

Even before recent AI stock rally, Nvidia already has sustainable strong business fundamental. However, due to stock price is far above fair value with high Ein55 Optimism, it is more suitable for short term momentum trading, following the uptrend prices (eg. entering when breaking a new high, but it is crucial to set stoploss when price trend is reversed more than risk tolerance level).

2) Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT)
Microsoft is another direct AI winner because it is major investor for ChatGPT, even incorporating into BING search engine (challenging Google Search) and Windows 11 platform with Microsoft Office products. As a result, Microsoft share price has recovered back to its 2021 peak of $344, may achieve another new historical high if AI momentum continues.

Microsoft is veteran technology giant stock with over 50 years history since 1970s (comparable with Apple), products are diversified beyond traditional PC into cloud and gaming, etc. Strong business fundamental but it has price exceeding fair value with high Ein55 Optimism, more suitable for mid term cyclic investing (Buy Low Sell High) or short term momentum trading (Buy High Sell Higher).

3) Alphabet / Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL/GOOG)
Alphabet has been early AI developer (eg. DeepMind with AlphaGo could win human No 1 Go player in the world) but slow in commercializing the AI products, still focusing more on Google search engine which 85% market share (compared with BING only has 8%) for advertisement revenue (Youtube contributes to about 10% of Alphabet revenue). ChatGPT quick success has helped Google to introduce comparable BARD chat quickly to supplement Google search. It is not too late for BARD to catch up because they have strong foundation in development with wide Google network as potential customers, just need to focus on marketing and commercialization in future, helping to retain or grow the online advertisement revenue.

Relative to other technology / AI giant stocks, Alphabet / Google is relatively slow in stock price recovery (still below its peak of $150 in Year 2021), current price of $124 is near to its fair value, therefore still possible to be considered for long term investor for growth investing (Buy fair price and Hold). At the same time, Alphabet / Google may also be suitable for mid term cyclic investing (Buy Low Sell High) or short term momentum trading (Buy High Sell Higher). It is a rare giant stock which may be considered for both long term investors and short/mid term traders. However, since few technology giant stocks could last for decades, it is crucial to monitor its technology advantages over competitors (eg. ChatGPT vs BARD, Google vs BING, etc) for long term investors.

4) Meta / Facebook (Nasdaq: META)
Meta share price was seriously corrected in Year 2022 from about $380 to $90, partly due to venture into unprofitable Metaverse and headwind of technology sector then. Meta is early winner for technology stock recovery in 2023 (another is Netflix), growing with very strong momentum (comparable with Nvidia and Microsoft performances), current price of $313 is still below its 2021 peak of $380.

Even without AI (new plan) or Metaverse (old plan), advertisement revenue for existing Facebook and Instagram could already support and grow the business. The new Threads app is a strong challenger to Twitter, could be future revenue generator, making its social media network even wider (a strong economic moat). Meta share price is still below its fair value of about $360, may be considered for long term growth investor and also short term momentum trader.

5) Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN)
Amazon share price was halved in Year 2022 from about $187 to $85, partly due to high growth during pandemic is not sustainable during post pandemic, business also becomes cyclic, affecting share price stability. Amazon has cloud businesses, AI concept has helped to recover its share prices together with other technology giant stocks, current price of $134 is still below its 2021 peak of $187.

Amazon is a trillion-dollar market cap giant stock (after Apple and Microsoft, ahead of Google and Nvidia), business becomes more sustainable as pre-pandemic. Current share is still below fair value of about $200, therefore may be considered for long term growth investing, mid term cyclic trading or even short term momentum trading.

6) AMD (Nasdaq: AMD)
AMD share price dropped to 1/3 from about $155 to $55 in Year 2022 technology sector crisis, partly due to high growth of chips demand during pandemic is not sustainable during post pandemic, business even suffered losses in the last quarter. Over the last few decades of competition, AMD is stronger and larger than Intel, supporting AMD share price growing by 80 times over the past 10 years. Despite AMD AI chip is still behind leader Nvidia, its latest chips are widely used by cloud platforms (eg. Amazon). AMD price has recovered strongly, current price of $115 is still below its 2021 peak of $155.

AMD is a young technology giant stock which would benefit from future AI sector expansion. Current share is still below fair value of about $200, therefore may be considered for long term growth investing, mid term cyclic trading or even short term momentum trading.

7) TSMC (NYSE: TSM / Taiwan TPE: 2330)
TSMC share price was corrected by more than half from about $140 to $63 in Year 2022 technology sector crisis, partly due to high growth of chips demand during pandemic is not sustainable during post pandemic, but business remains profitable with more sustainable growth rate. TSMC is the world leader for high end chip manufacturing (eg. 3nm), far ahead of competitors Samsung and Intel. With help of Warren Buffett (despite he sold it eventually due to worry of geo-political crisis) and technology sector rally, TSMC price has recovered strongly, current price of $105 is still below its 2022 peak of $140.

Semiconductor sector is cyclic in nature, similar for TSMC share price, more suitable to Buy Low Sell High for cyclic investor. Current share price is higher than fair price of about $80, therefore more suitable for mid term cyclic investing (not long term due to higher Ein55 Optimism) or even short term trading (since momentum is relatively weaker, may consider to Buy Low Sell High with short term swing trading).

8) ASML (Nasdaq: ASML)
Semiconductor sector is very specialized and inter-dependent, eg. design by Nvidia, manufacturing by TSMC but leading equipment supplier is ASML, etc. ASML business and even share price performances are comparable to TSMC since both are closely related.

ASML share price was corrected by more than half from about $868 to $379 in Year 2022 technology sector crisis, partly due to high growth of chips demand during pandemic is not sustainable during post pandemic, but business remains profitable with more sustainable growth rate. ASML is the world leader for high end chip equipment (eg. lithography for 3nm), far ahead of other competitors. US/China trade war may affect its future business expansion in China due to new export ban for high tech semiconductor equipment. Together with technology sector rally, ASML price has doubled from valley, current price of $750 is getting nearer to its 2022 peak of $868.

Semiconductor sector is cyclic in nature, similar for ASML share price, more suitable to Buy Low Sell High for cyclic investor. Current share price is higher than fair price of about $470, therefore more suitable for mid term cyclic investing (not long term due to higher Ein55 Optimism) or even short term trading (since momentum is relatively weaker, may consider to Buy Low Sell High with short term swing trading).

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There are over 2000 giant stocks in the world based on Dr Tee criteria, choice of 10 Dream Team giant stocks have to align with one’s unique personality, eg. for shorter term trading (eg. momentum or swing trading) or longer term investing (cyclic investing, undervalue investing or growth investing). Readers should not just “copy and paste” any stock (What to Buy, When to Buy/Sell) as successful action taking requires deeper consideration (LOFTP strategies – Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis) which you could learn further from Dr Tee Free 4-hr Webinar.

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Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Market Cycle Investing, Market Optimism, Market Outlook, Technical Analysis Tagged: cyclic investing stock, growth stock, momentum stock, technology stock, US Stocks

3 Exit Strategies When Crisis Stock Becomes Profits (Tianjin Da Ren Tang)(丰收季节)

Posted on April 17, 2023 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

With strong recovery of China / Hong Kong stocks after ending of zero COVID policy and strong rebound of US technology stocks with consistently lower inflation rates, some giant stocks surge to new historical high in share prices. This is a good problem to have for stock investor or trader when there are high capital gains (eg. more than 2 times).

Knowing What to Buy and When to Buy help to start the investing journey at the right time and right direction. However, knowing When to Sell (take profits) or How Long to Hold with alignment to own personality is the ultimate plan.

Let’s learn from Dr Tee on 3 Exit Strategies When a crisis stock becomes highly profitable (丰收季节). A recent Dr Tee Graduate success of a giant stock, Tianjin Pharmaceutical Da Ren Tang (SGX: T14 / China Shanghai: 600329) is applied as an example.

Congratulations to readers who may have taken action on Tianjin Da Ren Tang (strong fundamental China healthcare giant stock, dual listing in SGX and China) mentioned in Dr Tee articles on 2 Oct 2020 ($0.79 share price, Cyclic & Dividend investing), 31 Aug 2021 ($1.32 share price, Growth / Dividend investing) and 17 Feb 2023 ($1.30 share price, Growth / Momentum trading), as well as recent public webinar on 25 Mar 2023 ($1.39 share price, Momentum trading). Current share price (17 Apr 2023) is $2.26, exceeding the Ein55 intrinsic value of $1.50 mentioned, aiming for >$2.50 high Ein55 Optimism price with more greed recently.

Dr Tee graduates were assigned homework on this stock in May 2020 ($0.68 share price, low Ein55 Optimism level for Cyclic + Growth + Dividend + Undervalue investing, see chart below) and again in July 2021 ($1.20 share price), not only share price has climbed up with over 3X capital gains ($0.68 to $2.26), also enjoying an enormous dividend yield = (dividend / price) = ($0.17/$0.68) = 25%, after dividend payments have grown 4X over the 3 years, supported by strong earnings (>70% business is Traditional Chinese Medicine, remaining is western medicine, etc).

Unlike other business (eg. technology / glove) which may have huge earnings surge during the first 2 years of pandemic (then suffer when both earnings and share prices are corrected post pandemic as the high business growth is not sustainable), Tianjin Da Ren Tang has been consistent and sustainable in business growth before / during / post pandemic. With ending of zero COVID policy in China, Tianjin Da Ren Tang enjoys the free ride together to higher Ein55 Optimism level, exceeding intrinsic value (about $1.50) and driven by market greed recently towards high Ein55 Optimism >$2.50.

The stock formerly was named Tianjin Zhongxin, after change in major shareholder, later renamed to Tianjin Da Ren Tang, partly to reflect its true historical value for the past century (eg. comparable with the same TCM school of more famous Beijing Tong Ren Tang). Tianjin Da Ren Tang is relatively less well known to global investors (unlike other Top 10 largest TCM or healthcare stocks in China) which makes it significantly undervalue, especially for dual listed stock in SGX vs China (eg. on 4 Nov 2022, share price was US$1/share in SGX but RMB 28.26 / 6.87 = US$ 4.11), about 4X price difference in the past, but Tianjin Da Ren Tang in SGX catches up recently to narrow down the gap with China listed stock to (40.08 / 6.87) / 2.26 = 2.6 times on 17 Apr 2023.

Even so, it is still over 2X difference between SGX and Shanghai listed stock, therefore there have been some speculations that SGX listed stock (about 1/3 total shares) may be acquired one day. In fact, when there was a change in major shareholder a few years ago, due to regulation, a low-ball offer (less than US$1) was proposed but this was just for formality, “acquisition” was not successful. In fact, Tianjin shares in SG are mostly owned by retail investors, major shareholders (who own 2/3 shares in China) would need to buy up significantly (relative to 2.6X difference of China stock) if the stock may be acquired to delist one day.

By right, both 1/3 SGX stock and 2/3 China Shanghai stock should have close to 1:1 share price since stock value is the same. Therefore, the earlier 4X undervalue of SGX listed of Tianjin Da Ren Tang has make it an excellent dividend stock, especially its dividend is doubled during recent announcement on 31 Mar 2023, together with 2X in earlier 2 years, total of 4X dividend growth in 4 years, resulting in an unbelievable 25% dividend yield for medium term investors who could take action 3 years ago ($0.68 in May 2020 for Dr Tee graduates).

While celebrating the success for Tianjin Da Ren Tang with 3X Capital Gains and 25% Dividend Yield, an investor or trader may worry when to exit. If sell too early, one may regret as stock may goes up further to higher Ein55 Optimism level driven by greed and social media publicity. If sell too late, the rally may be over, corrected back to square one, less profitable. Therefore, even making profits could be a headache, although it is a good problem to have.

Let’s apply 3 Exit Strategies of Dr Tee with LOFTP (Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal) Strategies to take profits. This is not limited to Tianjin Da Ren Tang (one has to make own decision aligning to own personality), may be applied to any giant stock with profits gained so far.

1) Contrarian Sell (Counter-trend)
Similar to “Buy Low” at Low Optimism with bearish prices, a contrarian investor may sell at High Optimism (eg. >$2.50 for Tianjin Da Ren Tang) with bullish uptrend prices (counter trend). Contrarian is against the majority, eg Buy when others were fearful 3 years ago during pandemic and Sell when others are greedy one day (eg. current market).

However, this strategy requires to know where is Low or High (eg. need knowledge of Ein55 Optimism with intrinsic value of a stock), else Buy Low may get lower (worst may go bankrupt for a junk stock with weak business), Sell High may get higher (>2-10X). A useful finetuning strategy is selling progressively (eg. sell 10% share whenever price is up by 10%, selling 100% when it is up by 100% or 2X). This is similar to an investor who “Average Down” (entry in batches) to Buy Low a few years ago. The weakness of this method is potential profits could be limited with progressive sell, balanced by the benefits of multiple more predictable exit points.

A special smart strategy is to sell 50% shares whenever stock price is 2X (eg. Tianjin Da Ren Tang from $0.68 to $1.36, or from $1 to $2, exit price depending on entry prices X2). This way, the initial capital of an investor is recovered (assuming commission and dividends are neglected), this would give confidence to an investor to take higher risk to hold longer time for the remaining 50% shares, aiming for even higher prices as psychologically, the investor knows that one will not make a loss anymore when 50% profits are taken with 2X prices, even a company may go bankrupt in future.

Assuming there is a good problem to have, share price goes up by another 2X after selling 50%, then an investor may sell 50% of remaining 50% = 25% when share price is 4X (eg. Tianjin Da Ren Tang from $0.68 to $2.72). Continue to sell 50% each time on remaining shares if any stock may become rocket high next time (eg. buy IFAST stock last time during pandemic at $1, sell 50% when come to $2, sell 25% when come to $4, sell 12.25% when come to $8, only left 12.25% shares today, else IFAST stock is corrected to below $5 currently if buy & hold till today).

2) Follow-trend Sell
Many retail investors and traders are more suitable for trend-following trading, eg. Buy a stock (low or fair or high price) with support of stronger uptrend prices. Similarly, they feel “safer” or more comfortable to sell when trend is reversed from uptrend to downtrend. This requires knowledge of share price reversal, eg. application of Technical Analysis, however one may regret after selling as the signal could be too fast, eg. taking 10% profits but stock may continue to go up over 2X, unless the traders continue to buy back again in future to follow the uptrend.

A more practical trend-following is to define own personality first, eg. short term, medium term or long term. This way, one may identify the right indicator to sell (aligned to earlier buy signal). A simple but smart strategy is to apply a trailing stop with X% correction during uptrend price, short term trader may sell when it corrects down by 5-10% one day (eg. Sell if Tianjin Da Ren Tang drops by 10% or around $0.22), medium term trader may wait for 10-20% (eg. Sell if Tianjin Da Ren Tang drops by 20% or around $0.44), long term investor may even able to tolerate >20-30% (acceptable since they have hold with over 2-3X capital gains).

Alternatively, a trader may finetune with any systematic trading system (eg. moving averages crossover, MACD, stochastic, breakout of support/resistance, etc), daily, weekly or monthly, following own personality (buy & sell every few weeks, months or years). Success trend-following is when the system matches own personality, else it would be a failure (eg. feeling of selling too early or too late).

Personality is usually ignored by investors / traders, especially for beginners, who simply busy looking for the “secret method” to make money in stocks. Ein55 Optimism has considered effects of personality in both Buy / Sell signals, integrating with LOFTP strategies.

3) No Sell (Hold)
In fact, the last exit option is not to exit at all, which may be holding for long term or lifetime, especially when business is intact, still growing consistently each year. It means an investor may ignore the share prices volatility or even stock crisis, mainly monitoring the business performance (eg. earnings, revenue, cashflow and many other key fundamental indicators from 3 financial statements).

By the way, Tianjin Da Ren Tang is a very cyclic stock (eg. price could drop over 60% during past stock crisis, partly due to cyclic China and SG stock markets), may not be suitable for Buy and Hold strategy, unless it may evolve from cyclic to growth and dividend investing over time. With recent strong dividend growth (despite recent 2X dividend growth may not be sustainable as this is not supported by 2X earnings, only up by >10% earnings, share prices is mainly driven up due to large gap between SG and China listed stock, as well as market greed), it starts to evolve gradually.

For Buy & Hold long term or lifetime, an investor may need 10-20 giant stocks in a portfolio (eg. 50% dividend stocks + 50% growth stocks) for diversification. Stock price (usually cyclic) may not always reflect business fundamental (even it continues to grow). If 25% dividend yield may be sustainable (may not be unless Tianjin Da Ren Tang continues to grow >10% in earnings each year), then an investor has an option to hold a stock as it only takes 4 years of dividend x 25% yearly to recover the initial capital with holding of stocks. Current dividend yield for Tianjin Da Ren Tang is 8% (still high relative to other dividend stocks) based on current share price >$2.

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Filed Under: Market Cycle Investing, Stock Market, Technical Analysis, Value Investing Tagged: china stocks, crisis stock, cyclic investing stock, growth stock, High Dividend Stocks

Top 4 Crisis Defender Growth Stocks (一飞冲天)

Posted on February 17, 2023 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Global stock markets experienced mini bear last year with over 30% major correction in stocks, following by strong recovery in Year 2023, especially for US and Hong Kong giant stocks, supported by declining US inflation and ending of zero COVID policy in China / Hong Kong with full reopening of borders.

Instead of worrying about uncertain markets, a smart investor and trader may consider strong growth giant stocks (一飞冲天) with protection by strong growing business, a natural way to hedge against high inflation with interest rate hike while accumulating capital gains in a steady way with global pandemic recovery.

In recent 14th Ein55 Charity Course (5 Nov 2022) on Global Growth Stocks, we have raised fund of $17,000 for Tzu Chi Singapore to help needy families in Singapore. Under the spirit of charity, Dr Tee decides to share 4 defensive growth stocks in 4 countries of 4 growing sectors (pharmaceutical, agricultural, insurance and consumer discretionary) with readers as strikers in current early bullish stock markets (read each details in this article to fully understand on how to position in these giant stocks):

1) Singapore Growth Pharmaceutical Stock – TJ DaRenTang (SGX: T14)

2) Malaysia Growth Agricultural Stock – QL Resources (Bursa: 7084)

3) Hong Kong Growth Insurance Stock – Ping An Insurance (HKEx: 2318)

4) US Growth Consumer Discretionary Stock – Nike (NYSE: NKE)

The best time to invest in global growth giant stocks is always during global stock crisis (eg. Year 2020-2021 during pandemic, 2008—2009 during subprime crisis, etc), not only able to maximize the dividend yield (due to lower entry share price), also could have higher potential of capital gains (when market cycle moves from fear in low optimism to greed in high optimism). Growth stock investing is not based on stock strategy (Buy & Hold for capital gains) alone, may be integrated with cyclic investing (Buy Low Sell High), dividend investing (Buy & Hold for dividends), swing / momentum trading (Buy & Hold for short term / medium term gains), defensive investing and other Ein55 strategies.

However, not all the high growth stocks (potential value trap) are suitable for growth investing. A growing business in the past may not be sustainable during or after COVID-19 period and a growth stock may not able to continue the same rate of growth. Similarly, even a growth stock may have strong and sustainable business but if share prices is bearish due to emotional stock market or declining sector, it may not be a good choice for investors to Buy Low (prices may get lower in short term), integration with trading or alignment with promising sectors would help for a smooth entry.

Fundamental Analysis alone is not sufficient, a low PB or low PE or high dividend yield stock may be a value trap as this may be the result of lower share price with weakening businesses. Therefore, deeper analysis is required with LOFTP (Level, Optimism, Fundamental, Technical, Personal Analysis) Strategies.

Let’s learn these 4 giant growth stocks from 4 promising sectors (pharmaceutical, agricultural, insurance and consumer discretionary) as defenders in 4 countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and US), understanding the business nature, investment clock and unique strategy.

1) Singapore Growth Pharmaceutical Stock – TJ DaRenTang (SGX: T14)

During and even after COVID-19 period, TJ DaRenTang (Tianjin ZhongXin) consistently achieves outstanding growing pharmaceutical business (about 70% in TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine). It has many patents and unique / popular products which a strong moat for future growth.

The stock is dual-listing, 1/3 in SGX (T14) and 2/3 in China SSEC (600329). Comparing using the same currency USD, China-listed stock is 4X higher price than Singapore-listed stock, resulting in Singapore stock (T14) is more valuable (from investing perspective) with 6% dividend yield with current stock price.

TJ DaRenTang is still at moderate low Ein55 Optimism (<50%) but recovering well from correction in China pandemic 2022, aiming for Ein55 intrinsic value of about $1.50/share or over $2.50/share when market emotion may be greedy again. The stock is well balanced, suitable for dividend investing (Buy & Hold for dividend), growth investing (Buy & Hold for capital gains) and trading (uptrend in short term), but not for cyclic investing (near to fair price).

Since the stock was shared on 5 Nov 2022 (about $1) during charity course, the share price has surged about 30% over the past 3 months.

2) Malaysia Growth Agricultural Stock – QL Resources (Bursa: 7084)

QL Resources is a major producer for eggs / chicken, during high inflation period in 2021-2022, unlike most commodity stocks, it suffered major correction in business due to price cap by Malaysia government for eggs / chicken. As a result, the past high growth is slowed down, then starts to grow again over the past few quarters with support of other growing divisions (marine products, palm oil and Family Mart operations).

QL Resources is still at low Ein55 Optimism (<25%) but recovering well from the worst time of eggs business, aiming for Ein55 intrinsic value of about $7.50/share or over $9/share when market emotion may be greedy again. The stock is more suitable for growth investing (Buy & Hold for capital gains) and trading (uptrend in short term).

Since the stock was shared on 5 Nov 2022 (breaking above critical $5 resistance) during charity course, the share price has climbed up about 20% over the past 3 months.

3) Hong Kong Growth Insurance Stock – Ping An Insurance (HKEx: 2318)

Over the past 3 years of pandemic, Ping An Insurance (business in China) has declined by about 1/3 but the price corrected by 2/3, aligning with the fear of Hong Kong stock market (Hang Seng Index was halved from the peak), providing a rare investing opportunity.

Ping An is undervalue, despite higher gearing ratio, core business in insurance is still defensive in nature. The parent company (Ping An) is much stronger than other subsidiaries (businesses not as good).

Ping An is still at low Ein55 Optimism (<25%) but recovering well from correction in last 3 years of pandemic, aiming for Ein55 intrinsic value of about $100/share or over $150/share when market emotion may be greedy again. The stock is all-rounded, suitable for dividend investing (Buy & Hold for dividend, 5% dividend yield currently), growth investing (Buy & Hold for capital gains), trading (uptrend in short term) and cyclic investing (Buy Low Sell High).

Since the stock was shared on 5 Nov 2022 (about $35) during charity course, the share price is nearly doubled over the past 3 months. There is still significant upside potential, mainly due to over-correction in share price over the past 3 years.

4) US Growth Consumer Discretionary Stock – Nike (NYSE: NKE)

Nike has the largest global market share for sports shoes and related products (following by Adidas and Puma). It has many popular products which a strong moat for future growth under consumer discretionary market.

Nike is still at moderate low Ein55 Optimism (<50%) but recovering well from US stock crisis in 2022, aiming for Ein55 intrinsic value of about $150/share or over $180/share when market emotion may be greedy again. The stock is more suitable for growth investing (Buy & Hold for capital gains) and trading (uptrend in short term).

Since the stock was shared on 5 Nov 2022 (about $96, later breaking above critical $100 resistance) during charity course, the share price has surged about 35% over the past 3 months.

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Filed Under: Fundamental Analysis, Market Cycle Investing, Market Outlook, Stock Market Tagged: Charity Course, dividend stock, growth stock

4 Undervalue-Growth-Dividend Giant Stocks in Singapore and US (股海四宝)

Posted on December 15, 2021 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

It may be a dream for an investor to find an all-rounded stock with strong business fundamental and growing share prices with regular dividends as passive income (monthly / quarterly / half-yearly) for long term investing or short term trading. In this Dr Tee 2hr video education (4 Undervalue + Growth + Dividend Giant Stocks in Singapore and US), you will learn:

1) US and Singapore Stock Market Outlook
– Short term, medium term & long term

2) LOFTP Investing Strategies for Growth Investing and Momentum Trading
– Level Analysis (L1 Stock, L1 Sector, L3 Country, L4 World)
– Optimism Analysis (0-100%)
– Fundamental Analysis (Strong / Weak)
– Technical Analysis (Follow-trend / Counter-trend)
– Personal Analysis (Short Term Trading / Long Term Investing)

3) 4 US & Singapore Giant Stocks from 4 Promising Sectors with 3-in-1 strategies (Growth + Dividend + Undervalue)
– Singapore Giant Property Stock: Hongkong Land (SGX: H78)
– Singapore Giant F&B Stock: Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92)
– US Giant Oil & Gas Stock: Magellan Midstream Partners (NYSE: MMP) – quarterly dividend payment
– US Giant REIT Stock: Realty Income (NYSE: O) – monthly dividend payment!

4) Long Term Growth Investing vs Short Term Trading Strategies
– Growth Investing (Buy Low & Hold, Long Term)
– Dividend Investing (Buy Low & Hold, Long Term)
– Undervalue / Cyclic Investing (Buy Low Sell High, Long Term)
– Short Term Trading (Buy Low Sell High, Buy High Sell Higher, Short Term)

5) Bonus: Discussions on 5 stocks during Q&A (only for those who view entire 2hr video)
– US Technology Stock: Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM)
– Malaysia / Singapore Glove Stock: Top Glove (SGX: BVA / Bursa: 7113)
– Singapore Insurance Stock: Great Eastern (SGX: G07)
– Singapore Transportation Stock: ComfortDelgro (SGX: C52)
– Singapore Dividend Stock: Vicom (SGX: WJP)

Here is Dr Tee Free 2-hr Video Course. Enjoy and give your comments for improvement. You may subscribe to Dr Tee Youtube channel (Ein Tee) for future Dr Tee video talks.

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https://www.facebook.com/ifastgm/videos/363185765575573

Past readers could have profited with over 50% rally in share price if have taken actions during pandemic on similar giant stocks. No one could change the past but you could still change the future if taking action to learn now!

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Filed Under: Market Cycle Investing, Stock Market, Technical Analysis, Trading Tagged: dividend stock, growth stock, reit, undervalue stock

Integration of Long Term Growth Investing and Short Term Momentum Trading Strategies

Posted on September 13, 2021 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

In this Dr Tee 2hr video education (Integration of Long Term Growth Investing and Short Term Momentum Trading Strategies), interactive webinar hosted by IFAST Global Markets, you will learn:

1) Global Stock Market Outlook
– US and Singapore (Views in Long Term, Medium Term and Short Term)
– Hong Kong / China (“Common Prosperity”, HK technology stocks correction)

2) Impact of Political Economy on Global Stock Markets
– Macroeconomy factors such as interest rate hike, QE (>US$2 Trillions) activation and tapering, etc.

3) Integration of Long Term Growth Investing and Short Term Momentum Trading Strategies
– LOFTP: Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis

4) Giant Stocks (Long Term Investing vs Short Term Trading) for 4 Growing Sectors
– Finance Sector Giant Stock
– Technology Giant Stock
– Consumer Discretionary Stock
– Healthcare Giant Stock

5) Q&A with Live Zoom Audience

Here is Dr Tee Free 2-hr Video Education. Enjoy and give your comments for improvement.

View Dr Tee Video Here (switch on sound before viewing):
https://www.facebook.com/ifastgm/videos/6780231118669132/

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Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Stock Market, Trading Tagged: growth stock, investing strategies, momentum stock, US Stocks

4 Growth Investing and Momentum Trading Stocks (四大天王)

Posted on August 31, 2021 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

In this Dr Tee 2hr video education (4 Growth Investing and Momentum Trading Stocks), you will learn:
1) US and Singapore Stock Market Outlook
– Short term, medium term & long term

2) LOFTP Investing Strategies for Growth Investing and Momentum Trading
– Level Analysis (L1 Stock, L1 Sector, L3 Country, L4 World)
– Optimism Analysis (0-100%)
– Fundamental Analysis (Strong / Weak)
– Technical Analysis (Follow-trend / Counter-trend)
– Personal Analysis (Short Term Trading / Long Term Investing)

3) 4 US & Singapore Giant Stocks from 4 Promising Sectors
– US Giant Finance Stock: BlackRock (NYSE: BLK)
– US Giant Technology Stock: Alphabet / Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
– Singapore Giant Luxury Stock: The Hour Glass (SGX: AGS)
– Singapore Giant Healthcare Stock: Tianjin Zhongxin (SGX: T14)

4) Long Term Growth Investing vs Short Term Trading Strategies
– Growth Investing (Buy Low & Hold, Long Term)
– Cyclic Investing (Buy Low Sell High, Long Term)
– Momentum Trading (Buy Low Sell High, Buy High Sell Higher, Short Term)

5) Bonus: Discussions on 7 related giant stocks (only for those who view entire 2hr video)
– Hong Kong Technology Crisis Stocks: Alibaba (HKEX: Baba) and Tencent (HKEX: 700)
– US Giant Fund Stock: Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK)
– Singapore Property Crisis Stock: Hongkong Land (SGX: H78)
– Singapore Giant Bank Stocks: DBS Bank (SGX: D05), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), UOB Bank (SGX: U11)

Here is Dr Tee Free 2-hr Video Course. Enjoy and give your comments for improvement. You may subscribe to Dr Tee Youtube channel (Ein Tee) for future Dr Tee video talks.

Dr Tee Video Course: https://youtu.be/5mDIXIsLB3k

Past readers could have profited with over 50% rally in share price if have taken actions during pandemic on similar giant stocks such as BlackRock, Alphabet (Google), The Hour Glass, Tianjin Zhongxin, and many others. No one could change the past but you could still change the future if taking action to learn now!

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Filed Under: Fundamental Analysis, Market Outlook, Stock Market, Technical Analysis Tagged: growth stock, momentum stock, Singapore Stocks, US Stocks

3 Singapore Bank Stocks (DBS, OCBC, UOB) vs Signature Bank 3X Profits (无名小卒)

Posted on August 5, 2021 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Many readers have benefited from Dr Tee past 200 educational articles during pandemic, including making over 50% profits from 3 Singapore major bank stocks: DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and UOB Bank, which continue the strong momentum of prices with growing business.

However, the big money is usually with hidden giant stock (无名小卒), Dr Tee Graduates could see the opportunity 1 year ago in Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY) with 3X potential profits gained so far, outperforming 50% rally of 3 Singapore major bank stocks.

Let’s learn further from Dr Tee on the journey of successes for these 4 giant bank stocks, including how to position in other remaining Top 100 global giant bank stocks. A review of latest financial reports, stock prices, Ein55 intrinsic values and Optimism levels will be given.

With pandemic recovery over the last 1 year, 3 Singapore major bank stocks, DBS Bank (SGX: D05), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39) and UOB Bank (SGX: U11) have recovered both in share prices (50% rally from lower optimism levels to about fair values of mid optimism currently) and also businesses, since Q2/2020 circuit breaker period.

In the recent interim financial reports of H1/2021, all 3 Singapore giant bank stocks continue to report better earnings than the 6-12 months ago, partly due to growing businesses and lower allowance for NPL (Non-Performing Loans), supported by strong Singapore GDP growth (14.3% in Q2/2021), aligned with rapid global economy recovery (US GDP growth by 6.5% in Q2/2021).

Despite lower interest rate income due to lower NIM (Net Interest Margin), overall bank sector businesses (including investment, wealth management, credit card, insurance, etc) are profitable. Despite US treasury bond yield is getting lower over the past few months with less pressure on bank interest rate hike, global bank stocks still have positive outlook because of non-interest rate income is growing more rapidly. Higher global inflation rates may also accelerate the pace of central banks of major economies to increase interest rates which will be favorable to giant bank stocks.

From the table below, we may observe that 3 Singapore major bank stocks have comparable results, all are suitable as mid-fielders for both capital gains and passive incomes (dividend). In fact, they contribute to about 30% of Singapore STI Index, therefore the price trends are generally aligned with STI which is near to fair value of mid optimism level.

4 Giant Bank Stocks	ROE (%)	DY (%)	PB
DBS Bank (SGX: D05)	8.6	2.8	1.5
OCBC Bank (SGX: O39)	7.2	2.5	1.2
UOB Bank (SGX: U11)	6.9	2.9	1.2
Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY)	9.0	0.9	1.9

As expected, MAS recently announced to waive the 60% dividend payment cap of 3 Singapore major bank stocks, implying the potential of dividend yield in FY2021 could be increased by 100/60 = 67%, from current 2.5-3% to 4-5%. This is partially confirmed by recent announcement of interim dividends, back to FY2019 level before pandemic, likely will be higher for next 6 months if higher earnings by end of 2021 as usually 50% earnings (DBS and UOB) will be paid as dividend while OCBC is about 45% dividend payout ratio (more reserves for growth).

This confirmation by MAS is an important news for long term investors who aim for passive incomes, despite the best time to invest in these 3 banks stocks was in the worst time of pandemic during Q2-Q3/2020, eg. OCBC at about $8+/share while DBS and UOB below $20/share, shared by Dr Tee over the past 1 year of free public webinars (www.ein55.com) and articles, action takers could enjoy fruits of 6-7% dividend yield now, on top of over 50% capital gains over the past 1 year of pandemic recovery. This is much better than “safe” investment of keeping money as cash in banks for 0.3% interest rate or even Singapore Savings Bond of 0.5% return for the first year.

Currently, Singapore STI and 3 Singapore bank stocks are showing mid bullish trend but not strong enough for traders. A key trading signal is breakout of 3200 points resistance of STI, requiring support of other 27 STI component stocks. Traditionally, Aug is month for Ex-dividend date of many STI component stocks, therefore if Aug could achieve a monthly positive gain for STI, is a strong signal for DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and UOB Bank.

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Many investors like to invest in bank stocks with BIG names but big size or most famous stock may not always be the best, eg. Hong Kong largest bank, HSBC Bank (HKEX: 0005) is a weak bank stock. Even an investor may run of idea of What to Buy, may refer to earlier Dr Tee article on Top 100 Bank Stocks in the world:

https://www.ein55.com/2021/03/top-100-singapore-and-global-bank-stocks-to-profit/

Both 3 Singapore major banks and Signature Bank (#76 in the long list) are listed as Top 100 Bank stocks. If bank stock interested by reader is not listed, may need to do more in-depth analysis before investing. Signature Bank is comparable in size with 3 Singapore banks but still considered small relative to big names in wall street, therefore gaining little attention from global investors who probably know more about JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) or even weaker bank stocks such as Citi Group (NYSE: C).

Signature Bank is a commercial bank with business mainly in state of New York (USA) and a few other states. So, it is relatively not known to global investors, few Asian investors may know how to invest in this hidden giant stock. Despite the businesses are strong with consistent growth over the past decade, after share prices reaching high Ein55 Optimism level of about $140 in Year 2017, starting to correct to lower optimism, reaching low optimism level of around $70/share during 2020 pandemic, which is 50% discount in share price but value becomes higher each year. The best “crisis” stock is when value is doubled but price is halved but few people could bridge between fundamental and technical worlds which needs more insights.

Dr Tee assigned Signature Bank as homework to Ein55 graduates during Aug 2020, possible to enter initially with contrarian investing (average down will falling in share prices) when share price less than $90 or with average up above $100 after the breakout from double bottom (see optimism chart of Signature Bank) or trend-following momentum trading from $100+ to $200+ in a few months. Even for long term investor (Buy & Hold), Signature Bank has grown over 12 times in share prices over the past 2 decades but it requires strong control of emotions, especially to hold through global financial crisis with significant price correction.

In Jan 2021 Ein55 Graduates Gathering Webinar, Dr Tee shared this giant stock again, despite at around $140, the stock continues to surge till high Ein55 Optimism of $255/share, potential 2 to 3 times profits for those who could Buy at Low Optimism (below $100) and Sell at High Optimism (about above $200). In July 2021 Ein55 Gathering Webinar, Dr Tee has shared another healthcare giant stock which has surged over 20% in 1 month since then (will be reported in future).

There is little “luck” in stock investment, each of the fruit of investment is action taking by readers who could take calculated risks, applying strategy aligning with own personality. A real trader and investor has to take further action: Buy, Hold, Sell, Wait or Shorting with independent thinking. Without action taking, a reader is only a ‘knowledge collector”, knowing why or how but could not generate any profit.

Many investors know the secret of making money is Buy Low Sell High but if purely based on price action (i.e. Technical Analysis), the probability of success may not be high, especially Buy Low may Get Lower. Success in Signature Bank requires integration of Ein55 styles of investing, especially with LOFTP Strategies: Level, Optimism, Fundamental, Technical and Personal Analysis, sharing regularly in hundreds of Dr Tee educational articles in the past decade.

Unlike 3 Singapore major banks, Signature Bank is more suitable for cyclic investing (then become momentum trading) with support by strong growing businesses. Since the current share prices have reached high optimism level with sideways share prices, potential traders may need to wait for stronger signal or consider other Top 100 global bank stocks in earlier list, some still have over 50% upside potential of share prices.

Bank stocks are cyclical in nature, therefore the best time to invest in a giant bank stock is usually during the recovery phase from global or regional financial crisis. Even an investor may miss the last 1 year of pandemic stock crisis to Buy Low Sell Fair Price, not to miss the next few years with opportunity for giant bank stocks moving from fair prices to greedy prices at high optimism levels. After that, the next Black Swan would wait to reset the global stock market again with a new Global Financial Crisis, usually over 50% discount in stock indices. Instead of waiting for sky to fall down one day (wasting the opportunity cost of time which could be several years), a more practical approach is to apply trend-following strategy to ride the uptrend of global giant stocks during bullish stock market.

There are many other global giant stocks prepared to surge with pandemic recovery, are you ready to become their business partners as a stock investor?

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Filed Under: Fundamental Analysis, Stock Market, Technical Analysis Tagged: bank stock, dbs bank, dividend stock, growth stock, US Stocks

Top 10 Global Luxury Giant Stocks (纸醉金迷)

Posted on June 5, 2021 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

We may still remember the Malaysia 1MDB news a few years ago on millions of ringgit worth of luxury products (handbags –Bijan / Hermes / Gucci, jewelry, watches – Rolex / Patek Philippe) discovered as “gifts” to a lucky family. In fact, smart investors could profit from these luxury products in a legal way with stock investing, leveraging on global rich people with extravagant spending.

In this article, you will learn from Dr Tee on Top 10 Global Luxury Giant Stocks of 4 Countries for longer term investing and / or short term trading with COVID-19 recovery stock rally. Bonus for readers who could read every word of the entire article, learning unique strategy to position in each giant luxury stocks, including Ein55 Optimism level and Ein55 Intrinsic Value.

1) France Giant Luxury Stock: LVMH (EPA: MC), Hermes (EPA: RMS), Kering (EPA: KER)

2) US Giant Luxury Stock: Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL), PVH (NYSE: PVH)

3) Singapore Giant Luxury Stock: The Hour Glass (SGX: AGS), Cortina Holdings (SGX: C41)

4) HK Giant Luxury Stock: Chow Tai Fook (HKEx: 1929), Chow Sang Sang (HKEx: 116), Luk Fook (HKEx: 590)

Stocks with luxury products (eg. branded handbags, expensive gold jewelry, luxury watches, etc) are consumer discretionary stocks (纸醉金迷), usually following the economic cycle, very bullish during bull run (eg. last 1 year of pandemic recovery), very bearish during global financial crisis (eg. Q1 of 2020 pandemic, 2008-2009 subprime crisis, etc). Therefore, mastery of investment clock would help on cyclical luxury stocks to Buy Low Sell High.

However, there are some growth luxury giant stocks which are suitable with Buy Low and Hold long term strategy due to the fact that rich would become richer (sadly to say, may imply poor become poorer, especially those who don’t know investment, depending only on active income from 1 job) when global financial crisis is over. Therefore, the luxury product businesses of growth giant stocks could continue to grow for many decades, especially having a strong intangible asset of famous brands (status of rich people who are willing to pay more).

During COVID-19 pandemic, most luxury stocks suffer in businesses mainly due to temporary lower spending power of rich people and limited tourists who could be main customers in the past. With pandemic recovery (over last 1 year and likely for next 1 year) and availability of online purchases, both businesses and share prices of giant luxury stocks have been growing steadily. When international borders are fully opened one day after global vaccination of COVID-19, the business growth would be accelerated.

A giant stock may not need to be big in size, even a small company could be a giant stock. There are hundreds of luxury stocks globally but some could be junk stocks, Buy Low may become lower in share prices with declining businesses. Let’s study Top 10 Global Giant Luxury Stocks (following Dr Tee criteria), some are recovering from lower optimism in 4 global stock exchanges interested by readers:

1) France Giant Luxury Stock:

LVMH (EPA: MC), Hermes (EPA: RMS), Kering (EPA: KER)

Asian investors may not familiar with European stock market. In fact, France has the most famous luxury products brands in the world, many giant stocks are listed under Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (EPA) which is accessible to global investors. A smart investor would diversify investment over a portfolio of 10-20 global giant stocks in several countries, which may include No 6 largest economy in the world, France, which is famous for its people creativity (despite may not be as hardworking as Asian people).

LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) is the world largest luxury product, including many famous brands such as Hennessy (wine), LV, Christian Dior, etc. The major shareholder, Bernard Arnault, recently becomes the World No 1 Richest person as LVMH share prices have outperformed No 2 (Jeff Bezos of Amazon) and No 3 (Elon Musk of Tesla). Ein55 Optimism level is over 80%, current price is far exceeding Ein55 Intrinsic value, more suitable with short term momentum trading strategy (Buy High Sell Higher), requiring S.E.T. (Stop Loss / Entry / Target Prices) trading plan.

Similar to LVMH, Hermes is also a family owned business but much smaller in business size, famous with luxury handbags (some rich people wives may have no resistance over them, becoming a collector with millions of dollars spent). However, Hermes is a much stronger growth stock than LVMH, business is so good that even LVMH was hoping to acquire it but mission failed many years ago. Ein55 Optimism level is near to 90%, suitable for both growth investing and momentum trading, but ideal entry point may be to wait for a global financial crisis, especially for longer term investors.

Dr Tee discussed both LVMH and Hermes as stock homework with Ein55 graduates about 2 years ago, even with over 30% share price correction during pandemic crisis, both stocks have achieved 70% potential gains so far. Both are excellent examples of growth stock investing, even if an investor did not sell during global stock crisis, growth giant stocks could recover faster to achieve a new high in future. The main enemy of an investor is usually oneself, especially when a giant stock with growing business is significantly corrected in share prices due to market fear.

Kering is No 4 largest luxury stock in the world, famous of brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, etc. Kering is also strong in business but slower growth compared to Hermes and LVMH, more suitable with Buy Low Sell High strategy. Ein55 Optimism level is near to 80% with pandemic recovery, more suitable for short term trading.

In fact, short term performance of LVMH, Hermes and Kering are comparable (currently bullish trends) and aligned due to similar consumer discretionary sector (Level 2) and same country (Level 3). For both short term trading and long term investor, Level Analysis would help to improve probability of success, knowing the unique market cycles (bull / bear) of each sector and country.

Readers may read earlier article by Dr Tee for more details with Top 10 World Richest Persons stocks including LVMH:
https://www.ein55.com/2021/02/top-10-world-richest-giant-stocks/

2) US Giant Luxury Stock:

Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL), PVH (NYSE: PVH)

Estee Lauder is world No 2 largest luxury stock, famous of beauty products (cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, etc). It may be relatively easier to make money from ladies than men, therefore in a typical department store, men section is usually much smaller than lady section, mainly to maximize the business revenue.

Therefore, Ester Lauder is comparable with LVMH, also strong growth in business and share prices, recovering well after the correction during pandemic. Ein55 Optimism level is over 70%, more suitable for short term momentum trading, similar strategy as LVMH and Hermes.

PVH is world No 10 largest luxury stock, famous of brands such as Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, Tommy Hilfiger, etc. However, PVH business is affected much more than other giant stocks, was making a loss during 2020 pandemic year, recovery is also slower. PVH is more cyclical in nature, may be considered with Buy Low Sell High strategy. Ein55 Optimism level is still moderate low near to 30%, aiming for Ein55 Intrinsic Value of $170.

Despite global luxury giant stocks are from different countries, there is an alignment globally (Level 4) in businesses and share prices, especially with more online purchases without travelling, people from country A may purchase a luxury product from country B easily. Consumer discretionary sector with luxury products would follow economic cycles, higher growth during bullish economy, slower growth (or declining) during bearish economy.

Readers may read earlier articles by Dr Tee for more details of other US Giant Stocks:
https://www.ein55.com/tag/us-stocks/

3) Singapore Giant Luxury Stock:

The Hour Glass (SGX: AGS), Cortina Holdings (SGX: C41)

Hour Glass and Cortina are competitors, having very similar businesses, mainly in sales of luxury watches (eg. Rolex, Patek Philippe, Hublot, etc). For regular followers of Dr Tee education articles and videos (www.ein55.com/blog), you would not miss these 2 Singapore luxury giant stocks, Hour Glass and Cortina, at lower Ein55 Optimism levels when sharing during last 1 year of pandemic.

Both giant stocks are strong growth in businesses (cash rich companies), not significantly affected during pandemic (despite fewer tourists to Singapore). However, the strategy to position is very different for each stock. Hour Glass was having more discount a few months ago, when share price was near to 80 cents, Dr Tee discussed as stock homework with Ein55 graduates, also shared in earlier articles with readers, indicating Ein55 Intrinsic Value of $1.20 which is achieved recently, having 50% potential profits in a few months for readers who do own homework and take actions decisively. Despite the current price is near to its fair value, there is potential of higher price of over $1.60 if Hour Glass could attract institutional investors or supported by market greed to higher optimism level as its competitor, Cortina.

Cortina has much higher Ein55 Optimism level (over 90% currently), therefore the positioning over the past few months has been short term momentum trading, following trends to Buy High Sell Higher. Cortina is relatively an illiquid stock with less stock trading volume, therefore it could be very volatile (+/-10% price movement) on certain days. For stock analysis, instead of daily chart (certain days having 0 trading volume), it is clearer when viewing with weekly or monthly chart. Price trends of Cortina and Hour Glass are generally aligned but Cortina has appreciated much more than Hour Glass over the past 1 year.

For medium to long term investor, Hour Glass may be relatively more suitable than Cortina as Hour Glass has higher dividend yield (3-5%, depending on entry prices) and lower Ein55 Optimism level than Cortina. Recently, Hour Glass doubles the interim dividend from 2 cents (last year) to 4 cents (this year), higher dividend has helped to push up the share prices to a new historical high, also motivating Cortina to follow the same price trends. There is also good succession plan, Hour Glass business is passed from Henry Tay to his son (Michael Tay) who has been well trained in this luxury watch industry. So, a luxury watch may be a collection for decades but a smart investor may own “thousands” of watches by investing in Hour Glass or Cortina.

Hour Glass is 2 times larger than Cortina based on market cap but both are considered medium cap stocks, therefore may not be in the radar of institutional investors yet. Cortina has acquired Sincere Watch recently, business size is considered No 2 after Hour Glass for luxury watch market in Singapore. To benefit from the entire luxury watches market, major shareholder of Hour Glass, Henry Tay, is also the second largest shareholder of Cortina, which is a competitor of Hour Glass. A smart investor may learn from Henry Tay, sometimes may invest in a few competing giant stocks of any sector of interest If they are equally good.

For small or medium cap giant stock, it is easier for share prices to move up (or down) as shares are exchanging hands within a smaller group of investors, especially when majority of shares are controlled by a few major shareholders. For example, major shareholder of Hour Glass, Henry Tay, recently adding a small percentage of own shares (known insider trading) but this is sufficient to support Hour Glass above $1/share. A smart investor would diversify over a portfolio of giant stocks with small cap <$100M (higher potential), medium cap $100M – $1B (good balance of potential and stability) and large cap >$1B (more stability).

Readers may read earlier articles (during pandemic with lower Ein55 Optimism level) by Dr Tee for more details with Singapore Growth Stocks including Hour Glass and Cortina:
https://www.ein55.com/tag/growth-stock/

4) HK Giant Luxury Stock:

Chow Tai Fook (HKEx: 1929), Chow Sang Sang (HKEx: 116), Luk Fook (HKEx: 590)

Before pandemic, some readers who travel often to Hong Kong may remember these famous jewelry shops along shopping streets: Chow Tai Fook (周大福), Chow Sang Sang (周生生) and Luk Fook (六福), which are all giant luxury stocks, making money from both local residents and overseas tourists. However, there are many luxury stocks (jewelry, watches, etc) listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange, not all are giant stocks.

Businesses of all these 3 Hong Kong luxury giant stocks were affected, not only during the last 1 year of pandemic. In fact, even before pandemic, despite growing gold price since Year 2015, jewelry market in Hong Kong has been declining over the years, partly because the number of mainland China tourists to Hong Kong is declining with local political differences. The activists in Hong Kong over the past few years (before pandemic) have further slowdown the demand of this luxury product market.

After the enhancement of local Hong Kong law against potential activists, these 3 luxury giant stocks have started to grow gradually in businesses, supported by pandemic recovery. These 3 giant stocks have very similar trends in businesses (same sector) and share prices (same stock market) in short to medium terms. Relatively, Chow Tai Fook (world No 9 largest luxury stock) is the strongest among 3 stocks on business recovery during pandemic, short term share price is also more bullish than Chow Sang Sang and Luk Fook.

In general, Chow Sang Sang and Luk Fook are still at low Ein55 Optimism levels (less than 25%), aiming for Ein55 Intrinsic Values of about $30 (Chow Sang Sang) and $60 (Luk Fook) respectively, may be considered for cyclic investing or short term trading. They are average quality of crisis stocks due to relatively weaker businesses. Major leader of sector, Chow Tai Fook, is more suitable for trend-following short term trading.

Readers may read earlier articles by Dr Tee for more details of other Hong Kong Giant Stocks:
https://www.ein55.com/tag/hong-kong-market/

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It is easy to know “Buy Low Sell High” is universal secret to profit in most investment. However, most people dare not buy when share price of giant stocks fall to very low optimism (due to lack of visibility of how low is low). Similarly, some people may not buy when share prices of giant stocks go to very high optimism (despite possible to do short term trading). Eventually, some may buy junk stocks during speculative trading, making money for first few times, losing more in later trading when adding more position due to “confidence” of winning in the past.

It shows the importance for retail investors to master stock trading and investment skills, not only knowing but able to take actions (Buy / Hold / Sell / Wait / Shorting). Readers who could spend time to read until here is an achievement, continue the momentum to learn and apply further in stock investment after mastery of skills.

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There are over 1500 giant stocks in the world based on Dr Tee criteria, choice of 10 Dream Team giant stocks have to align with one’s unique personality, eg. for shorter term trading (eg. momentum or swing trading) or longer term investing (cyclic investing, undervalue investing or growth investing). Readers should not just “copy and paste” any stock (What to Buy, When to Buy/Sell) as successful action taking requires deeper consideration (LOFTP strategies – Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis) which you could learn further from Dr Tee Free 4-hr Webinar.

Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U), CapitaLand (SGX: C31), CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX: C38U), City Development (SGX: C09), ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Genting Singapore (SGX: G13), Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Jardine Strategic Holdings JSH (SGX: J37), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU), Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), SATS (SGX: S58), Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96), Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Singtel (SGX: Z74), ST Engineering (SGX: S63), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), UOL (SGX: U14), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX: BS6).

Dr Tee will cover over 20 case studies, Singapore giant stocks, eg. CapitaLand Mall Trust (SGX: C38U), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Top Glove (SGX: BVA), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Vicom (SGX: WJP) and many others, Malaysia giant stocks, Hong Kong giant stocks and US giant stocks, both long term investing and short term trading.

There are limited tickets left for this 4hr free webinar, please ensure 100% you could join when register: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Market Cycle Investing, Market Outlook, Stock Market, Technical Analysis, Value Investing Tagged: growth stock, Hong Kong Market, luxury stocks, US Stocks

50% Profits of The Hour Glass Stock in 4 months

Posted on May 25, 2021 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Congratulations to readers who have taken action on The Hour Glass (luxury watches stock, SGX: AGS) as Dr Tee has shared this giant stock in several educational posts over the past 1 year. The profit is nearly 50% from $0.80 (breakout) to $1.18 today.

In the earlier educational article on 100 Singapore Dividend Stocks (Mar 2021), Dr Tee shared the intrinsic value of The Hour Glass is about $1.20, now the price has surged to $1.18. It could have more upside but requires market greed to drive it to higher optimism. This is value investing, buy the right stock and right price, just wait patiently for the fruit in 2 targets: intrinsic value and also possible higher optimism price target.

As shown in Optimism Chart, The Hour Glass was still low optimism a few months ago, having 2X upside potential. It is a growth, dividend and cyclic stock, 3-in-1 stock. More importantly, this is a giant stock with very strong business fundamental.

For those who missed the 80 cents price breakout (low optimism, despite nearly highest price at that time) in Feb 2021 with rally to 90+ cents, there is a second chance recently. After the special gift from government on fear of Phase2 COVID measures on 14 May 2021 (Hour Glass dropped to 90 cents), Hour Glass has surged 20% last week and 10% this week, partly supported by good earnings results for financial year ending Mar 2021 (8% better results in last 1 year of pandemic compared to before pandemic), declaring 2X higher interim dividend than last year.

Dividend is like honey to attract bees (traders and investors) to work, helping to support the rising prices (capital gains). However, the plant (stock) needs to produce aromatic flower (growing business) first, else the honey supply may end one day. The best integration of strategy could be dividend + growth investing, having the best of 2 worlds, collecting passive income slowly while enjoying the capital gains with compounding of time. Patient investors could make big money but it requires strong determination.

Major shareholder Dr Henry Tay may know the investment marketing strategy, giving extra 2 cents per share dividend but share price has gained extra 28 cents. Timing of action is crucial, especially for stocks with Financial Reports ending in Mar 201, better results in Q2 would help to support the share prices (except for tech stocks at high optimism under sector rotation). So, a giant stock at low optimism is key. Hour Glass still has upside potential but it is no longer a low hanging fruit (low optimism giant stock) as shared over the past 1 year.

We may not need to own a Rolex watch even if we could afford. Instead, saving for the capital, an investor could indirectly own many luxury watches (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Hublot, etc) through investing in The Hour Glass stock as a business partner. Dr Henry Tay of The Hour Glass is even smarter, also invest in stock of main competitor, Cortina Holdings (SGX: C41), having strong control of luxury watches market in Singapore. In a bullish stock market with growing economy, consumer discretionary stock (including luxury watches) would have higher upside in both businesses and share prices. Alignment of individual stock (Level 1) to sector (Level 2), country (Level 3) and global (Level 4) economy and stock markets is crucial.

Readers may learn further, there are still many low optimism giant stocks waiting. Learn further in the next free 4hr Free Webinar by Dr Tee on other giant stocks (as good as The Hour Glass) which could still wait for you.

Ascendas Reit (SGX: A17U), CapitaLand (SGX: C31), CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX: C38U), City Development (SGX: C09), ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52), Dairy Farm International (SGX: D01), DBS Bank (SGX: D05), Genting Singapore (SGX: G13), Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Jardine Strategic Holdings JSH (SGX: J37), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Keppel DC Reit (SGX: AJBU), Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU), Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U), OCBC Bank (SGX: O39), SATS (SGX: S58), Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96), Singapore Airlines (SGX: C6L), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Singtel (SGX: Z74), ST Engineering (SGX: S63), Thai Beverage (SGX: Y92), UOB Bank (SGX: U11), UOL (SGX: U14), Venture Corporation (SGX: V03), Wilmar International (SGX: F34), YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX: BS6).

Dr Tee will cover over 20 case studies, Singapore giant stocks, eg. CapitaLand Mall Trust (SGX: C38U), Singapore Exchange (SGX: S68), Keppel Corp (SGX: BN4), Top Glove (SGX: BVA), Jardine Matheson Holdings JMH (SGX: J36), Vicom (SGX: WJP) and many others, Malaysia giant stocks, Hong Kong giant stocks and US giant stocks, both long term investing and short term trading.

There are limited tickets left for this 4hr free webinar, please ensure 100% you could join when register: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Market Cycle Investing, Market Optimism, Stock Market Tagged: cyclic investing stock, dividend stock, growth stock

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