Good morning mooers! Here are things you need to know about today's Singapore:
●Singapore shares opened lower on Monday; STI down 1.01%
●Commodities face tough week as Fed angst builds
●Stocks and REITs to watch: Singtel, SPH Reit, Aspen
●Latest share buy back transactions
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Market Trend
Singapore shares opened lower on Monday. The $FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ decreased 1.01 per cent to 3,114.16 ...

Former President Donald Trump responded to the news that $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ CEO Elon Musk's planned $Twitter (Delisted)(TWTR.US)$ buyout is temporarily on hold.
"There is no way Elon Musk is going to buy Twitter at such a ridiculous price, especially since realizing it is a company largely based on BOTS or Spam Accounts," Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.
"Fake anyone?" Trump posted, Mashable reports. "...

Weekly market recap
Stock futures fluctuated in overnight trading Sunday following a losing week as investors continued to grapple with the resurgence of Covid cases and an upcoming shift in the Federal Reserve's easy monetary policy.
The major averages are coming off a negative week, with the $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ declining 1.9%. The tech-heavy $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ dropped nearly 3% last week as investors dumped high-flying growth stocks on the prospect of higher interest rates, while the $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ slipped 1.7%.
Here's a look at the return of S&P 500 sectors
The week ahead in focus
Stock and bond markets around the world will be closed Friday in observance of Christmas. Before the holiday break, Nike and Micron Technology report on Monday, BlackBerry and General Mills on Tuesday, and CarMax, Cintas, and Paychex on Wednesday.
It will be a busy week of economic data releases. On Monday, the Conference Board publishes its Leading Economic Index for November, followed by its Consumer Confidence Index for December on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports personal income and consumption expenditures for November. Consumer earnings are forecast to have risen 0.6% while spending is seen climbing 0.5%. The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation, the core PCE price index, is expected to have spiked 4.5% in November.
Also Thursday, the Census Bureau releases the durable goods report for November, which will provide a window into investment spending in the economy. New orders are forecast to have risen 2.1%. Housing-market indicators out this week include existing-home sales for November on Wednesday and new-home sales for November on Thursday.
Monday 12/20
$Micron Technology(MU.US)$ and $Nike(NKE.US)$ report quarterly results.
The Conference Board releases its Leading Economic Index for November. Consensus estimate is for a 119 reading, which would be 0.6% more than October's level. The Conference Board currently projects a 5% growth rate for fourth-quarter gross domestic product and a slower but still robust 2.6% for 2022.
Tuesday 12/21
$BlackBerry(BB.US)$, $FactSet Research Systems(FDS.US)$, and $General Mills(GIS.US)$ announce earnings.
Wednesday 12/22
The NAR reports existing-home sales for November. Economists forecast a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.4 million homes sold, slightly more than in October and the highest since the beginning of the year.
$CarMax(KMX.US)$, $Cintas(CTAS.US)$, and $Paychex(PAYX.US)$ hold conference calls to discuss quarterly results.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports its third and final estimate for third-quarter GDP. Economists forecast a 2.1% seasonally adjusted annual growth rate, unchanged from November's second estimate.
The Conference Board releases its Consumer Confidence Index for December. Expectations are for a 110 reading, roughly even with the November data. The index is 15% lower than the postpandemic peak reached in June of this year, due to concerns about rising prices and, to a lesser degree, Covid-19 variants.
Thursday 12/23
The Department of Labor reports initial jobless claims for the week ending on Dec. 18. Jobless claims have averaged 225,667 a week in November and December, and have finally reached prepandemic levels.
The Census Bureau reports new-home sales for November. Consensus estimate is for a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 770,000 new single-family houses sold, 25,000 more than in October. The median sales price of new houses sold in October was $407,700, while the average sales price was $477,800 -- both record highs.
The BEA reports personal income and consumption expenditures for November. Economists forecast a 0.6% monthly increase for income and 0.5% for consumption. This compares with gains for 0.5% and 1.3%, respectively, in October. The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, jumped 4.1% year over year in October, the fastest rate since 1991. Predictions are for it to spike 4.6% in November.
The Census Bureau releases the durable goods report for November. New orders for durable manufactured goods are expected to increase 2.1%, to $265.6 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders are seen gaining 0.6%, compared with a 0.5% rise in October.
Friday 12/24
U.S. equity and fixed-income markets are closed in observance of Christmas.
Source: CNBC, jhinvestments, Dow Jones Newswires

2021 is a year of volatility. It has witnessed the rise of meme stocks, starting with $GameStop(GME.US)$ and WallStreeBets early in January and up to the moon $AMC Entertainment(AMC.US)$ in June. After the 2020 pandemic, S&P 500 rallied 100% within 354 trading days*. In times of chip shortage, investors are also watching the tech stocks closely. Not to mention dramas like what caused by Elon Musk and Donald Trump on $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ and $Digital World Acquisition Corp(DWAC.US)$ . What a year!
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Stocks seen steady as recovery eyed; Yields fall
Stocks in Asia look set to start the week steady as investors keep watch on how price pressures impact the pace of economic recovery.
Futures edged up in Japan and fell in Hong Kong earlier. Australian shares fluctuated. U.S. futures dipped after all major U.S. equity benchmarks climbed to records Friday, with the $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ posting its fifth consecutive weekly rally. That was after a larger-than-forecast and broad-based gain in U.S. payrolls indicated greater progress filling millions of vacancies as the effects of the delta variant faded.
Twitter has spoken: Musk should sell $21 billion Tesla stake
Elon Musk's social media followers have spoken: The $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ chief should sell 10% of his stake in the electric-car maker.
A majority of 3.5 million Twitter users -- 58% -- said they'd support such a sale in a Twitter poll that Musk launched Saturday and closed shortly after 2:15 p.m. Sunday in New York. The stake would be valued at about $21 billion based on 170.5 million Tesla shares he holds.
Crypto Tesla tokens drop 6.8% after Musk suggests selling stock
Crypto traders are telling stock traders that Tesla's shares will probably fall when Wall Street wakes up Monday.
Since Elon Musk got the answer of selling stocks, on the FTX crypto exchange Sunday afternoon, Tesla tokens have traded for $1,139, or 6.8% below where the real stock closed on Nov. 5.
Berkshire's operating earnings pop 18% last quarter with Buffett's cash pile at record $149 billion
$Berkshire Hathaway-A(BRK.A.US)$reported operating income of $6.47 billion in the third quarter, rising 18% from $5.48 billion in the same quarter a year ago. At the end of September, Berkshire's cash pile reached a record $149.2 billion.
'Berkshire is a microcosm of the broader economy, and what we saw from the businesses is a reflection of the economic activity that has been constrained by supply-chain issues.'— Cathy Seifert, analyst with CFRA Research.
Travel stocks rally, stay-at-home companies plunge as pandemic wanes and tourism rebounds
Travel companies like $Delta Air Lines(DAL.US)$, $Airbnb(ABNB.US)$ and $Expedia(EXPE.US)$ pointed to clear signs of recovery in recent earnings reports. Stay-at-home stocks like $Peloton Interactive(PTON.US)$, $Zoom Video Communications(ZM.US)$ and $Netflix(NFLX.US)$ sold off this week. Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday that Covid-19 could end in the U.S. by early January.
Allbirds dropped 'sustainable' claim from IPO after SEC objection
$Allbirds(BIRD.US)$, the sneaker brand that listed on Nasdaq last week, dropped its claims to be the first "sustainable" IPO after the Securities and Exchange Commission objected, according to the group's chief financial officer.
US regulators are increasingly cracking down on companies' assertions about their ethical credentials. Allbirds' Bufano said that existing ESG rating systems "are great but are biased to companies with longer track records".
'This is going to be one of the best Christmas seasons ever,' market bull Ed Yardeni says
Long-time market bull Ed Yardeni is delivering a dose of optimism into year-end. Yardeni, who's known for running investment strategy for Prudential and Deutsche Bank, expects the holidays to boost stocks deeper into record territory.
Yardeni continues to recommend overweighting stocks. Over the next 12 months, he likes the value mid and small cap stocks offer to investors. He also lists technology, financials and energy as his top picks within the S&P 500.
The taper should be good for the market, according to S&P 500 history
The Fed "taper tantrum" of 2013 was followed by strong gains for equities, and the market pullback in September of this year matched that level of decline. Based on the history of the Bernanke-era Fed taper, and the 60-year history of S&P 500 Index moves after a pullback of 5% to 6%, stocks would continue higher into the end of the year.
Fed chairperson Jerome Powell's clear messaging that he isn't raising rates soon and believes inflation will stabilize are good for stocks, for now. Investors should be on the lookout for market weakness early in 2022, if not before.
Source: Bloomberg, WSJ, CNBC, Financial Times

$FTSE China A50 Index Futures(JUL4)(CNmain.SG)$ wow

$Hang Seng Index(800000.HK)$ $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ $NASDAQ 100 Index(.NDX.US)$ China +0.70%. Chinese property bonds remained firm, after Kaisa and Sunac make coupon payments, though the market remained focused on the potential for default by China Evergrande Group this week.
Hong Kong +1.18%.
Overnight on Wall Street, Dow Jones -0.1% to 35,258.94, S&P 500 +0.34% to 4,486.50 and Nasdaq +0.84% to 15,021.80.
People's Bank of China sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.4307 vs. estimate at 6.4275.