cash-rich companies such as ARA and, again, Venture

With the emphasis on safety, analysts at DMG Research advised investors to 'focus on stocks with good earnings visibility and reasonable valuations'. In a recent report, they highlighted three groups of such stocks: growth stocks such as CapitaLand, Singapore Airlines, Wing Tai, Venture Manufacturing and Noble; stocks with attractive dividend yields and low earnings risks such as Starhub, Suntec, A-Reit, M1 and Singapore Press Holdings; and stocks of cash-rich companies such as ARA and, again, Venture.

A low cost stock

A higher cost stock