World's Strongest Bank - Singapore's OCBC

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) has been ranked the strongest bank in the world by Bloomberg, based on figures compiled by the leading financial news and data services provider. , Also in Mar 2011, Citibank in its latest Asean banks report, titled Top Guns and Dark Horses, which focuses on stocks to watch in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The top guns represent its mainstream country picks, while the 'dark horses' are projected to deliver superior returns versus their country peers over the next five years, irrespective of present or future market shocks. Citibank singles out OCBC as Singapore's 'top gun' for the next five years. Apart from looking back at the last five years to see which...

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Small Cap Investment - Chasing the next emerging blue chip

Why small caps?  Well, every current blue chip company was once a small cap. Great acorns too came from small seeds. Small caps are out of institutional radar, and they are too small. As such, these is one area where the astute individual investor can have an edge over the Goliaths by being early and nimble. Investing in small caps can lead to multi-baggers, but of of course not all selections will be successful, and some will become worthless. Therefore, one must adopt a portfolio approach to such investing. However, to fully realize their value, positions must be held for long periods. It is like a farmer sowing the seeds, and letting successful acorns mature fully. This requires a long period. as such, the starting point must be a macro view of a mega-trend, or themes that...

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