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Singapore real estate investment trusts can benefit from their safe-haven status during a time of market volatility as the U.S. Fed raises interest rates, analysts from DBS say in a research note.
The Fed's clarity on its rate-rise trajectory will likely lead to more price stability for Singapore REITs, they say.
What are Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)?
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are funds that invest in a port...
The Fed's clarity on its rate-rise trajectory will likely lead to more price stability for Singapore REITs, they say.
What are Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)?
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are funds that invest in a port...
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$Biora Therapeutics (PROG.US)$ Finally green... up from here!
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$Sony (SONY.US)$ scored a grand slam at the box office over the weekend with a $253 million U.S. premiere theatrical engagement for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
What Happened: The film, which opened in 4,336 theaters, was the top grossing December premiere of all time and third only to the $257.6 million gross from "Avengers: Infinity War" in 2018 and the $357.1 million from "Avengers: Endgame" in 2019 as the most financially successful U.S. opening engagement of all time. The film also triumphed around the world, with $334.2 million from 60 international markets for a global sum of $587.2 million – an achievement that occurred without having the film in the lucrative Chinese theatrical market.
The success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” stood in stark contrast to last weekend’s dismal financial tally for the $Disney (DIS.US)$ “West Side Story” as the top-grossing film, with a $10.5 million premiere engagement. That film sank during its second week in theaters, placing third among the top 10 grossing films with $3.14 million in ticket sales. Another Disney title, the animated “Encanto,” was the second top grossing film from the weekend with $6.5 million in ticket sales for its fourth week in release.
What Happened: The film, which opened in 4,336 theaters, was the top grossing December premiere of all time and third only to the $257.6 million gross from "Avengers: Infinity War" in 2018 and the $357.1 million from "Avengers: Endgame" in 2019 as the most financially successful U.S. opening engagement of all time. The film also triumphed around the world, with $334.2 million from 60 international markets for a global sum of $587.2 million – an achievement that occurred without having the film in the lucrative Chinese theatrical market.
The success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” stood in stark contrast to last weekend’s dismal financial tally for the $Disney (DIS.US)$ “West Side Story” as the top-grossing film, with a $10.5 million premiere engagement. That film sank during its second week in theaters, placing third among the top 10 grossing films with $3.14 million in ticket sales. Another Disney title, the animated “Encanto,” was the second top grossing film from the weekend with $6.5 million in ticket sales for its fourth week in release.
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Columns Sector Rotation?
What happened after FED's meeting?
We are currently having a sector rotation from tech growth stocks into value stocks after Wednesday's Fed policy of 3 rate hikes in 2022 instead of 2 and also speed up tapering and ending it a few months earlier than expected.
The initial taper plan was $10B for treasury securities and $5B for MBS (Mortgage Backed Securities) but now it has doubled the speed of tapering to $20B for treasury securities and $10B for MBS and tapering to end by March 2022. Which shortly after, rate hikes should come in progressively.
The reason for the fed turning hawkish and a quick shift to taper at a quicker pace and more rate hikes was due to inflation at a 40 year high. They also did not expect inflation to rise above 2% in 2021 and kept mentioning about higher inflation rate being transitory. Current inflation is at 6.8% based on the YOY report.
How did this affect the market on Thursday?
When tapering is sped up, liquidity will be tightened in the market. There will not be as much free cash to be pumped into the market to let prices rally like we have seen the last 2 years.
Interest rate hikes will also dampen valuation on growth stocks as growth stocks are priced in more to future earnings expectations. If rates rise, it will hurt those expectations. Investors will start to see bonds and value stocks that thrive in high-interest rate environments a better asset class thus making it more appealing against higher-risk growth stocks.
Small-cap stocks usually also suffer because they tend to loan more money to fund the growth of the company thus making them more sensitive towards the rate hikes.
Thus we saw the $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ and $iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM.US)$ mostly small-cap and tech stocks falling much sharper than $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ yesterday which consist mainly of value stocks.
What to do now? Should I exit my growth holdings?
That being said, inflation and rate hikes over the long run still don't pose a huge threat to growth stocks. It is usually short-term when the rotation happens towards value stocks. So take this opportunity to find good entry points into the stocks which are undergoing the selloff.
As always, trade safe & invest wise!
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ $Adobe (ADBE.US)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$ $SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust (DIA.US)$
We are currently having a sector rotation from tech growth stocks into value stocks after Wednesday's Fed policy of 3 rate hikes in 2022 instead of 2 and also speed up tapering and ending it a few months earlier than expected.
The initial taper plan was $10B for treasury securities and $5B for MBS (Mortgage Backed Securities) but now it has doubled the speed of tapering to $20B for treasury securities and $10B for MBS and tapering to end by March 2022. Which shortly after, rate hikes should come in progressively.
The reason for the fed turning hawkish and a quick shift to taper at a quicker pace and more rate hikes was due to inflation at a 40 year high. They also did not expect inflation to rise above 2% in 2021 and kept mentioning about higher inflation rate being transitory. Current inflation is at 6.8% based on the YOY report.
How did this affect the market on Thursday?
When tapering is sped up, liquidity will be tightened in the market. There will not be as much free cash to be pumped into the market to let prices rally like we have seen the last 2 years.
Interest rate hikes will also dampen valuation on growth stocks as growth stocks are priced in more to future earnings expectations. If rates rise, it will hurt those expectations. Investors will start to see bonds and value stocks that thrive in high-interest rate environments a better asset class thus making it more appealing against higher-risk growth stocks.
Small-cap stocks usually also suffer because they tend to loan more money to fund the growth of the company thus making them more sensitive towards the rate hikes.
Thus we saw the $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ and $iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM.US)$ mostly small-cap and tech stocks falling much sharper than $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ yesterday which consist mainly of value stocks.
What to do now? Should I exit my growth holdings?
That being said, inflation and rate hikes over the long run still don't pose a huge threat to growth stocks. It is usually short-term when the rotation happens towards value stocks. So take this opportunity to find good entry points into the stocks which are undergoing the selloff.
As always, trade safe & invest wise!
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ $Adobe (ADBE.US)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$ $SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust (DIA.US)$
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This Morning
At the time of writing, Bitcoin was up by 0.14% to $48,968. A mixed start to the day saw Bitcoin fall to an early morning low $48,786 before rising to a high $48,985.
Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on.
$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$
Elsewhere, it was a bullish start to the day.
At the time of writing, Crypto.com Coin was up by 7.84% to lead the way.
For the Bitcoin Day Ahead
Bitcoin would need to avoid the $48,340 pivot to bring the first major resistance level at $50,081 into play. Support from the broader market would be needed, however, for Bitcoin to break out from Wednesday’s high $49,520.
Barring an extended crypto rally, the first major resistance level would likely cap the upside. In the event of an extended rally, Bitcoin could test resistance at the 23.6% FIB of $53,628 before any pullback. The second major resistance level sits at $51,260.
A fall through the $48,340 pivot would bring the first major support level at $47,161 into play. Barring another extended sell-off on the day, Bitcoin should steer clear of sub-$46,000 levels. The second major support level sits at $45,420.
Part of the content is taken from Yahoo.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin was up by 0.14% to $48,968. A mixed start to the day saw Bitcoin fall to an early morning low $48,786 before rising to a high $48,985.
Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on.
$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$
Elsewhere, it was a bullish start to the day.
At the time of writing, Crypto.com Coin was up by 7.84% to lead the way.
For the Bitcoin Day Ahead
Bitcoin would need to avoid the $48,340 pivot to bring the first major resistance level at $50,081 into play. Support from the broader market would be needed, however, for Bitcoin to break out from Wednesday’s high $49,520.
Barring an extended crypto rally, the first major resistance level would likely cap the upside. In the event of an extended rally, Bitcoin could test resistance at the 23.6% FIB of $53,628 before any pullback. The second major resistance level sits at $51,260.
A fall through the $48,340 pivot would bring the first major support level at $47,161 into play. Barring another extended sell-off on the day, Bitcoin should steer clear of sub-$46,000 levels. The second major support level sits at $45,420.
Part of the content is taken from Yahoo.
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$AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ volume is around 64 million for the day. AA’s 315,000 shares he sold as part of his retirement had zero impact on price.
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