I started serious Investing Journey in Jan 2000 to create wealth through long-term investing and short-term trading; but as from April 2013 my Journey in Investing has changed to create Retirement Income for Life till 85 years old in 2041 for two persons over market cycles of Bull and Bear.

Since 2017 after retiring from full-time job as employee; I am moving towards Investing Nirvana - Freehold Investment Income for Life investing strategy where 100% of investment income from portfolio investment is cashed out to support household expenses i.e. not a single cent of re-investing!

It is 57% (2017 to Aug 2022) to the Land of Investing Nirvana - Freehold Income for Life!


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Showing posts with label Stock - Kep Corp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stock - Kep Corp. Show all posts

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Saturday, 18 February 2023

Countdown To Kep Corp XE 23 Feb 23 On 19.1 SML DIS

Read? Keppel Corporation Retail Shareholders' Day.

Are those old timers as Buy & Hold retail in Kep Corp also counting down to XE on 23 Feb like Uncle8888?

Are you of them?

19.1 SML DIS is not a small deal as unrealized capital gains in % ROC to these old timers in Kep Corp. LOL!

Past K-Infra (0.38) and K-REIT (0.2) DIS were really peanuts comparing to 19.1 SML DIS!

Read? Kep Corp : Bought @ $7.18 for Round 106








Saturday, 24 December 2022

Yield Hog On Keppel Corp : Special Dividends in FY 22 H2?

By 9M2022, Keppel had announced monetisations of S$4.4 billion worth of assets and is on track to exceed its target of S$5 billion by end-2023.

Last special dividend of S$0.05 in FY 2018!

Next one in FY 2022 after 4 yrs?

Just return 5% or 10% of $4B i.e. $200M or $400M to  shareholders is $0.112 or $0.224 per share in special dividend. :-)





Thursday, 1 December 2022

Update For Kep Corp Round 95

Thursday, 16 October 2014

Read Kep Corp : Bought @ $9.64 for Round 95

Finally after 8 years of sucking bitter Panadols to ease heartache; Round 95 has breakeven!

Trading and investing is all about market timing on our entries and exits. Got that timing wrong! Suck Panadols!

Buy back is also NOT easy!

If you have been into investing forums; you will often read that someone will shout take profits and buy back later! 

Buy back later can also get us into deep shit and suck Panadols!



Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Thinking Like A ROC Hog For Kep Corp Round 104 and 105 (3)

Read? Thinking Like A ROC Hog For Kep Corp Round 104 and 105 (2)

CW8888: Post O&M, Kep Corp is more like an income stock with its Vision 2030 and that is good for Uncle8888's retirement income portfolio. :-)

Pre-EGM Virtual Dialogue Session for Retail Shareholders hosted by SIAS 







Friday, 25 November 2022

Friday, 4 November 2022

Thinking Like A ROC Hog For Kep Corp Round 104 and 105

Read? 19.1 SML in specie from Kep Corp. Is this time different from SCI?

Read? Kep Corp : Bought @ $7.02 for Round 105

Uncle8888's Maths vs Kep Corp Sellers.  Did he miss out something that Mr Market know about it?

Lesson learnt from SCI for not adding new positions for SCI's SML in specie! LOL!

Is this time any difference?

Kep Corp TA @  and SML back to its 52WL @ 0.081 

What is his chance of losing money on Round 104 and 105?











Friday, 28 October 2022

19.1 SML in specie from Kep Corp. Is this time different from SCI?

Read? Sembcorp Ind + 4.9 SML in specie Is Greater Than Sum of parts for Semcorp Ind with 61% SML holding ???

That time SCI was holding bloody smelly oily SML so Mr Market was happy that SCI has let go that bloody baby!

At today closing

SCI + 4.911 SML = $2.23 + 4.911 X $0.2 = $3.21

To those who are still holding smelly SML and green SCI by sucking Panadols; probably the worst is over!

This time SML not so smelly! 

How different this time with Kep Corp?

Kep Corp + 19.1 SML = ??? How big will be XMAS present from Keppel in Dec?

52WH is $7.54!



Monday, 26 September 2022

Kep Corp : Bought @ $7.02 for Round 105

Read? Kep Corp : Bought @ $7.28 for Round 104

Buy back for Round 102 @ $6.57 completed!


Friday, 16 September 2022

Kep Corp : Bought @ $7.28 for Round 104

Read?  Kep Corp: Round 102-2 (100%) Sold $7.35

Replay towards 52WH @ 7.54!



Thursday, 1 September 2022

Kep Corp: Round 102-2 (100%) Sold $7.35

Read? Kep Corp: Round 103 Sold $7.12

Round 102-2: ROC 11.5%, 114 days, B $6.57 S $7.35

Round 103: ROC 2.2%, 4 days, B $6.94 S $7.12

Round 102-1 (50%): ROC 7.4%, 100 days, B $6.57 S $7.08

Round 94: ROC 2.3%, 154 days, B $9.85 S $10.14 (Bought back at higher price. Last sold @ $9.05)

Round 93: ROC 5.7%, 67 days, B $8.50 S $9.05

Round 92: ROC 10.6%, 166 days, B $7.98 S $8.89

Friday, 26 August 2022

Kep Corp: Round 103 Sold $7.12

Read? Kep Corp : Bought @ $6.94 for Round 103

Round 103: ROC 2.2%, 4 days, B $6.94 S $7.12

Round 102-1: ROC 7.4%, 100 days, B $6.57 S $7.08

Round 94: ROC 2.3%, 154 days, B $9.85 S $10.14 (Bought back at higher price. Last sold @ $9.05)

Round 93: ROC 5.7%, 67 days, B $8.50 S $9.05

Round 92: ROC 10.6%, 166 days, B $7.98 S $8.89

Thursday, 18 August 2022

Kep Corp: Round 102-1 (50%) Sold $7.08

Read? Kep Corp : Bought @ $6.57 for Round 102

Round 102-1: ROC 7.4%, 100 days, B $6.57 S $7.08

Round 94: ROC 2.3%, 154 days, B $9.85 S $10.14 (Bought back at higher price. Last sold @ $9.05)

Round 93: ROC 5.7%, 67 days, B $8.50 S $9.05

Round 92: ROC 10.6%, 166 days, B $7.98 S $8.89

Saturday, 12 March 2022

One Day; I Will Breakeven!

No stop loss!

One day; I will be breakeven or already written off long ago!

2007 pos @ $12.13 breakeven liao!

2014 pos @ $9.64; one day will breakeven.




Thursday, 27 January 2022

Kep Corp : The Good, The Bad And The Ugly!

Kep Corp declared final dividend at $0.21.

Dividend paying stocks are good for Panda retirees and our entry price matters!

Buy when market crashes and hold long term as passive income or freehold retirement income for life!

Got it wrong! Suck Panadols for long, long time!






Tuesday, 14 September 2021

20 yrs ago Kep Corp in 2001 and Keppel Vision 2030.

 20 years ago in Sep 2001; Uncle8888 believe and bought into Keppel's restructuring story in Round 1 @ $1.32 after Sep 11 WTC when market crash and Keppel made money as No 1 Oily company!

20 years later; Keppel became smelly, oily stock and most hated and has to shake off the smelly and oily business with its Keppel Vision 2030. Again; Uncle8888 still believe and now at Round 101 i.e. 100 rounds more than in 2001! LOL!

Average 5 rounds P.A over 20 yrs!

Read? Yield of dreams: Investors have "a once in a lifetime opportunity" in blue chips (15)

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Sunday, 25 September 2016

Read? You Are Stupid To Lose Money In Your O & G Investment! Blame Yourself For Stupidity!

In Aug 24, 2001

Promising Conglomerates Still Struggle in Singapore

By Richard BorsukStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Aug. 24, 2001 12:01 am ET

SINGAPORE -- Two state-run Singapore conglomerates have each developed a more attractive story to tell potential investors than what was offered several years ago, but they still aren't receiving reams of rave reviews.

Keppel Corp. and SembCorp Industries are getting more attention than they did during the late 1990s. As well they should, since the two sometime-competitors look significantly different and better than they did during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. Many investors avoided the two complex holding companies, often seen as proxies for "Singapore Inc." The unhappiness stemmed from low rates of return, a result of inefficiency and high-cost diversification and expansion from their colonial-era roots in shipyards and engineering.

A series of restructuring and pruning moves has led some analysts and fund managers to regard the diversified companies in a more favorable light. They were pleased last year when SembCorp, whose five core businesses are utilities, engineering and construction, environmental engineering, logistics and marine engineering, sold off its Delifrance chain of French-style patisseries. Meanwhile, Keppel reduced its number of units and untangled a web of crossholdings involving several listed subsidiaries.

While the respective revamps have won the companies some fans, their share prices have at times languished. Interest in the companies was neither sustained nor broadly based. Many Singapore analysts have "buy" or "outperform" ratings on one or both at present, often based on the belief that there's hefty value left to be unlocked. They contend shares of Keppel Corp., which began its restructuring later, can reach about 4.25 Singapore dollars (US$2.43) in the next year. On Thursday, Keppel closed unchanged at S$3.32.

But some fund managers say that, while they welcome change at the two conglomerates, they don't like the odds for a significant rise in their share prices in coming months because they don't foresee short-term gains for equities battered by global markets and the grim outlook for trade-dependent Singapore. After growing 10% last year, Singapore may see its economy shrink in 2001.

Even when economic conditions improve -- boosting some of the infrastructure, property and other businesses that either company is in -- not everyone will stock up on the conglomerates; chilly market sentiment still lingers. Hugh Young, managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia, says they and most Singapore companies are making gains in seeking ways to boost shareholder value. "But we still prefer companies with focus and specialization" rather than diversified interests, he says.

In recent months, Keppel Corp. has moved to both tap locked-up value and to respond to complaints that the holding company doesn't have clear core businesses. It sold its 37% stake in banking arm Keppel Capital Holdings to Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. , generating an exceptional profit of S$800 million. Keppel Corp. also announced its intention to privatize its listed oilrig unit, Keppel FELS Energy & Infrastructure, making that one of its core operations. In addition, a capital-reduction program will pay shareholders 50 Singaporean cents a share.

Keppel Corp.'s moves and first-half results -- profit rose 21% -- have gotten mixed reviews from analysts. "Restructuring has only just begun" was the title of a bullish note from SG Securities. Its Singapore research chief, Foo Jou Min, calculates S$4.30 as Keppel Corp.'s "breakup value," which means that at current levels the stock can still be considered undervalued.

On the other side, the first-half results led G.K. Goh Securities to downgrade Keppel Corp. to "hold" from "buy." Having sold its banking interests, the holding company now "lacks strong earnings drivers" in the short term, the brokerage firm said.

Analysts agree that SembCorp has found a new driver for earnings, as its utilities division provides power to an increasing number of chemical and other customers on Singapore's Jurong Island. Utilities "is going to be the star as we move on," Chief Executive Wong Kok Siew said last week.

But growth in the energy business will come at a cost, most analysts say. They expect SembCorp will need to raise more cash in 2002, which will increase its debt load. A report by Merrill Lynch, which is "neutral" on SembCorp, says fundraising looks inevitable. One fund manager calls that expectation "a sword hanging over SembCorp." But Salomon Smith Barney rates the stock "outperform" and has set a price target of S$2.20 in the next year. On Thursday, SembCorp rose two Singaporean cents to S$1.61.

Overall, analysts say changes made so far at both Keppel and SembCorp should be applauded. However, in part, because equities in general seem out of favor, "the market isn't rewarding the conglomerates for their restructuring," says Sim Chey Hoon, an analyst at Merrill Lynch.

Another Singapore-based analyst says he believes that even if the conglomerates had done a highly impressive restructuring job, they still would be shunned. Experiences in many countries have left investors "with a feeling that few conglomerates in Asia produce high rates of return," he says.

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